Are real world assets set to take market share?
The blockchain has seen many narratives over the years. Some of these have turned into actual use cases and continued with strength. But there is a new kid on the block, and they go by the name of real world assets (RWAs).
In simple terms, RWAs are tangible assets from the physical world that interact with the blockchain. The biggest assets being represented currently are real estate, private credit, gold and U.S. treasuries. But the ceiling for expansion is almost unlimited and this is certainly an area to look out for. It is reported that the overall Total Value Locked (TVL) for DeFi is roughly $38.8 billion, with a high of around $178 billion in November 2021, which illustrates a big potential opportunity for investors.
Real estate alone is seeing fewer complications in terms of process and is also negating the need for a middleman to see the deal out. Not only does it provide a more efficient solution but it is cost-effective too.
Like most assets, you can simply buy through a marketplace or vendor. RWAs are the same; the only difference is these are assets being brought onto the blockchain as opposed to being made new and this is known as tokenization.
In terms of formula, the price fluctuates just like most assets on the market, so if you were to buy a fractionalized piece of real estate, its price would change based on the market just like Bitcoin would. The choice of asset would depend on how this works as different protocols have different processes. Stablecoins as RWA would obviously be backed 1:1 by the U.S. dollar.
This means that you are just buying a digital version of the asset in essence and this is bound to you until you sell — similar to cryptocurrencies. If we take real estate as an example again, you would
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