Tokenized stocks now account for 82% of onchain RWA holders

Tokenized stocks reached 3.77 million onchain holders by September 2026, according to The Block Research. That works out to roughly 82% of everyone holding real-world assets (RWAs) on a blockchain. The numbers behind the surge The Block Research’s report, dated October 5, 2026, puts tokenized-stock holders at 3.77 million as of September. In other words, more than four out of every five onchain RWA holders own some form of tokenized equity. The momentum apparently did not stop there. Later figures in the research put tokenized-stock holders at approximately 5.3 million by late October. That later count represents nearly 82.9% of an expanded RWA holder base of 6.4 million. The share held steady even as the total pool grew, which suggests tokenized stocks are growing roughly in step with the broader category rather than fading as a share of it. The onchain value of tokenized stocks climbed from $678 million at the start of 2026 to a peak of $3.15 billion by September. The wider RWA market also expanded. Total onchain RWA value peaked at roughly $39.3 billion in September 2026, nearly four times its level at the beginning of 2025. Who is building the rails Technically, these tokens re...