BTC Markets Moves to Offer Tokenized Assets as RWA Market Hits $26.5B Peak

The crypto exchange BTC Markets intends to acquire its market license to trade regulated tokenized real-world assets. This news comes at a time when the RWA market has recorded a new peak of $26 billion in value.

BTC Markets Seeks License to Launch Regulated Tokenized Products

The crypto exchange based in Australia has informed the country’s securities regulator of its intention to apply for a market license for the provision of regulated RWAs. This was shared by the company’s CEO, Lucas Dobbins, who shared how important this is to the company.

“Our plan is to obtain licensing infrastructure that enables particular types of tokenised assets to be offered and available to the public,” he said. We see a world where tokenised equities, bonds, and real-world assets will trade alongside cryptocurrencies. Markets will operate continuously. Settlement will be instant.”

The move by BTC Markets comes at a time when other exchanges are planning to offer these products.

For instance, Kraken introduced its tokenized stocks in June 2025, referred to as xStocks. The company also introduced its on-chain trading engine, referred to as xChange. The engine enables users to trade its tokenized stocks on the Solana and Ethereum blockchains.

It was announced that Robinhood is developing a tokenized stock trading platform. The platform is aimed at serving the European market. Lastly, it was announced in December that Coinbase is developing a tokenized stock trading platform referred to as Coinbase Tokenize. The platform is aimed at serving institutional investors in the issuance of RWAs.

The CEO of BTC Markets pointed out that there was an increase in tokenization adoption in Australia. The experts at the Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre pointed out that there is a potential for economic benefits of up to 1$6.8 billion annually. This is about 1% of Australia’s GDP.

“On the current trajectory, we may only capture around $1 billion of that by 2030, which highlights the opportunity. Unlocking it will require licensed market infrastructure that allows tokenized assets to trade within a trusted regulatory framework,” he added.

Tokenized RWA TVL Hits Record High Amid Market Slide

The value of tokenized real-world assets has seen a rise of almost four times over the last year as BTC Markets looks to tap into this market. Its value has risen to over $26.4 billion, in comparison to the $6.6 billion at the same time last year, according to RWA.xyz.

This is also a reflection of the fact that six forms of tokenized assets have managed to pass the $1 billion mark. These include commodities, US Treasury assets, and institutional alternative funds.

In other news, banking regulators like the OCC issued guidance that indicates tokenized assets must be treated equally in terms of capital as traditional assets.

This essentially greenlights banks to offer said products as global adoption of tokenization continues to grow.