Real-world assets (RWA)
Coverage of Real-world assets (RWA) in the Nexus archive.
- I moved a chunk of my defi yield stack into tokenized treasuries last month
The author shifted 40% of their DeFi yield portfolio into tokenized U.S. Treasury products like BUIDL and USDY (Ondo), citing safer returns (4.3% APY) and reduced risk compared to DeFi's volatile yields. They note the growing dominance of tokenized real-world assets (RWA) over DeFi TVL and the erosion of DeFi's yield advantage as institutions like BlackRock and JPMorgan enter the space.
- ‘DeFi bent, not broken’: Standard Chartered says rsETH episode won’t derail path to $2T RWA market
Standard Chartered asserts that the DeFi market is 'bent, not broken' following the rsETH incident, citing a $300 million rescue effort and structural upgrades as evidence that DeFi's path to a $2 trillion real-world asset (RWA) market remains intact.
- WPVS — A Better Valuation Framework for RWA Lending Protocols
The article introduces WPVS, a new valuation framework for real-world asset (RWA) lending protocols that addresses TVL's flaws by categorizing pools into four types with distinct metrics. Applied to Clearpool, the framework shows the market values it at 8 cents per dollar of protocol value.
- Real-world assets (RWA) yield trading
The article discusses the shift of DeFi (Decentralized Finance) into real-world assets (RWA) such as private credit, T-Bills, and digitalized gold. A user is utilizing Pendle Protocol Tokens (PTs) to secure fixed yields on STRC-backed stablecoins and seeks insights into market demand and strategies for RWA.