Move over, U.S. Treasuries — onchain private credit is becoming DeFi’s quiet powerhouse.
Imagine old-school loans — like the ones from hedge funds and non-bank lenders — turned into digital tokens on a blockchain.
These aren’t just JPEGs. They’re real-world debt instruments that:
It’s like taking Wall Street debt and making it programmable, decentralized, and liquid 24/7.
As of now:
This isn’t a niche anymore. This is the largest RWA category in DeFi.
One name runs the show:
But there’s a rising squad:
Others in the mix: Centrifuge, Goldfinch, Creditx, Curve Finance.
The traditional private credit market = 1.6 trillion The tokenized version? Still under 1%.
But that’s changing fast — because tokenization fixes what’s broken in TradFi:
No more black-box debt markets. This is credit on your terms.
The rise of tokenized private credit signals a shift:
👉 From centralized, gated markets 👉 To open, programmable lending ecosystems
Protocols aren’t just issuing loans — they’re rebuilding credit rails for the Web3 world. And with hundreds of millions added monthly, this is the beginning of a lending boom that could reshape global debt markets.
💳 Tokenized private credit just hit 13.88B in active loans 👑 Figure leads with 92% of the market 📈 Sector has originated 25B in total 🔓 Offers liquidity, transparency, and access TradFi can’t 🚀 Still <1% of the 1.6T private credit market = massive upside
DeFi’s next big frontier isn’t memes — it’s debt.
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