Tokenized Treasuries, private credit, and DeFi composability — Sarah Chen breaks down the biggest story in crypto right now.

RWA tokenization has quietly grown from a niche experiment to a multi-hundred-billion-dollar market. BlackRock BUIDL hit $2B AUM, Ondo Finance is routing billions through on-chain rails, and JPMorgan Onyx is settling over $1B in daily tokenized repo transactions.

In this deep-dive, Sarah covers: - What RWA tokens actually are (and why the legal wrapper matters more than the smart contract) - The tokenized Treasury landscape: BlackRock, Ondo, Franklin Templeton - Private credit protocols: Maple Finance, Centrifuge, Goldfinch - Technical architecture: ERC-3643, oracle layers, compliance enforcement - DeFi composability and Layer 2 integration - Regulatory update: MiCA, FIT21, and the two-tier market - Real risks: counterparty, oracle, transfer restrictions, and jurisdictional complexity - How individuals can actually access RWA yields today

Read the full post: https://ignaonline.com/real-world-asset-rwa-tokenization-in-2026-how-blockchain-is-bridging-tradfi-and-defi/