February 2, 2024
Real World Asset Tokenization: The Hype and The Hard Truth
Real World Asset Tokenization: The Hype and The Hard Truth
“Tokenization,” especially of “real world assets,” has recently gained significant attention in the crypto world. This trend is essentially a form of security tokens, a term that was popular back in 2018, but for good reason, has since fallen out of favor. Many of the current promoters of tokenization have found their way from the hype-cycle champion, decentralized finance, otherwise known as DeFi. While influential traditional finance influencers and CEOs view tokenization as a natural evolution in finance, the tokenization of “every financial asset” is much more complex and largely misunderstood by both proponents and detractors. The tokenization of the