BUIDL Becomes First Tokenized RWA on Binance

• BUIDL, a tokenized fund from BlackRock, is now accepted as collateral for OTC and institutional trades on the Binance exchange.
• The real-world asset tokenization market has grown to over $2 trillion in 2025, gaining acceptance from top blockchains, regulations, and financial institutions.

Binance exchange announced that it has integrated BlackRock’s BUIDL as collateral for trading on its platform. With this move, BUIDL became the first major tokenized real-world asset (RWA) accepted for off-exchange trades on Binance.

BUIDL Joins Binance as a Collateral Asset

According to the announcement, Binance now allows institutional traders to use BUIDL tokens as collateral for OTC and institutional trades. This means traders can deposit BUIDL to secure leveraged positions without selling their holdings.

BUIDL is now one of only three tokenized assets eligible for this offering on Binance, integrated via Ceffu, Binance’s crypto custody arm and banking partners.

As previously mentioned in our report, BlackRock launched BUIDL in March 2024 as its first tokenized fund on a public blockchain. BUIDL offers qualified investors access to U.S. dollar-denominated yields with flexible custody and peer-to-peer transferability. 

Additionally, BUIDL is backed by short-term, low-risk U.S. Treasuries and similar securities, maintaining a stable $1 value per token while generating yield from those underlying assets.

The integration of BUIDL on Binance is in response to the demand for interest-bearing stable assets that institutions can use while trading crypto derivatives.

Through the integration, traders earn yield from tokenized Treasuries while trading on Binance, using secure bank custody. Securitize provides the regulatory and technical backbone, allowing institutions to deposit BUIDL into Binance’s off-exchange system without issues.

This is like depositing money in a high-yield savings account, but that money also unlocks trading power on Binance.

Alongside this, a new “share class” of BUIDL launched on BNB Chain, expanding its reach for decentralized finance (DeFi) interoperability.

Binance emphasized that integrating with BUIDL reflects its dedication to enabling institutions to access digital assets with control, yield, security, and capital efficiency.

For institutions, the milestone means more efficient collateral options. For the crypto and blockchain ecosystem, it is a vote of confidence in on-chain finance.

An Expanding RWA Tokenization Market

The BUIDL integration deepens ties between TradFi and crypto platforms, signaling mainstream acceptance. It could boost the BNB Chain ecosystem and tokenized assets overall, as institutions shift from low-yield stablecoins to RWAs.

It also builds on the growing trend of tokenizing real-world assets, turning traditional financial assets into blockchain-based digital tokens. This is to ensure easier trading, custody, and yield generation.

Tokenization is exploding in 2025, with RWAs now exceeding $2 trillion on-chain, amid a forecast to soar past $13 trillion by 2030. This move follows BlackRock’s success with its Bitcoin ETF and hints at future tokenized ETFs.

In addition to BlackRock, other blockchain firms like Avalanche, Polygon, Chainlink, and IOTA are making waves in the tokenization market.

In our last update, we examined that Avalanche disclosed its real-world asset market had climbed to $305.25 million. That growth was backed by 7,725 RWA holders and 39 active RWA assets on the network.

Likewise, banks and regulators are tapping into the rising tokenization movement. As noted in our earlier post, Brazil and Hong Kong central banks successfully piloted a cross-border CBDC trade finance platform using Chainlink’s protocols.