Bubble
Plume PLUME
Plume (PLUME) was trading at $0.0140, ranked #289 by market cap at $89.37M, with 24h volume of $10.13M.
Data snapshot: 2026-09-02 12:15 UTC.
Plume is a chain built specifically for real-world assets, with compliance features like identity checks and transfer restrictions available at the protocol level rather than bolted onto each application. That focus is the point: tokenised credit and funds usually cannot use a fully permissionless chain, and Plume is betting the RWA sector needs its own venue rather than a general-purpose one. Plume is a chain built specifically for real-world assets — tokenised credit, funds and yield-bearing instruments — with compliance features such as identity checks and transfer restrictions built into the network rather than bolted on per application. That is the crux: RWA issuance requires knowing who holds what, which conflicts with a purely permissionless design, and Plume's answer is to make those controls native. On this map it is grouped with Layer 2 networks by architecture, but its demand driver is the same as the RWA group's: how much off-chain value actually gets issued on-chain.
What is an RWA chain?
A network built for tokenised real-world assets, where compliance requirements such as identity verification and transfer restrictions are part of the infrastructure rather than added by each application.
Why do RWAs need special infrastructure?
Regulated instruments usually require knowing and restricting who can hold them, which a fully permissionless design does not provide by default.
What is PLUME used for?
It pays network fees, is staked, and is used in governance of the protocol.
What actually drives its usage?
The volume of real-world assets issued and traded on it. That depends on regulated issuers choosing to use it, which moves on a slower timescale than retail crypto activity.
Market cap decides how big a bubble is drawn, so rank is what places PLUME on the map relative to the rest of its sector.
| Rank | Coin | Market cap |
|---|---|---|
| #46 | Mantle (MNT) | $1.40B |
| #247 | Immutable (IMX) | $108.11M |
| #283 | ZKsync (ZK) | $91.69M |
| #289 | Plume (PLUME) | $89.37M |
| #384 | Linea (LINEA) | $61.13M |