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The Tokenized Asset Market Is $60 Billion. Most Of It Isn't Moving.

The tokenized real-world asset market has reached a valuation of $60 billion across 7,000 products, yet a significant portion of this value remains dormant. A report reveals that $32.9 billion across 910 assets shows zero weekly transfer activity, highlighting a stark contrast between total issuance and actual market liquidity. Experts characterize this environment as a waiting room, noting that 97% of potential participants lack access to these products. Much of this inactivity is structural, as approximately $27 billion consists of permissioned tokens designed for closed ledgers rather than public trading. Market concentration is extreme, with just 62 assets accounting for 88% of the total value, led by major players like BlackRock, Circle, and Figure. The industry faces systemic hurdles including a lack of mainstream distribution channels, regulatory uncertainty, and the necessity for issuers to build proprietary ecosystems to support their tokens. While US Treasuries are considered the only mature, production-grade segment, the broader market must overcome these infrastructure bottlenecks to reach projected growth targets of up to $30 trillion by 2034.