Pokemon Card Market Nears $5.38M Weekly High as RWAs Mature

Pokemon Trading Card Game marketplaces generated approximately US$5.38 million (AU$7.53 million) in weekly revenue for the week ending April 6, as tokenised collectibles tied to vaulted physical cards neared record activity.

Marketplace data showed the figure was close to the sector’s historical peak and marked the sixth consecutive week of elevated revenue. Courtyard drove much of the activity, with its current pace implying an annualised revenue run rate near US$200 million (AU$280 million).

The wider market has already reached meaningful scale. A 2026 NFT and gaming outlook found Pokemon TCG marketplaces surpassed US$1 billion (AU$1.4 billion) in annualised trading volume in 2025, with more than half coming from Courtyard and one-third from Collector Crypt.

The trend differs from earlier NFT cycles because Courtyard’s model links each token to a specific physical trading card held in custody, giving users a liquid digital wrapper around a redeemable real-world item.

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Physical Cards Onchain

Courtyard allows users to vault and digitise graded cards, store and insure them in a US vault, trade them globally and redeem them 24/7 for the identical physical cards. Its Proof of Integrity (PoI) system links each token ID to a unique physical item stored at Courtyard.

The platform says cards generally take one to two weeks to authenticate, render in 3D and appear in a user’s collection after arriving at the vault. Courtyard previously announced a Brink’s storage partnership, with its first drop consisting of 1,000 graded Pokemon cards held in secure facilities.

That custody layer is what makes the current boom more durable than a pure profile-picture NFT rally.

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