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XRPL Powers Dubai’s First Government-Issued Real Estate Digital Assets

Through a partnership with Ctrl Alt, the Dubai Land Department is leveraging XRPL’s infrastructure to synchronize traditional and digital property registries.
As real estate tokenization gains traction, analysts also point to gold tokenization on XRPL as a future catalyst for XRP demand and price growth.

The Dubai Government has issued digital assets directly on the XRPL (XRP Ledger) blockchain via a local issuer. This initiative has reduced transaction fees by an impressive 50%, marking a significant milestone in the adoption of blockchain technology in the public sector.

The deployment enables secure, on-chain ownership of government-issued assets. Thus, it highlights the XRPL blockchain’s ability to facilitate efficient, transparent, and cost-effective asset issuance. This development underscores blockchain’s potential to revolutionize traditional processes by enhancing security and accessibility.

This initiative serves as a compelling example of blockchain’s application in the public sector, showcasing its ability to streamline operations and reduce costs for institutions and individuals. Dubai’s adoption of XRPL technology reflects its commitment to leveraging blockchain to drive innovation in real estate and other sectors.

Tokenization of real-estate market is gaining major momentum recently. Deloitte has reaffirmed its focus on tokenization, making a bold projection that the tokenized real estate market could grow to $4 trillion within the next decade, as highlighted in our previous report.

XRP Ledger (XRPL) Partners With Ctrl Alt for Dubai Project

On Sunday, May 25, the Dubai Land Department (DLD) announced its partnership with Ctrl Alt, the project’s tokenization provider, who will bring expertise in financial structuring and digital asset infrastructure. The platform uses the XRP Ledger (XRPL), a decentralized layer 1 blockchain known for its stability and efficiency in tokenizing both digital and real-world assets.

This is the first public blockchain-based tokenization of property title deeds, marking a major milestone for real estate investment in the Middle East. Under the Real Estate Evolution Space Initiative (REES), the project enables title deeds to be securely minted and recorded on-chain.

A key technological leap is Ctrl Alt’s direct integration with the DLD, which allows seamless synchronization between blockchain-based and traditional real estate registries. Additionally, this initiative will help grow Dubai’s tokenized real estate market to AED 60 billion ($16 billion) by 2033. Speaking on the development, Matt Ong, CEO and Founder, Ctrl Alt said:

We’ve been working closely with the DLD on this project for some time, and we’re delighted to be taking this major step together to bring real estate investment to a wider audience. As experts in the space, we are proud to create the tokenization infrastructure that enables DLD’s partners to offer fractional real estate to investors.

Apart from real estate, market analysts are exploring the potential impact of gold tokenization on the XRP Ledger (XRPL), suggesting it could drive a substantial increase in XRP’s price. The analyst argues that introducing gold-backed assets on XRPL would boost demand for XRP, potentially triggering a significant price surge.