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Just saw a group mate chatting about RWA on-chain, so I looked through a few projects. Honestly, what I fear most isn’t losing money—it’s redemption terms that are written too convoluted. Liquidity may look great on paper, but once you try to redeem, it stalls. For those that claim “tokenization of real-world assets,” I really think you have to peel it back layer by layer to see what the underlying reality is—whether it’s a real oasis or just concrete.
While those Layer 2s argue endlessly about TPS and subsidies, I actually feel RWA’s appeal lies in being “slow”—turning physical assets on-chain, essentially trading time for liquidity, not something meant for short-term trading and speculation.
But some projects write their redemption windows too vaguely, like “7–30 business days.” Isn’t that just leaving you a back door? I personally would rather spend a few extra days studying the terms and I don’t buy the grand promises on the whitepaper. Positions are like planting flowers: water first, then wait for them to sprout—can’t be rushed. Anyway, my current positioning is fairly conservative. I’ll take a small allocation to test RWA projects with stricter compliance limits, and see whether they can truly run end-to-end.