Tokenized Asset Market Climbs Over 140% as On-Chain Trading Diverges
Tokenized real-world assets hit $34.5 billion in August 2026, but data shows on-chain markets behave differently from the assets they represent.
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The market for tokenized real-world assets reached $34.5 billion in value in August 2026, a rise of more than 140% compared with a year earlier, according to data analytics firm Dune.
Dune's report found that cash equivalents made up the largest tokenized asset class at nearly $18 billion, though most of those assets remained inactive. Equities accounted for only about 8% of the market but generated 93% of on-chain trading activity, pointing to a gap between the size of the market and how the assets are actually traded.
Within tokenized equities, single stocks represented 81% of supply, against 19% for exchange-traded funds, indicating that on-chain investors leaned more toward individual companies than diversified funds.
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