Tokenized Trading Cards Hit $324M in June On-Chain Spending, Up 5x Despite Bitcoin's 20% Drop

According to Blockworks Research, on-chain consumption of tokenized trading card collections reached $324 million in June 2026, surging more than five times from roughly $50 million in the same period last year. The growth contrasts sharply with a 20% decline in Bitcoin to a 21-month low and record $4.5 billion in spot ETF outflows during the same period.

Platforms like Collector Crypt and Courtyard tokenize professionally graded physical Pokemon cards by issuing NFTs backed 1:1 by real cards stored in vaults. Collector Crypt has tokenized approximately $40 million in cards with roughly 30% of users ultimately redeeming physical assets, while Courtyard sees 5% to 8% of NFTs destroyed weekly for physical card redemption.