Opinion by: Abdul Rafay Gadit, co-founder of ZIGChain
America’s tariff regime has apparently fueled a global trade war, forcing investors to explore stable, yield-generating alternatives. A closer look reveals that illiquidity, opacity and scalability challenges have plagued global financial markets for long. They weren’t in great shape anyway, trade war or no trade war.
Tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) have risen to this occasion — thankfully. For one, they ensure predictable yields, providing a haven for investors amid uncertain market conditions and unproductive volatility.
Above all, though, RWAs are a lifeboat for legacy finance, as they enhance market liquidity, bring transparency to opaque markets, and make finance more democratic. Traditional financial markets need to integrate — not resist — RWAs to stay relevant in the coming decade.
RWAs to the rescue
In legacy finance, capital’s “computability” occurs through slow, expensive and unreliable intermediaries like banks. For example, these entities are primarily unable