Tech giant IBM has launched a cryptocurrency platform for US institutions, marking one of the company’s strongest pushes in the history of digital assets and blockchain infrastructure to date.
The IBM platform will offer cryptocurrency custody and payments services to U.S. businesses and governments through the end of the year, aiming to simplify the integration of digital assets into existing financial infrastructure.
The recent platform, called “Digital Asset Haven,” will allow institutions to directly access onchain profits from decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols across 40 public blockchain networks. This will also support meet the complicated token compliance needs of institutions operating on the same platform.
According to IBM, the platform is expected to launch as a software-as-a-service (SaaS) in the fourth quarter of 2025. announcement Monday. It was built in partnership with cryptocurrency wallet provider Dfns.
The adoption of stablecoins and tokenization increases institutional participation in cryptocurrencies
The move reflects a broader shift in customary finance (TradFi), where banks and asset managers are increasingly exploring tokenization and blockchain-based settlement systems.
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According to IBM, the growing employ of stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) is driving a growing demand for institutional blockchain infrastructure such as Digital Asset Haven.
“For digital assets to be integrated into core banking and capital markets systems, the underlying infrastructure must meet the same standards as traditional financial rails,” said Clarisse Hagège, CEO of wallet provider Dfns, adding:
“Together with IBM, we have built a platform that goes beyond governance to coordinate the full digital asset ecosystem, paving the way for digital assets to move from pilots to production on a global scale.”
Some of the platform’s key features include a unified governance and policy structure, integrated third-party identity verification and anti-money laundering (AML) solutions, as well as yield capabilities and digital asset operations enhanced by IBM’s secure infrastructure.
Rising institutional demand for tokenized offerings sent tokenized shares surging 220% in July, a growth pattern reminiscent of the early DeFi boom when TVL grew from $1 billion to $100 billion in less than two years from 2020 to 2021, according to Binance Research.
The number of blockchain addresses holding tokenized shares also rose to more than 90,000 in July from 1,600 in June, signaling growing investor demand for tokenized shares.
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Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov said at the RWA 2025 Summit in Cannes that blockchain-based compliance tools could make customary transactions “10 times faster and cheaper” compared to legacy systems.
“If you compare how much it costs and how complex it is to make a compliant transaction in the TradFi world, our industry should be able to do it 10 times faster and cheaper,” Nazarov said.
On June 30, Chainlink unveiled its Automated Compliance Engine (ACE), a modular and standardized regulatory compliance management platform aimed at unlocking $100 trillion in recent capital to enter the blockchain economy
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