Securitize is integrating its tokenization infrastructure with ADI Chain, adding the UAE-based network to its growing multichain architecture for regulated financial products. Announced on September 30, the agreement creates a pathway for eligible Securitize-issued assets to use ADI Chain infrastructure. The announcement expands the technical and distribution rails available to Securitize, but it does not identify a tokenized fund or security that is already live on ADI Chain.
Securitize reported approximately $5 billion in assets under management as of September 2026 and operates infrastructure covering issuance, transfer agency, fund administration, distribution and secondary-market services. Products using the new network will remain subject to applicable product, regulatory and jurisdictional requirements. Adding a blockchain to Securitize’s stack therefore does not make every asset on its platform automatically available to every investor or jurisdiction.
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ADI Chain Adds Another Institutional Tokenization Rail
ADI Chain is an Ethereum-secured Layer 2 built using ZKsync technology, including its Atlas and Airbender stacks. Transactions execute on the L2, while validity proofs ultimately settle to Ethereum. The architecture also supports specialized Layer 3 environments where institutions can configure compliance requirements for particular jurisdictions or applications. That structure is designed to separate blockchain execution from the regulatory controls governing individual financial products.
The network is already operating beyond testnet-only infrastructure. ADI says a dirham-backed stablecoin known as DDSC has been deployed on the chain, including an AED 110 million institutional transaction completed in May. That provides evidence that ADI Chain itself is live, although it does not demonstrate that Securitize products have begun using the network.
The distinction resembles other institutional tokenization deployments where infrastructure and product availability develop at different speeds. Securitize already supports regulated securities workflows on other networks, including infrastructure associated with Avalanche’s institutional tokenization ecosystem and the company’s own tokenized SECZ common stock on Avalanche and Solana. Multichain support expands the possible settlement and distribution surface, but adoption still depends on individual issuers choosing to deploy assets on each network.
UAE Integration Focuses on Distribution and Compliance
Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo described the UAE as a potential hub connecting investors across emerging markets with regulated financial products. The company had already expanded its UAE engagement in September through a memorandum of understanding with Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority focused on tokenization research, ecosystem development and regulatory engagement. Neither agreement should be read as blanket regulatory approval for future Securitize products, which remain subject to their own legal and licensing requirements.
ADI Foundation, meanwhile, lists BlackRock, Franklin Templeton and other large financial institutions within its broader ecosystem and says it collaborates with Mastercard and additional global firms. Those relationships vary in scope, so they should not be interpreted as evidence that each institution is issuing assets directly on ADI Chain. The confirmed development in this case is specifically the Securitize integration, not a collective deployment involving every institution associated with ADI.
That measured interpretation is consistent with other tokenization projects where technical infrastructure precedes live issuance. A recent Securitize Japan feasibility study with San-in Godo Bank and NTT Data remains at the assessment stage, while the proposed Securitize-Socios tokenized sports equity initiative still depends on securities rules, league requirements and team approvals. ADI Chain now joins Securitize’s available infrastructure, but the stronger evidence of adoption will come when specific regulated assets are issued, distributed or settled through it at measurable scale.