RWA DeFi, RWA legal, RWA tokenization

RWA Tokenization Taxonomy

RWA Tokenization Taxonomy Classifies the 20 Largest Protocols by Legal and Technical Design

RWA tokenization gained a comparison framework in June 2026, when researchers Giorgio Vella, Luca Pennella and Mark C. Ballandies posted an study with a classification of real-world asset tokenization protocols across five components and 23 attributes. The authors applied the taxonomy to the 20 largest protocols on the DeFiLlama RWA dashboard, using the market-capitalization ranking ...