Is the RWA market size of $35 billion just the beginning? Plume founder: It may surge fivefold by 2026

【Coin World】The ceiling of the RWA track may be higher than everyone thinks.

Currently, the on-chain RWA scale has already surpassed 35 billion USD, with over 539,000 holding addresses—this number alone indicates that real assets going on the chain are no longer just concept hype. Chris Yin, co-founder of Plume, recently made a bold prediction: by 2026, the market size could directly increase by 3 to 5 times.

What’s more worth paying attention to are the actions at the ecosystem level. Plume has just announced a partnership with Securitize, which holds network resources of 280,000 RWA holders. This infrastructure-level connection means the circulation scenarios of tokenized assets will accelerate expansion, not just US bonds and real estate, but more non-standard asset classes may enter one after another.

In the short term, focus on data; in the long run, focus on infrastructure — the RWA path is shifting from “can we do it” to “how to do it bigger.”