# Motivation According to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), the global fixed income markets outstanding increased 3.3% year-over-year to $126.9 trillion in 2021. The Institute of International Finance reported that the global debt market surpassed USD 253 trillion in the third quarter of 2019, representing a 322% global debt-to-GDP ratio. Moreover, the global fixed-income assets management market is estimated to grow by USD 9.71 trillion between 2022 and 2027, accelerating at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.05%. Despite these massive figures, traditional financial asset markets suffer from inefficiencies, lack of transparency, and centralization, which limit accessibility and increase costs. Blockchain technology offers an opportunity to address these challenges by providing a decentralized, transparent, and secure infrastructure for asset management, trading, and custody. Real aims to transform the real-world asset landscape by delivering a decentralized, transparent, and secure blockchain infrastructure for asset tokenization, risk modeling, and capital access. By\ removing intermediaries and embedding financial logic directly into code, Real provides a more efficient, open, and trustworthy foundation for the future of financial markets. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://realfinance.gitbook.io/docs/motivation.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.