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RWA Hits $32B, SEC Rulemaking Shift & Robinhood's Stock Tokens Go Global
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Tokenized real-world assets crossed $32 billion on-chain as the SEC pivots from enforcement to formal rulemaking — a combination reshaping institutional crypto strategy. Plus: Bitcoin ETF inflows reverse, Robinhood launches stock tokens in 120+ countries, and a flash crash in TAC tokens reminds markets retail risk hasn't gone away.
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Tokenized real-world assets just crossed thirty-two billion dollars on-chain. That's nearly triple where they were a year ago, and it's the clearest signal yet that institutional capital is no longer treating blockchain as a side experiment.
Private credit deserves particular attention here. Historically, locking capital into private credit meant years of illiquidity.
The regulatory picture is also moving. The SEC added three crypto items to its formal twenty twenty-six rulemaking agenda covering tokenized securities, exchange definitions, and digital asset custody.
Robinhood is moving faster than most expected. The company launched Stock Tokens in over a hundred and twenty countries alongside its own Layer Two network.
On the ETF side, US spot Bitcoin funds posted two consecutive positive sessions with two hundred sixty-five point seven million dollars in net daily inflows. BlackRock's IBIT led with two hundred nine point four million.
There's a sharp contrast worth noting. While institutional crypto is maturing, TAC, a low-cap Binance Alpha token backed by TON Ventures, collapsed over ninety percent within fifteen minutes of trading.
The number to keep in front of you is Citigroup's twenty thirty forecast: five point five trillion dollars in tokenized assets. Getting from thirty-two billion to that level requires roughly one hundred seventy times growth.
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