Real estate is an asset class that is ripe for integration with blockchain technology. Security tokens cover many categories but are dominated by real estate. The Cointelegraph Research Terminal is hosting a 33-page report by Security Token Market, a data and media firm, that covers the current state of real estate security tokens and the potential for continued adoption.
If you represent a real estate firm or have a portfolio that encompasses real estate, this report has the information you need to know on this developing shift in the industry.
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Blockchain is changing the real estate industry
Nonfungible tokens (NFT) have been rising in popularity over the past few years and really skyrocketed to new heights in 2021. Some of the negative press on NFTs is that they are only used for pixelated pictures of JPEGs and have no “real world” applications. Those familiar with the blockchain and crypto space know that the use of NFTs goes way beyond pixelated apes and Shiba Inu memes.
The report goes deeper into the utilization of blockchain projects currently tokenizing real estate. The report gives a general overview of the current state of the primary tokenized real estate market, 14 active projects working in this space, and how these real estate tokens are trading on secondary markets.
The perfect application of blockchain technology
The utilization of security tokens covers a wide variety of industries from fine art, wine and insurance, but none are growing as fast as the real estate sector, which makes up 89% of all traded security tokens. Breaking down that 89% further, residential real estate accounts for 87%, while commercial only takes up 2% of what has been transacted as a security token. The global real estate market in 2021 was around $3.38 trillion, and with the rise in different applications that make use of blockchain technology, it is no surprise that the crypto revolution…
