Citi predicts the tokenized securities market will grow to $5.5 trillion by 2030

Treasury bills and $2.6 trillion for tokenized stocks, said Citi.By Olivier Acuna|Edited by Aoyon Ashraf Jun 1, 2026, 6:57 a.m. 3 min read Make preferred on Citibank released a report with a bull case for tokenized securities of $8.2 trillion by 2030. (Citibank)What to know: Citi projects that tokenization of real-world assets will surge from a $17 billion market today to as much as $5.5 trillion by 2030, with a range of $2.7 trillion to $8.2 trillion depending on adoption speed.Major market infrastructures including DTCC, Nasdaq and the NYSE’s owner are embedding tokenization into their core trading systems, while growing stablecoin use and clearer U.S. regulation are enabling instant, on-chain settlement.Citi expects tokenization to concentrate in mainstream public markets such as U.S. Treasuries and stocks, with parallel legacy and digital systems coexisting for years and giving an edge to large “structural orchestrators” that control both assets and payment rails.Putting real-world investments onchain, a process called tokenization, is moving out of the testing phase and into everyday business.

Citi’s new report Tokenization 2030: Wall Street On-Chain shared with CoinDesk ahead of Proof of Talk in Paris, shows that the global market for thse digital investments sits at just $17 billion today.

However, Citi expects this market to increase to $5.5 trillion by 2030 in its base forecast. Depending on how fast adoption take place, that could land anywhere from a low end estimate of $2.7 trillion to a bullish forecast of $8.2 trillion, Citi said.