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• The growth of the fourth-largest RWA category signals a structural demand trend as crypto users want access to equity markets.
• The following is an excerpt from The Block’s Data and Insights newsletter.

Tokenized stocks, the fourth-largest RWA category by market cap, have grown from $2.23 billion to $5.5 billion since the start of the year, a roughly 147% increase in six months. The trajectory reflects a broader shift in how crypto-native users are seeking equity exposure, increasingly through onchain instruments rather than traditional brokerage accounts.

The growth signals a structural demand trend as crypto users want access to equity markets. Exchanges are responding by embedding stock products directly into their existing platforms rather than ceding that flow to traditional finance.



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