ADI Chain lands $50M to build blockchain infrastructure for governments
What's the deal? ADI FoundationDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → has secured a $50 million strategic investment to expand ADI Chain, its Layer-2 blockchain built for governments, financial institutions and enterprises. The Abu Dhabi-based ecosystem said the funds will go toward network infrastructure, ecosystem expansion, developer incentives and institutional integrations.
What's the endgame? ADI Chain is positioned as a compliance-focused network for regulated digital finance, aiming to move critical government and financial services onto blockchain. The investment targets international growth across the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
Why now? The company said the funding follows a year of announcements that are now moving into live deployment.
Among the live projects: the settlement infrastructure behind the FIFA World Cup Prediction Market, ADI PredictstreetDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, run in partnership with Kalshi. Every prediction and settlement adds activity to the network and demand for the ADI Token, its native gas and utility token.
The ecosystem is also rolling out DDSC, a dirham-pegged stablecoin launched with First Abu Dhabi BankDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, International Holding CompanyDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → and Sirius International HoldingDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →. Operating solely on ADI Chain, it provides a settlement layer for institutional payments, treasury operations and cross-border transactions.
What they said: "Infrastructure only becomes meaningful when it is used," said Andrey LazorenkoDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, chief executive officer of ADI Foundation. He added that the network's growth "is being driven by genuine utility rather than speculation."
The signal: The round reflects growing institutional appetite for regulated blockchain rails, as governments and banks weigh moving payments, stablecoins and settlement on-chain. ADI Chain is betting that compliance-first infrastructure, not speculative trading, drives the next wave of adoption.
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