Tokenized Trading Card On-Chain Consumption Hits $324M in June, Up 5x Year-Over-Year

According to Blockworks Research, on-chain consumption of tokenized trading cards reached $324 million in June 2026, marking a new high and representing a five-fold increase from approximately $50 million in June 2025. This surge occurred amid a 20% decline in Bitcoin to a 21-month low.

Platforms like Collector Crypt and Courtyard enable users to deposit professionally graded physical Pokémon cards into vaults, receive corresponding NFTs, and purchase randomized card packs backed 1:1 by real cards. Users can trade, hold, or redeem physical cards. Collector Crypt has tokenized approximately $40 million in cards with weekly purchases of $2 million, while Courtyard reports 5-8% of weekly NFTs are destroyed for redemption.