CoinDesk Podcast Network APAC's $10 Trillion Tokenization Opportunity
Feb 24, 2026
Rehan Ahmed, CEO of Marketnode, building infrastructure for on-chain traditional assets in APAC. Raja Chakravorti, Chief Business Officer at Stellar Development Foundation, focused on institutional-grade tokenization and on-chain settlement. They discuss APAC’s $10 trillion wealth pool and rapid tokenization growth. Conversation covers settlement speed, scaling tokenized treasuries, and shifting from product creation to large-scale distribution.
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APAC Shifts From Experimentation To Distribution
- APAC is moving from tokenization experiments to distribution at scale.
- Raja Chakravorti says many tokenized products exist now and the next year is about finding investors and building tangible profiles for them.
Asia Demographics Make Tokenization Commercially Attractive
- APAC's demographics and wealth create a unique commercialization opportunity for on-chain assets.
- Rehan Ahmed cites 7 million expected millionaires by 2030 and $10 trillion in assets between Singapore and Hong Kong driving demand.
Vanilla Tokenization Is A Springboard To Structured Products
- Tokenization already shows rapid growth in vanilla assets like U.S. treasuries and can expand into structured and complex products.
- Raja notes tokenized U.S. treasuries grew ~80% to $7.4B and could exceed $20B next year, paving way for structured products like AAA CLO tranches.