Tech giant IBM has launched a cryptocurrency platform for US institutions, marking one in every of the corporate's strongest forays yet into digital assets and blockchain infrastructure.
IBM's platform will offer crypto custody and payment services to US corporations and governments by the tip of the yr, with the aim of simplifying the mixing of digital assets into existing financial infrastructure.
The recent platform, called “Digital Asset Haven,” will enable institutions to directly access on-chain yields from decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols across 40 public blockchain networks. It can even help address the complex token compliance requirements of institutions operating on the identical platform.
The platform is anticipated to launch as a software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering within the fourth quarter of 2025, in line with an IBM announcement on Monday. It was developed in collaboration with crypto wallet provider Dfns.
The introduction of stablecoins and tokenization is resulting in greater institutional crypto participation
The move reflects a broader shift in traditional finance (TradFi), where banks and asset managers are increasingly exploring tokenization and blockchain-based settlement systems.
According to IBM, the increasing adoption of stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) is resulting in growing demand for institutional blockchain infrastructure equivalent to Digital Asset Haven.
“For digital assets to be integrated into core banking and capital markets systems, the underlying infrastructure must meet the identical standards as traditional financial rails,” said Clarisse Hagège, CEO of wallet provider Dfns, adding:
“Together with IBM, we have now built a platform that goes beyond custody to orchestrate the complete digital asset ecosystem and pave the best way for digital assets to maneuver from pilot programs to production on a worldwide scale.”
The platform's key features include a unified governance and policy management framework, integrated third-party identity verification and anti-money laundering (AML) solutions, and digital asset revenue generation and operations capabilities strengthened by IBM's secure infrastructure.
Source: Binance Research
Growing institutional demand for tokenized offerings pushed tokenized stocks up 220% in July, a growth pattern harking back to the early DeFi boom when TVL rose from $1 billion to $100 billion in lower than two years from 2020 to 2021, in line with Binance Research.
The variety of blockchain addresses holding tokenized stocks also increased from 1,600 in June to over 90,000 in July, indicating growing investor demand for tokenized stocks.
Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov said in the course of the RWA 2025 Summit in Cannes that blockchain-based compliance tools could make traditional transactions “ten times faster and cheaper” in comparison with legacy systems.
“If you compare what it costs and the way complicated it’s to conduct a compliant transaction within the TradFi world, our industry should have the opportunity to do it 10 times faster and cheaper,” said Nazarov.
On June 30, Chainlink unveiled its Automated Compliance Engine (ACE), a modular and standardized framework for managing regulatory compliance, with the goal of unlocking $100 trillion in recent capital to enter the blockchain economy
