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According to Cryptopolitan, the on-chain market size of tokenized real-world assets (RWA) has surpassed $38.6 billion, with over 4.24 million holding addresses. Among these, US Treasuries account for the largest share at over $15.9 billion; commodities $4.9 billion, active strategies $3.6 billion, asset-backed credit $2.56 billion, and tokenized stocks $2.52 billion. In terms of on-chain distribution, Ethereum leads with $17.3 billion, followed by BNB Chain at $5.6 billion, while Solana ranks third with $4.3 billion.
Odaily News: Bitget Wallet has announced its integration with RWA protocol Reality, opening trading access to over 1,700 rToken tokenized US stocks. Through this integration, users can trade tokenized US stocks 24/7 on Arbitrum and Morph without needing to open an overseas brokerage account, submit KYC, complete a W-8BEN form, or arrange a wire transfer. Dividends generated by the corresponding underlying assets will be credited to Bitget Wallet in USDT at a 1:1 ratio.Reality is a compliant tokenized asset issuance platform, licensed under El Salvador's digital asset issuance law framework. Its issued rTokens are backed 1:1 by real US stocks, currently supporting over 1,700 tokenized US stocks including rTSM, rNVDA, rAAPL, and rQQQ, covering approximately 95% of US market trading volume. rTokens can connect directly to liquidity across all US markets including Nasdaq and the NYSE, with underlying assets compliantly custodied by FINRA-licensed broker-dealer Alpaca Securities, maintaining a reserve ratio exceeding 100%, with third-party CPA firms issuing daily real-time Proof of Reserve (PoR). This integration will further advance Bitget Wallet's Everyday Finance strategy, aiming to enable users to seamlessly conduct everyday transactions of traditional financial assets through an on-chain wallet.
Odaily News: According to Gate Ventures' latest weekly report, last week's escalation of geopolitical conflicts in the Middle East combined with U.S. core inflation exceeding expectations significantly heightened global market volatility. Brent crude and WTI crude surged 8.33% and 9.36% respectively, returning above $100 per barrel; U.S. August core CPI rose 0.29% month-over-month, higher than expected, pushing the 10-year Treasury yield to 4.97%, with market-implied probability of a September rate hike rising to approximately 86%; spot gold fell 1.82% to $4,349.42 per ounce. U.S. stock indices — the S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Dow Jones — declined 0.80%, 0.66%, and 1.57% respectively; the crypto market weakened in tandem, with BTC and ETH dropping 4.4% and 1.5% respectively. Spot BTC ETFs saw net outflows of $462.7 million, while ETH ETFs recorded net inflows of $197.1 million. The fear index dropped from 71 to 57, indicating a cooling of market sentiment.On the industry front, India launched a $107 million tokenized corporate bond pilot program, further advancing institutional-grade RWA tokenization; Gemini obtained a Major Payment Institution (MPI) license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore, further expanding its regulatory footprint in the Asia-Pacific region; and the Philippine central bank plans to suspend new payment system operator registrations for 12 months, tightening oversight of VASP-related payment activities.On the funding side, a total of 9 financing deals were completed last week, with disclosed total funding reaching $158.4 million, down 88% quarter-over-quarter. Overall, energy prices and inflation expectations remain the core variables driving short-term market trends, while interest in tokenized assets and institutional-grade crypto infrastructure development remains undiminished.
The Jiangsu Securities Regulatory Bureau issued a risk warning stating that recently, some institutions and individuals have been hyping the concept of Real-World Asset tokenization (RWA), attracting public investment with claims such as "backed by real assets," "principal guaranteed with high returns," and "low risk with stable appreciation." Such behavior may involve illegal criminal activities including illegal fundraising, fraud, and money laundering. Regulatory authorities emphasize that conducting financing activities under the name of RWA within mainland China constitutes illegal financial activity. Investors should enhance their risk awareness, stay away from related illegal financial temptations, and promptly report any suspicious clues to the competent authorities or file a report with the public security organs upon discovery.
