Key Takeaways

Solana’s tokenized assets have surged to $550M in value, making it the third-largest RWA chain by volume. However, can they offer the scalability and cost-efficiency needed to rival Ethereum?

As it stands, $25.50 billion are now locked in real-world assets [RWAs] on-chain. Figures for the same are up 6% over the past 30 days, with nearly $10 billion added in 2025 alone – A sign that the sector’s clearly picking up real momentum. 

For context, RWAs are traditional assets like U.S Treasuries, private credit, real estate, and invoices, brought on-chain as tokens. Basically, it’s where crypto meets real-world yield.

Lately, Solana [SOL] has been stepping up fast on this front. At press time, the network had 79 tokenized assets live, with the total RWA value climbing to $550 million, making it the third-largest RWA chain by volume.

Source: RWA.xyz

And yet, Solana is still trailing Ethereum [ETH], with the latter holding a commanding lead with $7.77 billion in RWA value and over 80,000 holders. That’s solid dominance in both capital and user adoption.

Typically, that kind of lead usually comes from a combination of mature infrastructure, making Ethereum the default choice for asset tokenization.

However, can Solana’s rising RWA momentum start to narrow that gap? Solana’s faster execution and lower costs give it technical advantages. Now, it’s a question of whether that can translate into scale.

Is Solana’s tokenized assets growth a real threat?

Built five years ago as an “Ethereum killer,” Solana has, in some ways, delivered on that promise, especially when it comes to throughput. 

Right now, Solana is processing 1,023 real TPS, based on actual on-chain activity. That’s far ahead of most chains, which rarely cross 100 TPS in real-world usage.

Ethereum, by comparison, is moving at just 16 TPS. That’s a clear bottleneck for a network that’s still the backbone of DeFi and tokenized assets.

Source: Chainspect

And the impact is clearly evident too. Holder count on Solana’s tokenized assets jumped by 684% over the past 30 days, reaching 58,123. It’s been getting closer to Ethereum’s 80,000 holders, which only grew by 4.96% in the same window.

That’s a sharp divergence. With Solana developers now leaning into the RWA opportunity, tapping the chain’s fundamentals, Solana’s tokenized assets are starting to look like a credible challenger – Something that’s worth paying attention to.