More people are starting to discuss the idea of tokenization, especially when it comes to real world assets (RWA). This is evident in the traditional financial sector with the idea of stocks and bonds being tokenized on-chain.
A number of entities are looking to get into this.
The leading candidate in the TradFi realm is Blackrock. Everyone's favorite financial institutions is diving deep into tokenization. While the entire market is still rather small. many are starting to see the potential. Thus far, Blackrock has rolled out more products and assumed the largest share of the market.
It is a situation that will change as more companies enter the arena.
Robinhood is one that is looking at this market hard. This company believes it is the future. Naturally, this isn't exactly a traditional financial firm although it does offer stock trading.
Tokenization Is Taking Hold
The Internet turned the world into a 24/7 system. Everything is now simply "a click away".
Probably the biggest change over the last few decades is in communications. We have global interaction for pennies (if not outright free). This means that the other side of the world is akin to being in the same town.
It is a situation that changed everything. One industry that is lagging, however, is finance. Overall, there was not much change in the basic structure of the system.
Today, assets are traded through exchanges in ways that existed for hundreds of years. Naturally, there were advancements due to computerization. No longer are humans physically trading things such as commodities.
Nevertheless, we are looking at exchanges like that go back more than a century. There are set trading days and hours, meaning the 24/7 world is not applicable. In this realm, it is still a 9-5 job.
Finance Going Global
Digital assets are changing the entire game. What was once a fringe concept is now entering the stage where mainstream adoption is not far. Stablecoins are likely the first major breakthrough, becoming the killer app that affects payments all over the world.
This is just the start.
We are looking at the tokenization of everything. This will eventually move into areas that we cannot even ponder today. The first step is for traditional assets to be tokenized.
Tokenization is rapidly reshaping global finance into a nonstop ecosystem, as digital assets and programmable money drive trillions in traditional markets toward 24/7 trading, seamless tokenized credit, and continuous cross-border liquidity that redefines global capital access.
The Internet doesn't stop. For this reason market should not.
A global financial system means time zones are no longer applicable. Today, many countries have their own markets. This not only aids local companies move into the public sphere but helps to offset the trading hours.
If a system were in place where 24/7 trading was available, this was matter little.
How big is the market?
Insights from Visa’s October 2025 report support this perspective, showing that tokenization and programmable money are reshaping global credit markets through automated, continuous systems.
The report notes that stablecoin lending topped $670 billion in five years, highlighting:
The market has grown from $5 billion in December 2023 to $12.7 billion today, with McKinsey projecting total tokenized assets could reach $1-4 trillion by 2030.
We are looking at a market that has not yet reached $50 billion. In the next 5 years, this could reach multi-trillions.
That is some significant growth. The idea that, by 2035, there will not be 24/7 trading of most assets is ludicrous. That is akin to not being able to trade mobile today.