Tokenized Real-World Assets Crossed $25B, But Most Of That Capital Is Sitting Idle
The tokenized real-world asset market reached $24.9 billion in February 2026, up 289% from $6.4 billion one year prior, according to on-chain analytics firm Nexus Data Labs. The headline growth, however, conceals a structural bottleneck: 88% of the $8.5 billion in RWA-backed stablecoins is sitting o