In markets, the best time to buy an asset is often when a structural trend is early, the infrastructure is ready, and the first real money starts to flow.
That is the setup for Solana (SOL 2.58%) today. Tokenizing real-world assets is a megatrend that's moving from slide decks to live systems, and this coin is going to benefit significantly. Here's why that means it's nowhere near too late to buy it.
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Catching the tokenization wave
Asset tokenization aims to make assets easier to issue, move, and settle by putting their ownership records into a token on a blockchain, like Solana. Today, a total of $28 billion in assets are tokenized and tracked on blockchains.
Predictions for the value of tokenized assets in the upcoming years vary from $2 trillion to $30 trillion, but the crucial aspect is that every forecast is expressed in trillions of dollars, not anything lower. If this wave continues, chains that minimize friction should attract outsized inflows.
Solana is starting to see that. Tokenized assets on its network sit near $500 million today, and have ticked higher over the last couple of months. Financial institutions are inching closer, too, with a growing number of banks integrating Solana for their tokenization workloads.
This blockchain is perfectly positioned
For tokenized asset rails, transaction cost and speed matter.
Solana's gas fees are often fractions of a cent. It also targets high throughput; it has a benchmark capacity of tens of thousands of simple transactions per second. And on average, transactions close within a second or so.
In other words, Solana is built for frequent, low-value settlements, making it perfect for hosting tokenized assets.
Given the continuous growth of tokenization and the ongoing search for cheaper blockchain solutions, Solana's capabilities are poised to capture a lot of value over the next five to ten years. For long-term investors, that's the biggest reason there is still time.
