Binance Research projects tokenized real-world assets could hit $1.6 trillion by 2030

Binance Research published a report on May 15 projecting that tokenized real-world assets could reach $1.6 trillion by 2030, with current penetration across fixed income, equities, real estate, private credit, and commodities at roughly 0.01% of the total addressable market.

U.S. Treasury-linked tokens represent roughly half of the current real-world asset market value; tokenized commodities are mostly gold-backed at around $5.1 billion; tokenized equities have reached about $1.5 billion, up from below $300 million at the start of 2025.

Regulatory progress in the U.S., Europe, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Australia is identified as a key factor determining whether tokenized markets move beyond early institutional pilots into broader financial infrastructure.

For Nigerian fintech founders and asset managers, this report signals that tokenization of real-world assets is transitioning from a niche experiment into a credible institutional market and the window to build positioning is open right now, while penetration is still at 0.01%.

Over the next two to three years, Nigerian financial institutions and startups exploring blockchain-based products such as tokenized government securities or commodity-backed instruments will face a critical dependency on domestic regulatory clarity from the SEC Nigeria, without which they risk being locked out of cross-border tokenized markets that are already taking shape in Singapore and Europe.