🗒️RWA Field Notes, Part 1
A tokenized asset is not always the asset itself.
Most of the time, the token is just the onchain interface.
The real question is what sits behind it:
issuer, custodian, legal claim, redemption path, transfer rules, and the actual underlying asset.
That is why two products can both be called RWAs and still have completely different risk.
A tokenized Treasury, tokenized stock, private credit token, and real estate claim are not the same thing.
Before looking at yield or ticker, ask one simple question:
what does this token actually represent?