New developments in the RWA track: the United States is expected to become the global leader in real asset tokenization

2026-01-06 08:40:10

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【Crypto World】Interesting development: The RWA track has recently remained hot. A leading compliant blockchain and industry institutions have teamed up to make the United States a global hub for real asset tokenization. This was officially announced at a blockchain industry summit.

What is their approach? Simply put, “regulatory first”—not reckless growth, but exploring the possibilities of asset onboarding within a policy framework. The participating institutions are all mainstream players, including top companies engaged in digital asset securitization.

The core selling point is clear: building a secure and compliant infrastructure to facilitate the smooth migration of assets worth trillions of dollars onto the blockchain. This is not a small-scale effort but a redefinition of the underlying logic of digital finance.

From a technical perspective, these Layer 1 chains face many challenges—they must ensure compliance while handling large-scale asset transfers on the chain. Once this model is successful, the boundary between traditional finance and Web3 will become blurred, and opportunities will naturally arise. The wave of RWA has just begun, and more players will enter the scene in the future.

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MEVSandwich

· 6h ago

Regulation first—this approach sounds reliable but also pretty boring. We'll see if those folks in the US can really move trillions onto the blockchain. For now, it's mostly just talk.

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ColdWalletGuardian

· 01-08 14:50

Regulatory first, I buy into this logic. It's much more reliable than those projects that grow wildly. I just don't know if the US can really take on this plate... If RWA really gets off the ground, the boundary between traditional finance and Web3 will be completely gone. That would be true transformation. To put it nicely, it still depends on how the SEC's attitude is; don't come with a one-size-fits-all approach later. Compliance chain +正规军 sounds stable, but with trillions of dollars in assets flowing? Is the on-chain throughput really enough to see? Does the US want to be the global center? Europe and Asia disagree. This is a new round of competition for financial discourse. Under the regulatory framework, doing RWA is basically giving traditional finance a blockchain shell. Is it a revolution or compromise?

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GateUser-9f682d4c

· 01-07 23:46

The idea of "regulation first" sounds impressive, but how many actually implement it? Anyway, I haven't seen any substantial actions from the US side; it's probably just talk at meetings.

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WhaleWatcher

· 01-06 13:18

Regulation first, I've seen this trick many times before, just afraid it will be all talk and no action. Are there really several trillion dollars worth of assets willing to go on-chain? It's easy to say. Wait, is the US trying to become the global center? Won't this conflict with Europe's actions? Whether this is reliable or not mainly depends on whether the participating institutions are truly investing real money or just riding the hype. As for RWA, I think it depends on the actual implementation; having just a framework is useless.

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FudVaccinator

· 01-06 09:07

Regulatory first approach, it sounds good, but how many projects can truly get through? Let's wait and see the specific progress.

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ZeroRushCaptain

· 01-06 09:06

Regulation first? Ha, I'm telling you, it's all a game bro. The last time I heard this kind of talk, I was buying the dip, and then it got cut in half three times before I managed to get out alive.

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HalfPositionRunner

· 01-06 09:03

Hmm... The idea of prioritizing regulation sounds really comfortable, but will the big players who actually invest money buy into it? As for RWA, it feels like every time they say the US will lead, but what’s the result? Tens of trillions of dollars migrating on-chain, just thinking about it is outrageous. Can the technology really handle it? If this team of mainstream players can really pull it off, traditional finance will have to change its fate. Using this set of compliance chains feels more like just putting a gold label on themselves.

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PanicSeller

· 01-06 08:58

Regulatory first logic is actually just trying to make the crypto world like Wall Street... Can it really work? --- Tens of trillions of dollars migrating on-chain? Sounds good, but who will pay the bill? --- Official institutions entering the market, the era of wild growth is really coming to an end. --- Layer 1 solving compliance + large-scale transfers, easy to say but hard to do? --- The US wants to become the global center? This pace seems a bit like consolidating the entire sector. --- RWA this wave feels like a big pie combined with a big pit. --- Compliance chains + top institutions joining forces, but is this really a good thing? --- From the dark web to Wall Street, is this the endgame of Web3?

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DAOplomacy

· 01-06 08:46

honestly the "regulatory first" angle is just institutional copium tbh... we've seen this playbook before and the incentive structures never quite align when the pressure mounts. path dependency's a bitch, and trillions moving onchain? ngl that's non-trivial externalities nobody's really war-gamed out properly yet

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