RWA Was Called a Pipe Dream, Then Reality (and BlackRock) Bit Back.

Before we dig into the corpses of the past, let’s clear the air on what we’re actually talking about. RWA (Real World Assets) is exactly what it says on the tin: taking physical or traditional financial assets (think real estate, gold, treasury bills, or corporate shares) and "tokenizing" them. In plain English, it’s turning a deed to a house or a share of a company into a digital token on a blockchain. The goal? To make the "un-movable" parts of the real world as liquid and tradable as Bitcoin. The Mar ...