ChainCatcher news, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) announced that it has joined "Project Guardian," led by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, to explore broader channels for acquiring tokenized real-world assets in the financial markets.ANZ stated in a release that it is collaborating with Chainlink Labs and ADDX to experiment with interoperability between private blockchains for the exchange of tokenized real-world assets such as commercial paper.Project Guardian, launched in 2022, is a public-private tokenization collaboration aimed at testing the tokenization of real-world assets. Participating entities include the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Switzerland's Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA), as well as financial institutions like Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, and Apollo. The project is exploring tokenization in the fixed income, wealth management, and foreign exchange sectors.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the RWA L2 network Plume Network stated in a declaration that the company plans to tokenize approximately $1.25 billion worth of real-world assets and provide holders with opportunities to earn returns in the process.A spokesperson for Plume Network stated that the goal is to tokenize assets including "solar farms, private credit, medical reimbursement-supported invoices, and mineral rights" so that investors can access these assets before the fourth quarter. The individual added that Plume Network hopes to "ultimately" tokenize assets worth $3 billion.Plume Network indicated that the income-generating assets it intends to tokenize include a $500 million private credit fund Credbull, a $300 million Plural Energy solar power plant, some oil and gas mineral rights, and $120 million in medical reimbursement claims.

ChainCatcher news, the one-stop crypto financial platform Matrixport's RWA platform Matrixdock officially announces the launch of the on-chain gold token XAUm. XAUm is a high-standard, innovative gold token fully backed by physical gold bars with a purity of no less than 99.99% according to LBMA (London Bullion Market Association) standards, with each XAUm token anchored to one troy ounce of LBMA physical gold bars.XAUm supports native deployment and unified management on the ETH and BNB chains, meeting the application needs of different forms of rights and Dapps. XAUm currently supports trading with USDC and USDT, charging a 0.25% minting fee and redemption fee, while exempting traditional gold storage and management fees. At the same time, users enjoy the right to redeem physical gold, and Matrixdock has launched physical gold redemption services in Hong Kong and Singapore.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, cryptocurrency trading company XBTO has established a new tokenization team focused on real-world assets (RWA), advancing the company's ongoing efforts in blockchain-based corporate debt issuance and venturing into areas such as real estate.The company has been working on issuing medium-sized corporate bonds, including two tokenized bonds issued by the boutique airline Bermuda Air, namely "senior electronic notes." XBTO is regulated in Bermuda and offers tokenized assets to qualified investors (as well as investors outside the United States).

ChainCatcher news, CoinGecko released the 2024 RWA report. The report states that currently, most real-world assets (RWA) are stablecoins pegged to the US dollar. The top three US dollar stablecoins alone account for 95% of the market share, with Tether (USDT) having a market capitalization of $96.1 billion, USDC (USDC) at $26.8 billion, and Dai (DAI) at $4.9 billion. USDT continues to dominate with a market share of 71.4%. Meanwhile, after a brief decoupling during the US banking crisis in March 2023, USDC's market share plummeted and has yet to recover.Stable assets not pegged to the US dollar account for only 1% of the market. These assets include other fiat currencies such as Euro Tether (EURT), offshore Chinese Yuan Tether (CNHT), Mexican Peso Tether (MXNT), Euro to US Dollar (EURC), StasisEuro (EURS), and Turkish Lira (TRYB).The market capitalization of stable assets soared from $5.2 billion at the beginning of 2020 to a peak of $150.1 billion in March 2022, then gradually declined throughout the bear market. However, its market capitalization grew by 4.9% in 2024, rising from $128.2 billion at the beginning of the year to $134.6 billion on February 1.

ChainCatcher news, Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov shared the biggest crypto trends to watch in 2024 during an interview. He stated that the tokenization of real-world assets (RWA) has the potential to bring trillions of dollars on-chain and transform the cryptocurrency and financial industries.Moreover, the world's largest banks and asset management companies are now actively leveraging blockchain technology in production. As institutions expand blockchain-based markets, tokenize more real-world assets and financial instruments, and enable liquidity to flow between various DLTs and existing systems, this trend of tokenization will only accelerate.