LunarCrush, a platform utilizing artificial intelligence to analyze digital assets, has released its ranking of the top 10 Real-World Asset (RWA) projects by social activity. The ranking is based on two key metrics: Engaged Posts and Interactions, which together measure the social engagement and community interest surrounding these cryptocurrencies.
Chainlink ($LINK) dominates the list, leading with 5.3K Engaged Posts and a substantial 945.9K Interactions. Avalanche ($AVAX) follows in second place with 2.6K Engaged Posts and 189.1K Interactions. The significant gap in interaction numbers between the top two projects highlights Chainlink's commanding social presence in the RWA sector.
Hedera ($HBAR) and VeChain ($VET) secured the third and fourth positions, respectively. While their Engaged Post counts were close—2.5K for HBAR and 2.3K for VET—a massive gap emerged in Interactions. Hedera recorded 188.9K Interactions, whereas VeChain garnered a much higher 846.3K, indicating a more engaged community for VET despite fewer posts.
Internet Computer ($ICP) and Injective ($INJ) also made the top ten, with ICP achieving 2.2K Engaged Posts and 185.8K Interactions, and INJ recording 1.7K Engaged Posts and 166.9K Interactions.
Further down the list, Elysia ($EL) and Quant ($QNT) showed proximity in Engaged Posts (1.6K and 1.3K, respectively) but a vast disparity in Interactions. EL led with 820.2K Interactions compared to QNT's 104.4K, a difference of over 715K. Zebec Network ($ZBCN) and Ondo ($ONDO) rounded out the ranking, with ZBCN at 1.2K Posts and 75.8K Interactions, and ONDO at 1.1K Posts and 96.3K Interactions.
Separately, a 2025 year-in-review analysis highlights why ONDO, Chainlink, and Avalanche have stood out in the RWA space beyond social metrics. ONDO's breakout year was marked by execution, expanding its USDY tokenized treasury product to approximately $2 billion in Total Value Locked (TVL) with institutional backing from firms like BlackRock. It secured around $500 million in institutional inflows for tokenized T-Bills, launched cross-chain pools on Solana and Base, and received EU regulatory approval for tokenized stocks and ETFs.
Chainlink solidified its role as core RWA infrastructure, being selected by the U.S. Department of Commerce to provide on-chain macro data. It launched Confidential Compute and the Chainlink Runtime Environment to enhance security and compliance. Its involvement with the SEC's crypto task force and the announcement of a regulated Chainlink ETF underscored its growing institutional integration.
Avalanche demonstrated its capacity for scale, handling up to 2.5 million daily transactions while maintaining a DeFi TVL around $5 billion. The network saw significant institutional adoption, with SkyBridge tokenizing roughly $300 million in hedge funds on Avalanche and Securitize building a pan-European tokenization system. Other milestones included a Grayscale S-1 filing for an AVAX ETF and Visa integrating its stablecoin infrastructure.
The combined progress of these projects in 2025, moving RWA applications from pilot programs to real-world use with institutional capital and regulatory clarity, signals that real-world assets are becoming a core component of the cryptocurrency industry's future.
