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RWA Market Insights: Key Trends for 2025
By the end of 2024, the tokenized real-world asset (RWA) market showcased remarkable growth. Evolving from private lending to tokenized government bonds and commodities like gold, the RWA sector is now poised to redefine TradeFi and create new investment opportunities.Ondo Finance Bets Big on Yield-Bearing Stablecoins
Justin Schmidt, the Chief Operating Officer at Ondo Finance, which specializes in tokenized securities, is confident that yield-bearing stablecoins will outpace their traditional counterparts in the future. He notes that current issuers of such tokens are channeling investments into U.S. Treasury bonds and deposits, thereby securing their own profits, while regular users remain deprived from yield-generation.Philippine Officials Forge Ahead with New Technologies
The Philippines’ Bureau of the Treasury collaborates with the nation's central bank to use digital currency (CBDC) for the sale of tokenized government securities. This week, the government successfully raised $271 million through tokenized one-year bonds.Asset control in dispute between FTX and UCC
As FTX undergoes restructuring, it finds itself clashing with the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors over asset governance. John Ray III has shown unease about UCC's idea of diverting $2.6 billion to U.S. Treasury bonds, all to offset anticipated professional expenses of nearly $330 million. FTX has formerly assailed UCC's strategy and blamed the committee of attempting illegal oversight over client assets.Salvador Proves Critics Wrong
Contrary to forecasts, the value of Salvadoran bonds rose by 62% after Fitch downgraded the country's credit rating in September 2022. Perhaps the 79% surge in BTC during the same period played a role in this unexpected turn of events. In 2021, El Salvador declared Bitcoin as legal tender and currently holds 2546 BTC. Despite skepticism from the IMF, the country also allocated $1 billion for the construction of a mining farm with a capacity of 241 MW.1 - 17 of 17 results