Solana’s RWA Market Explodes 600% in a Year as Ethereum Struggles to Keep Up

PRICE MOVESolana’s RWA Market Explodes600% in a Year as EthereumStruggles to Keep Up24IMPORTANCEACTIVE2NEWS MEDIA2PIECESOct 16, 2026 21:11blockboard.net

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Solana’s tokenized real-world asset market was put at about $4.3 billion after rising from roughly $700 million a year earlier. Ethereum was still described as much larger, while the gap between the two chains was said to have narrowed sharply.

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Castle Labs placed Solana’s tokenized RWA market at about $4.3 billion after it started the year near $700 million.
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The Solana market was described as having grown by more than 600% over the past year.
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Castle Labs’ figures also said Ethereum’s RWA market was still much larger than Solana’s, even though the difference had narrowed sharply.

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Users and builders around Solana notice a larger tokenized asset market today, with the chain’s RWA segment now placed at $4.3 billion. That makes the sector more visible to anyone watching tokenized assets on-chain, including people comparing Solana with Ethereum.

In practice, the description of Solana’s on-chain economy has shifted beyond meme coins and toward tokenized assets that already exist in traditional finance. What stays the same is that Ethereum is still described as the larger RWA market, so the comparison remains one of scale rather than a change in the fact of which chain leads.

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1.0 years ago ETH a 4.245 $ high today it sits -44.6 % from there
4 months ago ETH a 1.566 $ low today it sits +50.2 % from there

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