Tokenized Assets Surge as Traditional Finance Converges with Blockchain
New research from CoinShares and Token Terminal reveals that deposits of tokenized real-world assets have more than tripled over the past year to $7.4 billion, while total deposits across decentralized finance fell by around 15%.
This trend is evidence, according to CoinShares, that finance is converging with blockchain infrastructure rather than being displaced by it.
The research, which covers the period from Q2 2025 to Q2 2026, found that investors are not leaving traditional finance behind, but rather moving traditional assets onto blockchain infrastructure that settles in seconds and does not close at night.
The largest share of spot trading volume in tokenized assets is in gold, while activity on perpetual futures venues is concentrated in oil and precious metals, equity indexes, and technology and semiconductor stocks.