- Gold accounts for about $5 billion of the $5,1 billion invested in the tokenized commodities market.
- Silver and other tokenized commodities account for only $57,6 million.
- The RWA market grew from approximately $3 billion in mid-2024 to $34 billion in 2026.
According to a16z Crypto, gold currently dominates the tokenized commodities market. The company’s latest report estimates the total market size for such commodities at approximately $5,1 billion, of which tokenized gold accounts for nearly $5 billion.
Other commodities, including silver, account for only $57,6 million, or less than 2% of the total. Meanwhile, oil, agricultural products, energy resources, and cryptocurrency remain virtually unrepresented.
According to a16z Crypto, the tokenized asset market (RWA) recently surpassed $30 billion and currently stands at $34 billion, excluding stablecoins. Tokenized bonds are the largest asset class, with a value of $15,2 billion.
For crypto investors, tokenized treasury bonds are also a way to put idle stablecoins to work while gaining access to traditional money market returns. BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, and a growing number of asset managers are quickly responding to demand, building a multi-billion-dollar market around this idea, a16z reported.
Usage figures aren’t as impressive as market value figures. According to a16z Crypto, bonds are the largest category, but in DeFi Only 5% of their total volume is used (approximately $800 million). Precious metals are also rarely used in DeFiMost tokenized gold is simply stored on the blockchain, rather than used as collateral or in other applications.
Blockchain Ethereum still holds the largest share of the tokenized asset market at $15,7 billion. BNB Chain this figure is equal to $4 billion, Solana — $2,2 billion, Stellar — $1,7 billion, Liquid Network – $ 1,5 billion XRP Ledger, ZKsync Era and Arbitum have about $1 billion each.
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