The tokenized real-world asset (RWA) market is hitting unprecedented momentum, with valuations reaching an all-time high of $17.1 billion in 2024. Institutional players, including BlackRock, JPMorgan, and other global financial giants, are accelerating their tokenization strategies—confirming what IXS has been building towards for years: the infrastructure that bridges TradFi and DeFi.

In the latest AMA with Crypto Revolution Masters, IXS CEO Julian Kwan provided invaluable insights into the future of tokenized finance, institutional adoption, and IXS’s market-defining role. Here’s a recap of the most important takeaways:

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🔑 Key Highlights from the AMA

1. IXS as the Institutional-Grade Infrastructure Bridging TradFi and DeFi

• IXS is building the core infrastructure that connects traditional financial systems (TradFi) with decentralized finance (DeFi), enabling compliant issuance, custody, primary issuance, and secondary trading for tokenized real-world assets.
• This infrastructure is designed to unlock liquidity for institutions and retail investors, driving the next phase of tokenized finance.

2. Significance of the LINE Partnership – Unlocking 200M Users

• IXS’s application launch on LINE, a super app with 200 million users across Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand, marks a historic milestone for RWA adoption.
• Through this partnership, users can seamlessly access tokenized RWAs legally and compliantly, significantly expanding RWA distribution across Asia.
• This is viewed as the most significant distribution partnership in the RWA space globally.

3. Global Institutional Partnerships & Expansion

• IXS is actively collaborating with centralized exchanges (CEXs) and FinTech platforms that want to integrate tokenized assets but lack regulatory licenses.
• CEXs and FinTech platforms will rely on licensed partners like IXS to offer RWA products legally, creating a distribution network with access to millions of users.
• Announcements regarding partnerships with regulated CEXs are expected soon.

“Crypto exchanges are platforms with millions of users. What do you do when you have millions of users? You find more things to sell them.”

“We bet on this six years ago—that everything would converge to platforms. The Web2 FinTechs like Robinhood and the cryptocurrency exchanges like Coinbase are all going to sell RWAs.”

“Crypto.com is buying broker-dealer licenses to sell RWA. Coinbase is building an RWA exchange. We’ll be announcing partnerships with regulated CEXs that want to sell RWAs as well.”

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4. The U.S. as a Catalyst for RWA Growth

• The U.S. market is emerging as a key driver of RWA adoption, with regulatory clarity and political support surging after recent policy shifts.
• Stablecoins and tokenized treasuries are reinforcing USD dominance, positioning U.S.-backed RWAs as a cornerstone of global tokenization.

5. Macro Trends Driving RWA Adoption

• Institutions are increasingly moving into tokenized finance. BlackRock’s RWA treasury token is restricted to $5M minimum investments, limiting access to large institutions.
  IXS is democratizing access to institutional-quality assets for retail and global investors through tokenization.
• Tokenized private credit, real estate, and commodities are unlocking liquidity and creating new yield opportunities.

6. User Experience & Accessibility as the Key Barrier

• Drawing parallels to Coinbase’s success in simplifying crypto onboarding, IXS is focused on improving user experience to ensure seamless access to RWAs for both institutions and retail users.
• IXS’s platform allows users to invest in institutional-quality assets with as little as $1, lowering the barriers to entry globally.

7. New RWA Use Cases Beyond Access & Trading

Tokenization is unlocking new functionalities and investment strategies across asset classes:

• Lending & Borrowing: Tokenized RWAs can be used as collateral to borrow stablecoins or other digital assets.
• Liquidity Pools: Private companies, credit funds, and real estate projects can create liquidity pools for tokenized assets on IXS, an industry-first feature.
• Fractional Ownership: Tokenization is enabling global access to previously illiquid assets, including stocks, treasuries, and private equity, transforming wealth access in emerging markets.

“We’re focused on delivering institutional-grade assets—treasuries, money market funds, stocks, gold—to CEXs and FinTechs globally.”

“In a tokenized world for RWAs, you can start using these assets in ways you never could before—like staking your private company shares as collateral or creating secondary liquidity pools.”

“Lending and borrowing, staking, and new types of investment products are opening up completely new ways to unlock value from RWAs.”

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8. The Convergence of CEXs, FinTech Platforms & RWA

• Centralized exchanges (CEXs) like Coinbase and FinTech platforms like Robinhood and Grab are expanding from crypto into RWA tokenization.
• These platforms will integrate RWAs to offer users a complete portfolio, and IXS’s B2B model is the gateway enabling this expansion.

9. RWA: The Next Cycle’s Safe Haven

• Stablecoin market capitalization is expected to 5-10x during the next crypto cycle, and investors will increasingly seek yield-bearing RWA products during market downturns.
• Tokenized treasuries and high-quality RWAs will become a preferred safe haven for investors during future crypto bear markets.

10. Regulatory Compliance as a Competitive Advantage

• IXS holds the necessary securities licenses for trading and custody, allowing legal issuance and trading of tokenized securities.
• Most DEXs cannot legally offer RWA products, positioning IXS as the regulatory bridge for tokenized securities.

11. Roadmap: Scaling B2B Partnerships & Expanding Institutional Asset Offerings

• IXS’s core focus is to expand B2B partnerships with FinTech platforms and CEXs, integrating tokenized assets into platforms with millions of users.
• Asset Expansion: Continued growth in institutional-quality RWAs like treasuries, money market funds, stocks, gold, and private credit.

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Final Takeaway

IXS is positioning itself as the leading infrastructure provider for institutional-grade RWA liquidity, bridging Wall Street and DeFi.

With regulatory licenses, partnerships with global platforms like LINE, and a rapidly expanding asset base, IXS is creating the rails for the tokenized economy. The recent surge to $17.1 billion in RWA market value is just the beginning—IXS is driving the next phase of institutional adoption.

Stay connected with IXS for more updates and industry-defining announcements.

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