For years, the financial world has focused on the technical how of Real-World Asset RWA Tokenization -the mechanical hurdle of migrating real-world assets onto a blockchain. However, as we enter 2026, the industry has reached a tipping point. Today, global digital asset technology solutions provider ChainUp and its partner, Singapore-licensed RWA exchange 1exchange 1X , announced a joint market forecast signaling that the strategic focus has shifted from the mere creation of tokens to the urgent necessity of Market Liquidity .
This shift is underscored by recent institutional movements, including the New York Stock Exchange NYSE unveiling plans for 24/7 blockchain-based trading of tokenized stocks and Nasdaqs recent proposal to the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission SEC to integrate tokenized assets into its framework. For ChainUp and 1exchange , these milestones validate a pivot towards infrastructure that prioritizes high-speed execution and embedded logic.
As the experimental era matures, the market is moving past the simple minting of assets toward a new frontier defined by the rigorous requirements of secondary market activity and automated compliance-the essential foundations for sustaining the next wave of global capital.
