The ADI Foundation said in a statement that ADI Chain has secured a strategic investment of $50 million to accelerate development of its sovereign-grade Layer-2 blockchain. The capital will be deployed across upgrades to network infrastructure ecosystem expansion developer incentive programs and institutional integration projects. According to the announcement the funding builds directly on live deployments that showcase the chain’s readiness for regulated environments including support for national digital systems.
ADI Chain operates as an institutional blockchain designed for compliance scalability and security while enabling jurisdictions to maintain sovereign control the foundation reported. The network powers the UAE Central Bank-licensed dirham-backed stablecoin known as DDSC which was created through collaboration with First Abu Dhabi Bank International Holding Company and Sirius. It also provides settlement infrastructure for ADI Predictstreet the FIFA World Cup 2026 prediction market developed in partnership with Kalshi.
In the statement ADI Foundation Chief Executive Andrey Lazorenko noted that infrastructure is meaningful when used. He added that the past year focused on building partnerships achieving regulatory alignment and launching applications with the new investment positioned to scale that momentum. The foundation expects growth to stem from utility in sovereign stablecoins institutional payments prediction markets and government initiatives rather than speculation.
The ADI Foundation is a nonprofit established by Sirius International Holding a subsidiary of International Holding Company one of the world’s largest investment groups. It has formed partnerships with BlackRock Mastercard M-Pesa and Franklin Templeton to advance regulated digital infrastructure adoption the organization has previously noted. These ties create pathways to large user bases including M-Pesa’s approximately 60 million monthly active users across eight countries in Africa and beyond according to foundation materials.
ADI Chain’s mainnet together with its native ADI utility token launched in December 2025 introducing a compliance-ready Layer-2 network tailored for governments and institutions a company announcement from that period indicated. The project holds a stated objective of bringing one billion people onchain by 2030 with emphasis on markets in the Middle East Asia and Africa. An October 2025 partnership with OpenZeppelin provided comprehensive security audits to align the network with bank-grade standards for institutional projects.
The foundation’s framework centers on end-to-end national digital systems that integrate financial infrastructure with public services under full sovereign oversight. It supports multi-currency environments where countries can issue sovereign digital currencies on interoperable rails while preserving policy control. The investment is expected to drive further activity in tokenized assets cross-border settlement and digital commerce services the announcement stated.
