Venturebloxx has just released their flagship RWA Tokenization Report, co-published with This Week in Fintech, Stablecon, The Block, London Blockchain Conference, and other leading ecosystem partners. Brickken was proud to contribute to this report, bringing our regulatory and technological expertise to one of the most comprehensive explorations of tokenization today.
Below is a detailed breakdown of the key insights about institutional adoption and finance tokenization from the report. We’ve highlighted how finance is being reshaped through tokenized real-world assets and why this shift is now impossible to ignore.
Institutional tokenization is no longer a trend. It's reshaping how capital moves, assets are managed, and finance operates globally. Here’s what’s happening and why it matters:
As interest rates remain high, both TradFi and DeFi investors are seeking stable yield. Accessing U.S. Treasury bills through traditional systems can be time-consuming and inefficient. With tokenization, short-term debt instruments become digital assets, making access faster, cheaper, and more transparent.
Today, tokenized T-Bills account for over $7.49 billion in AUM, issued on public blockchains with full transparency and settlement speed.
Leading examples include:
Why this matters for institutions:
Regulatory view:
Tokenized T-Bills are still considered traditional debt securities and must comply with frameworks such as MiFID II. Within the European Union, the DLT Pilot Regime now allows for full on-chain issuance, settlement, and custody.
Corporate Bonds: Institutional Debt Markets Without Middlemen
Corporate bond issuance is evolving from static, paper-based infrastructure to programmable, tokenized systems. The goal is simple: maintain the legal structure of debt while improving issuance, liquidity, and investor access.
Recent milestones:
Institutional benefits:
Legal framing:
Tokenized bonds must comply with traditional securities law. Issuers often use Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) or structured debt programs. Custody must be regulated, and investor onboarding must follow KYC/AML protocols. Platforms like Brickken help issuers integrate these legal and compliance layers directly into the token design.
Tokenized private credit has quietly become one of the most mature RWA segments. While less visible than tokenized T-Bills or equities, it now accounts for over $16.8 billion in AUM.
A standout example:
Why institutions are interested:
Regulatory perspective:
Private credit instruments are typically issued via private placements. That means:
Tokenizing physical commodities brings transparency, liquidity, and programmability to asset classes that were traditionally siloed and illiquid. Gold tokenization is the most advanced use case in this category.
Leading examples:
Institutional use cases:
Legal overview:
In the EU, gold-backed tokens are classified as Asset-Referenced Tokens (ARTs) under MiCA. Issuers are required to:
Institutions are also exploring tokenization for infrastructure assets such as energy projects, metals, and commodities linked to ESG mandates.
What’s happening:
Tokenization benefits:
Note: ESG stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance: a set of criteria used to evaluate a project’s sustainability and ethical impact.
Tokenizing equity is one of the most complex, but most transformative use cases of tokenized real-world assets. A tokenized share must digitally mirror all legal rights of traditional equity, including voting, dividends, and transfer restrictions.
What’s being built:
Why it matters:
Legal backbone:
Tokenized equity must align with company law. Articles of incorporation must reference digital shares, and legal rights must remain enforceable in both on-chain and off-chain scenarios. Brickken provides infrastructure for companies to manage this process with embedded compliance, investor dashboards, and secure smart contract flows.
The tokenization of real-world assets is no longer a theory. With billions already deployed across T-Bills, credit, equity, and commodities, tokenization is now a regulated, compliant, and scalable infrastructure for institutional capital markets.
Financial institutions, asset managers, and even governments are rebuilding the rails of finance using programmable, blockchain-based infrastructure. They are backed by traditional legal enforceability and modern digital standards.
To go deeper into these insights and understand what’s next for institutional tokenization, download the full Venturebloxx RWA Tokenization Report.
