RIO, the native token for the Realio network, is trending on Google and X, with its price up more than 16% over the past 24 hours. 

The project has been in the spotlight over the past week. The price of RIO tokens went from $0.8938 on March 20 to as high as $2.522 on March 27, marking a growth of 197%. The project, working with real-world asset tokenization, is cashing in on the hype surrounding this innovation.

The Realio Network is a defi marketplace powered by RWAs. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York, the project is creating a tokenized ecosystem for real-world Assets.

Real-world asset tokenization is the process of converting the ownership of tangible assets to a blockchain. By fragmenting assets like commodities and real estate into tradeable tokens, this process democratizes investment opportunities. RWAs help break geographical constraints, allowing markets to draw in more liquidity while also opening up investment opportunities for a broader user base.

While RWAs aren’t a novel concept, the growing interest in this sector saw a massive boost after asset manager BlackRock launched its Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund for USD. As soon as BlackRock announced its venture into RWAs, several projects involved in the sector witnessed a significant hike in prices.

Interestingly, the $10 trillion asset manager saw 10,000 worth of RIO tokens transferred to a wallet related to its new fund. The token witnessed a 47% surge in prices in a matter of hours after the transfer.

According to crypto analyst Xremlin, RWA tokenization could grow into a whopping $16 trillion market by 2023.

“Blackrock’s entry will accelerate growth beyond your wildest dreams,” the analyst wrote.

Along with some other RWA-based projects, Xremlin expects RIO will benefit from this trend. The analyst projected the token could see massive growth as high as 100X in the 2024-2025 period. Meanwhile, another analyst going by the moniker CryptoDOC, expects the token to hit “double digits” soon.

At the time of writing, the project’s 24-hour volume was up 105%, and its market cap had also grown more than 24% to $16.7 million.