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Brickken has already tokenized over $250 million worth of assets in less than two years as it prepares to launch enterprise-grade AI agents.
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Barcelona-based real-world asset (RWA) tokenization platform Brickken has closed a $2.5 million seed funding round, bringing its post-money valuation to more than $22.5 million.
Real-world asset tokenization refers to financial and other tangible assets minted on a blockchain ledger, increasing investor accessibility and trading opportunities around the assets.
Brickken announced the successful funding on Jan. 15, marking a significant milestone for the Europe-based blockchain platform.
The seed round saw participation from companies including Psalion, Ergodic Fund, SNZ Capital, Blue Bay Ventures, Mocha and Hodl Ventures, according to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph.
The RWA platform will use the newly raised capital to fund its European expansion and to advance “the transformation of asset management through blockchain,” according to Edwin Mata, co-founder and CEO of Brickken.
The CEO told Cointelegraph that he expects to see increasingly more tokenized products:
“We expect to see more financial instruments, such as bonds, equities, and commodities, being embedded onchain. At the same time, regulatory clarity is improving globally, which will provide the framework needed for the sector to scale responsibly.”
Part of the funds will be deployed to introduce more enterprise-grade solutions for the platform, such as new API integrations, white-label options and the introduction of artificial intelligence agents.
Brickken Team left to right: Elisenda Fabrega, general counsel; Ludovico Rossi, CRO; Lucero Chargoy, head of finance; Edwin Mata, co-founder and CEO. Source: Brickken
The European RWA platform has seen significant user demand after tokenizing over $250 million worth of assets across 14 countries in less than two years since its launch in March 2023.
Brickken is also the official tokenization solution provider of Binance’s BNB Chain.
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Financial institutions will drive the RWA sector’s trillion-dollar growth
Industry watchers are optimistic about the growth potential of RWA tokenization, thanks to the technology’s ability to create more liquidity and trading opportunities around traditional assets.
Large financial institutions will drive the growth of the RWA sector in 2025 and beyond, according to Brickken’s Mata.
“With growing institutional interest and clear regulatory progress, tokenization is positioned to become a cornerstone of the modern financial system and one of the leading narratives for blockchain, not just in 2025, but for the years to come,” he said.
The RWA sector could see more than 50-fold growth by 2030, according to predictions from some of the largest financial institutions and business consulting firms compiled in a Tren Finance research report.
RWA tokenization, market size predictions by 2030. Source: Tren Finance
Most firms predict that the RWA sector may reach a market size of between $4 trillion and $30 trillion.
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Europe’s MiCA framework has no direct impact on RWA platforms
Brickken’s seed round announcement comes over two weeks after the implementation of Europe’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), the world’s first comprehensive regulatory crypto framework, which went into full effect for crypto-asset service providers on Dec. 30.
While MiCA primarily governs utility tokens, stablecoins, and asset-referenced tokens, it has little direct impact on tokenized securities, according to Mata.
“Brickken’s vertical focuses on securities tokenization and corporate financial instruments, which are already regulated under established frameworks such as national securities law, corporate law and financial regulations,” he said.
“These existing legislations provide a clear legal framework for the issuance and management of tokenized securities, making MiCA largely irrelevant to this specific vertical,” he added.
While MiCA is seen as a net positive for the industry, some regulatory experts worry about its overregulation potential, which could drive crypto firms to more innovation-friendly jurisdictions.
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This article first appeared at Cointelegraph.com News
