Podcast Episode

2021–2026 : The Web 3 Ownership Evolution

Web3 Tech Brief By HackerNoon·HackerNoon·8 October 2026·7 min

About this episode

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/2021-2026-the-web-3-ownership-evolution. Tokenized RWAs top $34B onchain, but only a small share is active in DeFi. See how tokenization evolved from gold to Treasuries and where ownership breaks. Check more stories related to web3 at: https://hackernoon.com/c/web3. You can also check exclusive content about #cyptocurrency, #tokenization, #tokenization-of-rwas, #ownership, #tokenized-treasuries, #digital-asset-ownership, #defillama, #rwa-tokenization, and more. This story was written by: @frankie-writes. Learn more about this writer by checking @frankie-writes's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. The Blockchain technology has revolutionized asset ownership, with the onchain RWA market capital reaching over $34B and active market capitalization at around $31B. Traditional assets are now being optimized onchain to become financial infrastructure.