Most headlines in the RWA space are still pilots and PR. The real and lasting applications of blockchain will be behind the scenes, in the plumbing of capital markets. Here’s where the real volume is:
• Broadridge DLR (tokenized repo trading on Canton): $326 Bn average daily volume in Feb 2026. Smart contracts handle the open and close of each repo, with cash and collateral moving atomically on a shared ledger. Settlement times can be specified to the minute, which makes intraday and even hourly repo operationally feasible. Legacy rails batch settle with cutoff windows that prevent it. Massive improvement to a legacy repo marketplace. Current participants include UBS, Société Générale, and a growing bank syndicate.
• Figure (tokenized consumer credit on Provenance): $22 Bn+ in home equity originated, $2.7B in Q4'25 consumer loan marketplace volume. Origination, lien registration, whole loan sale, and securitization all run on one ledger as the system of record. Every handoff in legacy lending (originator, warehouse, buyer, securitizer, trustee, auditor) requires duplicate verification and reconciliation. Using a shared ledger collapses that. Lower origination costs, ~80% lower securitization audit costs, and more efficient capital markets. Largest nonbank HELOC lender in America. (Full disclosure: I work here.)
• JPMorgan (tokenized deposits on Kinexys): $7 Bn in daily transactions. JPM deposits move 24/7 and exchange atomically against tokenized collateral. Legacy settlement splits cash and securities onto separate rails (Fedwire for cash, DTCC for securities), leaving a timing gap where one side has paid but not yet received. Atomic settlement on one ledger closes that gap.
Other notable mentions: BlackRock’s BUIDL (tokenized money market fund) and Ondo (tokenized treasuries and more recently equities).
The infrastructure is proven. Displacing a legacy system that operates well (though imperfectly) is the difficult part. Much more to come in 2026.