Emerging market economies to drive RWA tokenization in 2026: Crypto exec
Developing economies that lack entrenched financial market infrastructure will adopt tokenized real-world assets before developed countries.
The tokenized real-world asset (RWA) market will continue to grow in 2026, fueled by adoption in emerging market economies, according to Jesse Knutson, head of operations at crypto exchange Bitfinex.
Emerging market economies experience “friction” in capital formation and attracting foreign investment, Knutson told Cointelegraph
Tokenizing real-world assets, the process of representing physical or traditional assets on blockchain networks, fixes this by enabling onchain capital formation and bypassing traditional financial intermediaries, he said. Kunston added:
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