Analysis: Blockchain fragmentation could cause the RWA market to lose billions of dollars each year

According to TheDefiant, a recent study by the data analysis platform RWAio found that the fragmentation of blockchain networks causes a value loss of $600 million to $1.3 billion annually in the RWA market. Currently, the total value of RWA in circulation (including private credit, U.S. Treasury bonds, and commodities) has exceeded $36 billion.

RWAio discovered that the same asset often trades at different prices on different blockchains, with price discrepancies ranging from 1% to 3%. Additionally, due to fees and slippage, transferring assets between different chains can result in investors losing 2% to 5% on each transaction. Currently, Ethereum holds 52% of all RWA tokenized value, while Polygon holds 62% of RWA tokenized bonds.

According to forecasts, if the market size of tokenized assets reaches $16 trillion to $30 trillion by 2030, annual losses could amount to $30 billion to $75 billion.