{"id":429244,"date":"2026-06-02T20:49:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T15:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/ethereum-signals-strength-as-citigroup-eyes-5-5-trillion-tokenized-asset-boom-crypto-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T20:54:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T15:24:41","slug":"ethereum-signals-strength-as-citigroup-eyes-5-5-trillion-tokenized-asset-boom-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/ethereum-signals-strength-as-citigroup-eyes-5-5-trillion-tokenized-asset-boom-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum Signals Strength As Citigroup Eyes $5.5 Trillion Tokenized Asset Boom &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Ethereum\u2019s funding rate climbed to its highest level since August 23, 2025 on May 31, even as the token slipped below the $2,000 mark. The move pointed to heavy long positioning, and that crowding showed up again on June 1 when about $84 million in long ETH bets were wiped out.<\/p>\n<h2>Citigroup Sees Tokenization Breakout<\/h2>\n<p>Citigroup\u2019s new <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.citigroup.com\/global\/insights\/tokenization-2030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tokenization 2030<\/a> report put the tokenized asset market at $17 billion today and projected a base-case value of $5.5 trillion by 2030. The bank also laid out a wider range, with a low case of $2.7 trillion and a high case of $8.2 trillion, depending on how fast adoption spreads.<\/p>\n<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WuBlockchain\/status\/2061349783676301498\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">forecast<\/a> leans heavily on US Treasury bills and public equities. Citi said about 10% of the US Treasury bill market could be tokenized by 2030, while public stocks could make up another 3% of the total, with on-chain money and tokenized deposits helping settle those trades.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Citi: Tokenized securities market could reach $5.5T by 2030<\/p>\n<p>Citi said in its Tokenization 2030: Wall Street On-Chain report that the real-world asset tokenization market could grow from $17 billion today to $5.5 trillion by 2030, with estimates ranging from $2.7 trillion to $8.2\u2026 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OwwUCtPpFW\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/OwwUCtPpFW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WuBlockchain\/status\/2061349783676301498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-899247\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/a_f16343.png?resize=1024%2C176\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"176\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Citi also said a shift by 10% of US retail investors to on-chain trading could create about $2.6 trillion in demand for tokenized public equities. The report framed the change as a gradual one, with legacy systems and blockchain-based rails likely to run side by side for a long stretch.<\/p>\n<h2>Ethereum Still Sits In The Middle<\/h2>\n<p>The report and the market reaction both placed <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/coins\/ethereum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ethereum<\/a> in the middle of the tokenization story. Reports have it that Wall Street firms are already using Ethereum for tokenization, citing BlackRock\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/securitize.io\/blackrock\/buidl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">BUIDL fund<\/a> and the firm\u2019s plan to tokenize money market funds on the blockchain using Ethereum.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/x\/XsfU2804\/\" width=\"1814\" height=\"921\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Even so, the price action has stayed weak. Ethereum was trading around $1,985 when the piece was published, after a drop of 0.85% on the day, and the token had already fallen below the psychological $2,000 level.<\/p>\n<p>The report also pointed to a support band between $1,980 and $1,990, which had formed a demand zone on May 29. A bounce from that area, it said, could push ETH back above $2,000 and later toward $2,220.<\/p>\n<p>Price Still Has Work To Do<\/p>\n<p>Technical pressure was still hanging over the chart. ETH formed a double-top pattern on April 17 and May 6, then broke below the neckline and fell toward the $2,000 area after a second drop of about 9% from the $2,460 peak.<\/p>\n<p><em>Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView<\/em><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethereum\u2019s funding rate climbed to its highest level since August 23, 2025 on May 31, even as the token slipped below the $2,000 mark. The move pointed to heavy long positioning, and that crowding showed up again on June 1 when about $84 million in long ETH bets were wiped out. 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