Tokenized assets surpass three million holders as RWA sector doubles in 30 days

The number of people holding tokenized real-world assets just crossed three million, roughly doubling in the span of a single month. For a sector that spent years trying to convince skeptics that putting bonds and equities on a blockchain was anything more than a parlor trick, that’s a notable inflection point. Data from RWA.xyz shows approximately 3.31 million total asset holders as of early September 2026, representing growth of over 100% in just 30 days. Centrifuge, the Zug-based tokenization protocol, flagged the milestone this week, noting that many new holders joined in the past seven days alone. Who’s actually driving the growth Much of the recent surge has been fueled by the tokenization of equities and stocks rather than the Treasury products and credit instruments that dominated earlier waves of RWA adoption. Consumer-facing platforms, including Robinhood, have contributed to bringing in over 200,000 new holders within a few weeks. Centrifuge itself accounts for a much smaller slice of the total holder base. The protocol currently supports roughly 1,293 holders across 9 assets, with a distributed value of $1.61 billion. Centrifuge’s own trajectory Despite its comparativel...