RWA Holders Surge 86% Amid SEC, Hong Kong, SWIFT Regulatory Relief

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has introduced an 'Innovation Exemption' for tokenized stock trading, drawing renewed attention to the real-world asset tokenization (RWA) market. Despite a contraction in market size, the number of holders has surged. According to RWA.xyz as of August 18 (local time), the total value of decentralized RWA assets across tokenization platforms stands at $38.61 billion (approximately KRW 53.49 trillion), down 0.74% over the past 30 days, while the number of holders rose to 4,437,131—a gain of 85.83% in the same period.