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BlackRock’s BUIDL Emerges as World’s Largest Tokenized Treasury Fund

BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund surpasses Franklin Templeton’s product this week to become the largest blockchain-tokenized treasury fund to date It became. According to Dune Analytics’ dashboard, stock ticker BUIDL’s BlackRock six-week product has reached a market cap of $375 million, outpacing Franklin OnChain US, which is 12 months old. Government Monetary Fund (BENJI), its size is $368 million.

Blockchain-based tokenization of real-world assets has been a hot topic lately. BlackRock CEO Larry Fink recently said capital markets could become more efficient by moving to chains. National debt is just one part of it. Stocks, real estate, and many other assets can also be tokenized. However, investor demand for these tokenized products is currently low, according to Tom Wang, research strategist at 21.co, citing low liquidity as one of the main reasons.

The good news is that there is already demand for Treasuries from industry players in the $140 billion stablecoin market. Therefore, it will be easier to find end investors to switch when demand increases, Wang explained. Currently, tokenized Treasury securities account for 1.4% of total on-chain tokenized assets, up from 0.1% at the beginning of 2023. However, Mr. Wang predicts that this market power will increase to 10% in the future. Boston Consulting Group estimates that blockchain-based tokenization will reach a $16 trillion market by 2030.