Standard Chartered: rsETH Security Incident Does Not Alter RWA Growth Thesis, Maintains $2 Trillion Market Size Forecast

Odaily Planet Daily News According to the latest report from Standard Chartered Bank, although the rsETH theft incident involving KelpDAO has severely impacted the DeFi ecosystem, it is not enough to change the long-term growth trend of Real World Asset (RWA) tokenization. The bank maintains its forecast that the RWA tokenization market size will grow from $35 billion in October 2025 to $2 trillion by the end of 2028, with core drivers continuing to be the sustained expansion of the DeFi banking system and stablecoin liquidity.

Geoffrey Kendrick, Head of Digital Assets Research at Standard Chartered, stated that this incident is more like DeFi being "bent, not broken," and could even serve as a crucial turning point for the industry to move towards a more resilient structure. (The Block)