Odaily News — According to the "August 2026 Exchange Review" published by CoinDesk, in August, RWA perpetual contract trading volume on centralized exchanges grew 2.37% month-over-month to $602 billion, setting a record high for the category. Gate stood out in particular, with its RWA perpetual contract trading volume surging 158% month-over-month to $64.7 billion. Its market share rose from 5.32% in July to 12.6%, more than doubling from the previous month and placing it among the top three centralized crypto exchanges.In terms of asset coverage, the CoinDesk report shows that Gate now supports over 12,800 stock and ETF assets and continues to expand trading scenarios including equities, RWA, and derivatives. By further broadening asset coverage and trading scenarios, Gate is continuously strengthening its integrated trading infrastructure that connects digital assets with traditional financial markets.
Odaily reports: According to official sources, the second round of X Layer's $5 million RWA ecosystem liquidity incentive program is now open. This round focuses on the RWA Meme ecosystem, offering a total of 100,000 USDG in liquidity incentives. The list of selected trading pairs will be announced on September 18. During the campaign period (September 18 to September 25), users can provide liquidity for designated RWA Meme trading pairs and participate in reward distribution.It is reported that X Layer previously completed its first round of RWA liquidity incentives. This round will further focus on the RWA Meme ecosystem, continuing to support the on-chain liquidity development of RWA assets.
Odaily News: Digital asset trading platform Gate has released its August 2026 Transparency Report. The report shows that in August, multiple Gate business lines received recognition from institutional data providers including CoinDesk, CryptoQuant, CryptoRank, and DefiLlama. Among them, Gate's stock perpetual contract trading volume grew 308% month-over-month, maintaining triple-digit growth for three consecutive months; the RWA perpetual contract open interest (OI) market share reached 49.6%, ranking first globally among centralized trading platforms. Meanwhile, Gate's 24-hour spot and derivatives trading volume stood at approximately $9.5 billion, with open interest reaching $12.48 billion, both ranking among the global top three; 30-day net inflow reached $308.1 million, ranking second among mainstream trading platforms.In terms of traditional financial asset trading, Gate's CFD business continues to expand its asset coverage, now covering 680 trading pairs, spanning major TradFi assets including forex, metals, energy, indices, and stocks. In terms of overall TradFi product layout, Gate now covers over 1,000 TradFi assets, with stock derivatives covering more than 360 underlying assets, both ranking first globally, further enhancing its multi-asset trading matrix.As digital assets and traditional financial markets continue to converge, Gate is steadily expanding diverse trading scenarios including stocks, RWA, CFD, and derivatives. By enriching asset supply and trading tools, it is further improving its comprehensive trading infrastructure that connects digital assets with traditional financial markets.
According to reports from the Hong Kong Commercial Daily, Chau Tat-kun, Legislative Councillor for the Innovation and Technology functional constituency, has released a policy initiative titled the "3+3 Collaborative Development Blueprint". The proposal recommends that the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) establish an independent dedicated department for digital assets to unify regulatory standards, shorten approval cycles, and build an integrated compliance infrastructure. The proposal simultaneously covers several supporting pathways, including establishing early investment channels for Web3, exploring an over-the-counter fundraising mechanism dubbed the "Hong Kong version Web3 Pink Sheet", and advancing the tokenization of real-world assets (RWA) and tokenized equities, aiming to position Hong Kong as an international digital asset hub by 2032. Currently, Hong Kong has approved 11 virtual asset spot ETFs, the highest in Asia, and the Stablecoin Ordinance has also been legislated.
According to BusinessWire, Nasdaq-listed Datavault AI announced that it will officially launch the asset tokenization trading platform Information Data Exchange (IDE) on September 15, 2026, supporting the identification, certification, scoring, valuation, tokenization, and monetization of data and other real-world assets (RWA), while allowing data owners to retain ownership and control of the underlying data.
