When a Forbes Council member and fintech founder publishes a book, it’s often a signal that a technology has moved beyond white papers and into the policy conversation. That moment has arrived for decentralized physical infrastructure networks and real-world asset tokenisation.
The book examines digital infrastructure, financial inclusion and emerging models of economic participation, with a sequel planned for January 2027.
CAMBRIDGE, MA, UNITED STATES, October 27, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Dr. Sindhu Bhaskar, Chairman and Founder of EST Group and a Forbes Council Member, has released his new book, DePIN & RWA Tokenisation: Transforming Nations Through Digital Assets. The title went live globally on Amazon on September 30, 2026, and tackles how decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePIN) and real-world asset (RWA) tokenisation could reshape digital economies, financial systems and socio-economic development.
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The volume digs into the intersection of physical infrastructure and digital technology, looking at how assets like agricultural resources, energy systems, warehouses, urban facilities and community infrastructure might plug into emerging digital economic models. It blends blockchain-related technical discussion with broader questions about economic participation, financial inclusion and community development.
For readers unfamiliar with the jargon: DePIN refers to decentralized physical infrastructure networks that lean on digital technologies and distributed participation to support physical infrastructure. RWA tokenisation, meanwhile, means representing rights or interests in physical or traditional financial assets through digital tokens.
The book maps out potential uses across rural and urban infrastructure, farmer finance, carbon credits, embedded banking, semantic banking, community collateral pools and decentralized governance.
Rather than staying in the technical weeds, the publication steps back to consider how these technologies might fit with existing economic structures and the communities that rely on them. It raises pointed questions about transparency, access to productive assets and the role of citizens in emerging digital financial systems.
A core idea introduced here is the “Value Holder” — a concept describing an individual who takes part in economic activity as more than just a consumer or borrower.
In Dr. Sindhu’s framework, citizens could potentially contribute to, participate in and benefit from productive economic assets. That notion anchors the book’s wider exploration of how digital infrastructure and tokenised assets could alter the relationship between individuals, communities and economic resources.
The text also puts forward two new frameworks: Contributory Capitalism and Egalitarian Capitalism. These models probe how technology might enable broader participation in value creation, while keeping human agency, community involvement and social objectives in view.
Dr. Sindhu positions the book as a conversation starter for policymakers, financial institutions, technologists, researchers and development professionals looking at where digital economies are headed.
His professional background spans digital banking, financial inclusion, emerging technologies and socio-economic development — experience that gives the book its multidisciplinary lens on digital assets and infrastructure.
The work connects decentralised technologies to real economic pain points, from agricultural finance and community infrastructure to access to financial services. It frames these topics within a larger discussion of how digital systems could support economic participation, while acknowledging that implementation depends on regulatory, technological and institutional realities.
Adding another layer of perspective, Prof. Dr. Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes wrote the foreword, contributing her views on technology, finance and social transformation.
Notably, the promotional materials say royalties from the book will go to support homeless children. That initiative, branded “Royalty With a Purpose,” ties the publication’s humanitarian angle to its broader focus on economic participation.
Following the September release, Dr. Sindhu has already announced a sequel: TOKENISATION: CONTOURS AND REALITIES, slated for January 2027.
That follow-up is expected to drill into practical considerations, implementation frameworks and execution strategies for digital asset ecosystems. It will build on the themes of DePIN, real-world asset tokenisation, financial inclusion and socio-economic transformation introduced in the first volume. Together, the two books address the relationship between physical assets, digital financial infrastructure and evolving models of economic participation.
DePIN & RWA Tokenisation: Transforming Nations Through Digital Assets is available through Amazon India and the publisher’s website.
Book: DePIN & RWA Tokenisation: Transforming Nations Through Digital Assets
Amazon India: https://amazon.in/dp/9349299380
Publishers: https://zebralearn.com/oranges/depin-rwa-tokenisation-6a551ce927f2fa5e05e1f5ac/
Why it matters: This book signals that DePIN and RWA tokenisation are moving from niche technical concepts toward mainstream policy and financial conversations. By framing these technologies around economic participation and social impact — and tying royalties to charity — Dr. Sindhu is positioning digital assets as tools for inclusion, not just investment, ahead of a sequel that promises to address real-world implementation.
Dr. Sindhu Bhaskar
EST Global Inc.
