Real-World Asset (RWA) Coins
Real-World-Asset tokens — protocols bringing treasuries, credit, commodities and real estate on-chain. A slower, adoption- and yield-driven theme that tracks institutional demand for tokenized assets.
Quick answer: Crypto Data API tracks 50 coins in its Real-World Assets (RWA) category, with a combined market cap of $70.24B. The largest is Figure Heloc (FIGR_HELOC) at $27.85B, followed by Chainlink (LINK) and Stellar (XLM). Over the last 24 hours the category moved -1.52% on a market-cap-weighted basis.
Real-World Asset (RWA) Coins by market cap
Sorted by market-cap rank. Prices are a ~30-minute delayed public preview; the API serves them in real time.
What are Real-World Asset (RWA) Coins?
Real-world asset (RWA) coins belong to protocols that bring off-chain assets on-chain, such as US Treasuries, private credit, commodities, equities and real estate. Ondo issues tokenised Treasury products, Centrifuge and Maple handle on-chain credit, and Chainlink provides the data and cross-chain rails many of them depend on.
Tokenised Treasuries and funds from issuers like BlackRock (BUIDL) and Franklin Templeton have pulled institutions into this theme. It tends to be slower and more adoption-driven than other crypto narratives.
What moves Real-World Asset (RWA) Coins
Tokenised AUM
The dollar value of tokenised Treasuries, credit and funds is the core adoption metric.
Institutional partnerships
Launches with large asset managers and banks are the main catalysts.
Interest rates
On-chain Treasury yields are more attractive when rates are high relative to DeFi yields.
Regulation
Securities and tokenisation rules decide who can hold these products and where.
Key risks
- Protocol tokens may capture little of the value of the assets they tokenise.
- Off-chain legal, custodial and counterparty risks sit outside the blockchain.
- Many products are permissioned, which limits DeFi composability.
Get this category via API
The same list, with live prices, market cap, rank and 24h/7d change, is one call away. It returns every curated category, so filter on id: "rwa"; /api/v1/coins/{symbol} returns a single coin. It works from scripts, trading bots and AI agents (REST, MCP server or x402 pay-per-call).
# Every coin in this category, live curl -s -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \ "https://cryptodataapi.com/api/v1/coins/category-groups?limit=50" \ | jq '.categories[] | select(.id == "rwa")' # One coin curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" "https://cryptodataapi.com/api/v1/coins/FIGR_HELOC"
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Real-World Asset (RWA) Coins FAQ
What are RWA coins?
RWA coins are tokens of protocols that tokenise real-world assets, such as Treasuries, private credit, commodities or real estate, and put them on a blockchain. Examples include ONDO, LINK, OM, POLYX and CFG.
Why is Chainlink in the RWA category?
Chainlink provides the price feeds, proof-of-reserve and cross-chain interoperability (CCIP) that many tokenised-asset issuers and banks use, so it is widely treated as core RWA infrastructure.
What are tokenised Treasuries?
Tokenised Treasuries are blockchain tokens backed by short-term US government debt, paying close to the T-bill yield. BlackRock's BUIDL, Ondo's USDY/OUSG and Franklin Templeton's BENJI are among the largest.
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