> ## Documentation Index
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# Tokenization

> Overview of real-world asset tokenization on Injective, covering permissioned native asset issuance and synthetic RWA derivatives.

Injective provides native infrastructure for bringing real-world assets (RWAs) onchain,
from tokenized treasuries and fixed income instruments to equities, commodities, and pre-IPO credit.
Rather than relying on wrapped representations or off-chain bridges, Injective supports two complementary
approaches to RWA tokenization, each suited to different use cases and compliance requirements.

Whether you are an issuer looking to launch a compliant, permissioned asset with transfer restrictions
and KYC enforcement, or a builder wanting to give traders synthetic exposure to real-world markets
without custody of the underlying, Injective provides the on-chain primitives to do it.

## Approaches to Tokenization on Injective

### Permissioned Native Assets

Issuers can create fully on-chain token representations of real-world assets using Injective's
`TokenFactory` and `Permissions` modules in combination. This approach is suitable for regulated
assets that require compliance controls at the protocol level, for example tokenized treasuries,
money market funds, or private credit instruments that must restrict transfers to KYC-verified
addresses.

Key capabilities:

* **Whitelist/blacklist enforcement**: restrict minting, sending, and receiving to approved addresses only
* **Freeze and pause**: disable all transfers across the asset at any time
* **Role-based access control**: assign granular permissions (mint, burn, send, receive) to different roles
* **Wasm contract hooks**: extend compliance logic with custom smart contracts that trigger on every receive event
* **Governance compatibility**: namespace settings can be overridden by on-chain governance if configured

This approach gives issuers full control over the asset lifecycle and is designed to support the
compliance requirements of institutional tokenization.

### iAssets (Synthetic RWA Derivatives)

iAssets are synthetic derivatives that track real-world asset prices, including equities, commodities,
and FX pairs, using Injective's native perpetual futures engine and decentralized oracle infrastructure.
Unlike permissioned native assets, iAssets do not require custody of the underlying asset. Margin
is posted in USDT or other supported stablecoins and positions are cash-settled, giving traders
direct price exposure without the legal or operational overhead of holding the real asset.

iAssets trade 24/7 on Injective. Outside of active oracle feed hours, the mark price is held constant and PnL does not shift until the feed resumes.

## Key Concepts

| Term                   | Definition                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **TokenFactory**       | A permissionless module that allows any account to create a new native token denom. The creator becomes the admin, with the ability to mint and burn the asset.                                  |
| **Permissions Module** | An RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) layer built on top of TokenFactory denoms. Enables compliant, permissioned asset issuance with transfer restrictions, whitelisting, and freeze capabilities. |
| **Namespace**          | The container within the Permissions module that holds all roles, permissions, and policy settings for a single asset. Each asset denom can have one namespace.                                  |
| **iAssets**            | Synthetic perpetual futures contracts that track the price of real-world assets (equities, commodities, FX) using decentralized oracles. No custody of the underlying asset is required.         |
| **Wasm Contract Hook** | An optional smart contract invoked on every receive event for a permissioned asset. Used to implement custom compliance logic beyond what the Permissions module provides natively.              |

## Navigation

* **[Permissioned Assets](/defi/tokenization/permissioned-assets)**: How to issue compliant, permissioned RWA tokens on Injective using the TokenFactory and Permissions modules. Covers roles, namespaces, transfer restrictions, KYC enforcement, and how to launch a permissioned asset.
* **[iAssets](/defi/tokenization/iassets)**: Synthetic RWA derivatives that provide price exposure to equities, commodities, and FX markets without custody of the underlying asset. Built on Injective's perpetual futures engine with 24/7 trading and decentralized oracle price feeds.