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The success of ETFs over their relatively short lifetime is a testament to the power of retail investors. From 2003 to 2022, the ETF market grew from $200 billion to $9.6 trillion, expanding stock investing from the preserve of besuited city traders to a mass market of individuals eager to generate better returns on their savings. As a low-cost, user-friendly instrument, ETFs have made stock market investing accessible, affordable, and convenient.
Now, tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs) could be set to do for crypto what ETFs have done for stocks. Institutional interest in crypto is at an all-time high, thanks partly to the Bitcoin ETF approvals driving market sentiment. However, while some institutions anticipate consumer demand for crypto-related financial services, many believe that RWAs…