Odaily News According to the latest report "RWA Perpetuals: State of the Market — August 2026" released by CoinMarketCap, the cumulative trading volume in the RWA perpetual futures market has reached $3.16 trillion, with August alone recording $799.5 billion in monthly trading volume, setting a new all-time high. Gate has emerged as the most prominent trading platform in this growth phase: from June to August, its trading volume surged approximately 5.3 times, making it the fastest-growing exchange among platforms with monthly trading volumes exceeding $5 billion during the same period.In August, Gate's RWA perpetual futures trading volume reached $64.8 billion, 2.6 times its record-breaking July volume, ranking third globally among centralized trading platforms and accounting for 9.3% of total CEX trading volume. The report specifically noted that Gate's highest weekly trading volume hit $20.65 billion during the week of August 17, coinciding with the period of sharp volatility in memory chip stocks, also marking a new all-time weekly high for Gate.CMC emphasized that Gate has maintained strong growth despite heightened market volatility and rapidly shifting trading dynamics. Notably, its peak trading week did not occur at market highs but during a market correction period, indicating a trend where trading flow further concentrates toward Gate during periods of intensified volatility.
Odaily News, according to official sources, the new X Liquidity campaign under OKX Wallet Boost has gone live. Users can participate through the Boost entry point in OKX Wallet by providing liquidity to eligible trading pairs. In addition to earning LP yields, participants can share in a total incentive pool of approximately $240,000 in USDT. The campaign will run until September 24, 15:00 (UTC+8).It is reported that X Liquidity serves as the entry point for liquidity incentive and staking campaigns on X Layer, aimed at enhancing on-chain liquidity and trading experience for RWA, stablecoins, and major crypto assets. This campaign is part of X Layer's $5 million liquidity incentive program.
since the release of v2, RWA trading volume on Robinhood Chain's token issuance platform Pons has exceeded $842 million.
Odaily News: Nate, co-founder of Long.xyz, stated on the X platform that Long.xyz will continue to build related assets and products around Robinhood Chain, adhering to the "RWA pairings only" development direction, which focuses on RWA asset pairings. He believes this model is expected to create a brand-new asset class and further bridge on-chain assets with the real world.Nate stated that both BONER and MEME experienced rapid growth after their launches, and continued to develop after their initial surges, with the liquidity of related assets continuously deepening. He believes that Long.xyz's RWA pairing model has been preliminarily validated, is still in its early stages, and the next phase goal is to further expand scale and move toward "100x" growth.
The latest ecosystem data released by PAIR, a multi-pool RWA token issuance platform on Robinhood Chain, shows that cumulative trading volume has approached $100 million, rewards distributed to creators have exceeded $600,000, and over 2,000 projects have been listed on the protocol. Additionally, PAIR disclosed that it has burned PAIR tokens worth over $3 million to date, accounting for more than 10% of the total token supply. PAIR also announced that "the largest update to date" will be unveiled within the next 24 hours.
According to official announcements, Mantle has announced that USDG, a US dollar stablecoin issued by Paxos, has officially launched, becoming one of the first native stablecoins on the Mantle network. This integration establishes Mantle as a partner of the Global Dollar Network (GDN). Mantle will directly participate in GDN's reward-sharing mechanism, standing alongside over 150 partners, including Robinhood and Kraken, to drive user growth. As one of the few stablecoins subject to dual regulation under both the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the European Union's MiCA framework, USDG currently has a circulating value exceeding $3.5 billion. One of Mantle's missions is to introduce more institutional-grade assets, including tokenized equities, yield-bearing stablecoins, and tokenized funds, thereby providing borderless investment access for everyone. The integration of USDG will further advance Mantle's development into an open financial network bridging institutional players and users. According to reports, the addition of USDG further enriches Mantle's existing portfolio of institutional-grade assets, which includes Agora's AUSD, Ethena's USDe, Ondo's USDY, and Tether's USDT0, among others. Over the past year, Mantle's stablecoin TVL has surpassed $982 million, with RWA T
Odaily News Student loan real-world asset (RWA) protocol Pencil Finance has completed its first fully on-chain student loan cycle, deploying $1 million in capital to provide financing for approximately 6,600 students across Southeast Asia. After borrowers repay their funds, capital providers receive both principal and returns.The financing portfolio was funded in July 2025 by Animoca Brands, Open Campus, and New Campus, and is structured into senior tranches with fixed returns, as well as junior tranches that carry floating yields and bear first-loss risk. The loans cover 118 schools and universities across Southeast Asia, with approximately 1,050 students receiving direct funding. Among borrowers, women account for 50%, and 93% come from low-income families. (Cointelegraph)
According to Odaily, the latest data from Bitget shows that the platform's stock token rToken has surpassed $200 million in Assets Under Management (AUM). In terms of trading activity, cumulative rToken trades reached 1.2 million in August, with the number of active traders growing 20% month-over-month and weekend trading volume share rising 8% compared to the previous month.As reported, rTokens—identified by the letter "r" followed by the stock ticker (e.g., rNVDA for Nvidia)—are issued by Reality, a licensed RWA protocol under Bitget. Through a partnership with compliant brokerage Alpaca, rTokens connect directly to global liquidity pools such as Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange. Key features include: 1:1 reserve backing of underlying assets held by licensed custodians, stock dividends distributed 1:1 in token form, synchronized corporate actions such as stock splits and reverse splits, and the ability to use holdings as joint margin for Unified Account and USDT-margined contracts—allowing users to hold global equity assets while still managing capital flexibly.
