- Deloitte projects tokenized real estate could reach $4 trillion in value within the next decade.
- Institutional backing and regulatory clarity are fueling rapid adoption of asset tokenization.
Deloitte has once again highlighted the issue of tokenization, this time with a sharp prediction that the tokenized real estate market could reach a value of $4 trillion in the next ten years. That figure is not just wishful thinking.
The reason is, currently, the market value has exceeded $290 billion, and continues to rise thanks to the influx of large institutions and advances in blockchain infrastructure. Deloitte sees that the breakdown of asset ownership through tokens is no longer just a technological experiment. It is starting to become a new ownership model that can reach anyone.
Furthermore, this trend does not stand alone. CNF reports that the total value of real-world assets (RWA) locked in the DeFi ecosystem has exceeded $10 billion. Four major protocols have even managed more than $1 billion each.
This shows that interest in tokenization is not just a temporary hype. Especially with the increasingly massive scale of institutional adoption, plus advances in the scalability of blockchain networks.
RWA Hype Gets Institutional Backing
On the other hand, the ecosystem is also getting a boost from major blockchain projects. One of them comes from the Stellar Development Foundation, which on April 17, 2025 announced an aggressive plan to increase the value of real-world assets tokenized on its network to $3 billion by the end of this year.
In comparison, at the end of 2024, the figure had only reached $290 million. This increase is certainly not just a promise, considering that they have already pocketed support from companies such as Paxos, SG Forge, Etherfuse, and Ondo.
Still on the subject of optimism, a joint report by Ripple and Boston Consulting Group on April 13, 2025 estimated that the real-world asset tokenization market would grow from $600 billion this year to $18.9 trillion in 2033. A fairly crazy jump.
But when you look at the names that have entered the arena—namely BlackRock, HSBC, and Fidelity—the figure suddenly seems reasonable. BlackRock’s Larry Fink himself once said that “every asset can be tokenized.”
Clearer Rules Are Accelerating Blockchain Growth
However, it is not only institutions that are driving this growth. Regulation also plays a significant role. In April 2025, the total value of real-world assets tokenized jumped 17 percent in just one month, to $14 billion.
The reason? Not only because of investor interest, but also because of the clarity of regulations in several jurisdictions such as the UK, Switzerland, and Singapore. This increasingly supportive regulation gives market players more confidence.
If you think about it, the influence of blockchain in this case can be compared to how mobile phones replaced landlines. Once people understand the convenience, it is difficult to go back. Tokenization paves the way for fractional ownership of property that can be accessed with a click, rather than a long bureaucratic process.
