According to a new report, more than $4 trillion in real estate can be tokenized on the blockchain network, potentially providing investors with access to real estate ownership opportunities.
The Deloitte Financial Services Center predicts that the report, issued on April 24, could be tokenized by 2035 from under $300 billion by 2035.
The $4 trillion tokenized properties are expected to be attributed to the benefits of blockchain-based assets and structural changes beyond property and real estate ownership.
“The real estate itself is undergoing change. After-work work, climate risk and digitalization from home trends have reconstructed the basics of property,” according to Chris Yin, co-founder of Plume Network, a blockchain built for real-world assets (RWAS).
“Office buildings are being reused in AI data centers, logistics hubs and energy-efficient residential communities,” Yin told Cointelegraph.
“Investors want targeted access to these latest use cases, and tokenization allows for programmable and customizable exposure to such an evolving asset profile,” he said.
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The uncertainty caused by US President Donald Trump’s import duties has sparked investors’ interest in the RWA tokenization sector, including minting financial products and concrete assets on the blockchain.
Stablecoins and RWA are gathering significant capital as safe inventory assets amid concerns over global trade, Juan Pellicer, senior research analyst at Intotheblock, told Cointelegraph.
Tariff concerns also led to the volume of tokenized gold exceeding the $1 billion transaction volume on April 10th. This is the highest level since March 2023, when the US banking crisis saw the sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the voluntary liquidation of Silvergate Bank.
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Blockchain innovation could promote regulatory clarity
The expansion of RWA adoption could stimulate a more welcoming attitude from global regulators, Yin said.
“Regulation is a hurdle, but regulations continue to use,” he explained, comparing tokenization to Uber’s growth before widespread regulatory acceptance.
“Tokenization is similar. As demand increases, regulatory clarity continues.”
He added that creating tokenized products complying with a wide range of international regulations is key to unlocking broader market access.
However, some industry watchers are skeptical of the benefits introduced by tokenized real estate.
“I don’t think tokenization should look to real estate,” said Michael Sonnenshain, chief operating officer at Paris Blockchain Week in 2025.
“I’m sure there are all kinds of efficiency that can be used to unlock blockchain technology and eliminate man-in-the-middle, escrow, all sorts of things in real estate. But today, I think what Onchain Economy is asking for is more liquid assets,” he added.
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