Plume CEO Predicts RWA Market Could Triple by 2026 as Demand Moves Beyond Crypto Natives

Chris Yin, co-founder and CEO of Plume, says the has already doubled over the last year and is expected to grow by 3 to 5 times by 2026. Yin says user demographics have changed significantly. 

Growth rates imply that the number of RWA holders has increased tenfold since the begin of 2025, and the number of users could rise twenty-fivefold in the following year. There are now more than $35 billion in RWAs on-chain, held by more than 539,000 people. This shows that adoption is growing.​

Growing Beyond Crypto Natives and Into Other Types of Assets

Yin says most is still happening among those already involved in crypto, but this is likely to change rapidly as larger payouts attract more users. He views that people are more interested in assets that don’t produce US Treasury bills, such as private credit, mineral rights, oil, , and energy. 

Expectations of changes in monetary policy and the industry’s quest for higher returns are driving the transformation. Also, as countries clarify their rules on and tokenized assets, on-chain assets are ready to move from testing to broader use in business.​

Securitize and Plume Partnership Set to Grow Institutional Participation

Plume a new partnership with Securitize, an asset tokenization platform supported by BlackRock and Morgan Stanley. This could assist more institutions use Plume. Securitize will use “institutional-grade” assets atop Plume’s Nest staking system. 

This will let users trade and receive yield on tokenized securities. Securitize’s list of tokenized funds will be linked to Plume’s network, which already has more than 280,000 RWA holders.

The first funds to be added to the platform will be Hamilton Lane funds. This will open the door for more issuers and asset classes to join in 2026.​

Plume’s Growing User Base and On-Chain Value

According to RWA.xyz, Plume is not in the top ten of the RWA network right now, but it does have around 280,000 holders, which is about half of the RWA addressable market’s user population. These users have almost $200 million worth of between them. 

Yin says that user growth is a more essential measure of long-term network health and acceptance than the average amount of money each user holds.

This is true even though users on competing networks like and BNB Chain may own less on average.​ The RWA market is undergoing significant change, and we expect many new users and increased value. 

Strong collaborations between institutions, changing rules, and the need for a broader range of yields will all assist RWAs become more common in mainstream finance by 2026.

Plume’s strategic efforts put it at the core of this growing landscape, linking a wide range of participants to the next generation of tokenized asset innovation.​