Odaily News, Bitwise CEO stated on the X platform that PAPY, the Bitwise Premium RWA Vault, went live today. Finance is moving on-chain, and RWA is bringing "real-world" yields on-chain. PAPY now provides related yield sources for stablecoin holders.
Odaily News According to official platform data, Gate's registered users have surpassed 60 million, marking a new phase in the platform's global expansion. As a global digital asset trading platform, Gate continues to see its user base grow, with product capabilities and service experiences being constantly optimized, further solidifying the platform's influence and growth potential within the digital asset industry. The platform supports trading of 5,000+ digital assets and 12,800+ stocks and ETFs, continuously refining its product and service systems to address the investment, trading, and asset management needs of users across different regions. It has gradually expanded from digital asset trading to diverse scenarios including stocks, ETFs, wealth management, payments, wallets, and Web3 applications, while further extending coverage to multi-asset services such as RWA, forex, metals, and commodities.Gate has established a 7×24-hour trading service system covering US, Hong Kong, Korean, and Japanese stock markets, supporting over 10,000 US stocks and ETFs, more than 1,500 Hong Kong stocks, over 1,000 Korean stocks, and approximately 300 Japanese stocks, along with services such as fractional share trading, dividend rights, stock splits and reverse splits, and cross-broker transfer between US and Hong Kong markets. The platform pioneered zero-interest trading for US stocks and has rolled out products including stocks, Pre-IPOs, direct IPOs, and gStocks tokenized securities. Leveraging its expanding user base, diversified asset service capabilities, and ecosystem infrastructure development, Gate is accelerating its journey toward becoming a one-stop global digital financial ecosystem that bridges digital assets and traditional financial markets.
Odaily News – Robinhood's blockchain, Robinhood Chain, has recently seen a surge in trading activity. On August 30, the network processed a record 5.52 million transactions in a single day, with on-chain applications generating approximately $2.66 million in 24-hour revenue—surpassing Ethereum's roughly $1.3 million and trailing only Solana's $5.07 million.Meanwhile, Robinhood Chain recorded approximately $875 million in daily decentralized exchange (DEX) trading volume. Among this, the two major versions of Uniswap contributed around $432 million and $357 million in trading volume, respectively.Meme coin trading is one of the primary drivers behind this surge in activity. Data shows that Pons, a token launch platform on Robinhood Chain, created approximately 22,600 tokens in a single day, marking an increase of over 40% from the previous day. Together, GMGN, Pons, and Uniswap accounted for roughly 88% of the network's application revenue.Robinhood launched Robinhood Chain on July 1, initially focusing on the tokenization of real-world assets (RWA) such as stocks. However, within just a few weeks of going live, meme coin trading quickly took center stage. Now, as the crypto market warms up, trading activity on Robinhood Chain has continued to intensify, with daily network transactions climbing from under 1 million in early July to over 5 million.Based on current data, the most active use case on Robinhood Chain is not tokenized stocks, but rather meme coin issuance and speculative trading. (CoinDesk)