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By Shirley Li , Researcher at Web3Caff Research
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According to GlobeNewswire , on September 3, Etherealize completed a $40 million financing round, led by Electric Capital and Paradigm, with participation from Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and the Ethereum Foundation.
In 2025, as global policy and regulatory frameworks gradually become clearer, the stablecoin and RWA sectors will see breakthroughs. Whether it's the tokenization of physical assets (such as battery swaps and GPU computing power) or the tokenization of traditional financial products like bonds and funds, more and more assets are joining the tokenization camp and achieving on-chain settlement. According to Coingecko data, the current total market capitalization of the RWA sector has reached US$63.779 billion, of which the total market capitalization of the RWA protocol is approximately US$20.729 billion, and the total market capitalization of tokenized products is approximately US$4.784 billion. Goldman Sachs also predicts that by 2030, tokenized funds will account for 1% of global assets under management, expected to exceed US$600 billion. (Extended reading: "RWA Sector 25 Years Q3 Latest 25,000-Word Research Report: How is RWA Balancing Technology, Regulation, and Market Balance from the Perspectives of Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Other Global Perspectives? A Panoramic Analysis of Its Evolutionary Path, Compliance Strategies, Risks, Challenges, and Development Prospects" ).
The reasons behind this are: first, settlement in the traditional financial system is constrained by business hours, making it relatively inefficient compared to 24/7 decentralized on-chain settlement systems. Furthermore, because different centralized institutions maintain their own ledgers, the risk of centralization increases, and centralized data storage also increases the risk of data leakage and misuse. Therefore, the traditional financial system is also facing new challenges. Furthermore, the positive signals from global regulators regarding tokenized products have directly driven the rapid development of this sector in a short period of time. In fact, traditional financial institutions have long expressed a strong interest in the potential of the Web3 space. From the failed FTX to traditional banks that can provide services for the Web3 space, Wall Street institutions can be seen behind all of these. Especially with the rise of tokenization, traditional financial institutions, including Wall Street, have begun to pay more attention to this massive market.
Against this backdrop, Etherealize was officially launched in January of this year, dedicated to providing a new generation of financial infrastructure encompassing trading, settlement, and privacy systems, supporting the massive tokenized market and ultimately establishing Ethereum as a pillar of global finance. Notably, Etherealize defines itself as "the marketing and business development arm of the Ethereum infrastructure network," and this round of funding also received investment from Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and the Ethereum Foundation.
