On December 27, Joseph Chalom — Co-CEO of SharpLink Gaming — tweeted that three key trends could drive a significant jump in Ethereum’s Total Value Locked (TVL) by the end of 2026: the stablecoin market hitting $500 billion, growth in tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), and rising interest from sovereign wealth funds. Chalom noted tokenized RWAs will reach $300 billion in 2026, with assets under management (AUM) for tokenized assets growing tenfold. The scope will expand from tokenizing individual funds, stocks, and bonds to entire portfolios, he added. ETH holdings by sovereign wealth funds and the scale of tokenization will also surge 5-10 times, per Chalom. A major catalyst: major financial firms including JPMorgan Chase, Franklin Templeton, and BlackRock have ramped up their interest in Ethereum over the past year. Notably, SharpLink unstaked 35,627 ETH (valued at $104.4 million) earlier this morning.
