Technology giant IBM has launched a cryptocurrency platform for US institutions, marking one of the company’s strongest pushes into digital assets and blockchain infrastructure.
The IBM platform will offer businesses and governments crypto custody and payment services by the end of the year, aimed at simplifying the integration of digital assets into existing financial infrastructure.
The new platform, called “Digital Asset Haven,” will allow institutions to directly access onchain produce from decentralized finance (defi) The protocols across 40 public blockchain networks. It will also help meet the complex token compliance needs of institutions operating under the same platform.
The platform is expected to launch as a software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to an IBM announcement monday It was built in partnership with crypto wallet provider DFNS.
StableCoin adoption and Tokenization are driving more institutional crypto participation
The move reflects a broader shift across traditional finance (tradfi), where banks and asset managers are increasingly exploring tokenization and blockchain-based settlement systems.
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The increasing adoption of stablecoins and tokenized Real-World Assets (RWAS) is driving a growing demand for institutional blockchain infrastructure as a digital asset haven, according to IBM.
“For digital assets to be integrated into the main banking and capital systems, the underlying infrastructure must meet the same standards as the traditional financial railway,” said Clarisse Hagège, CEO of Wallet Provider DFNS, adding:
“Together with IBM, we’ve built a platform beyond custody to orchestrate the entire digital asset ecosystem, paving the way for digital assets to move from pilot programs to production on a global scale.”
Some of the main features of the platform include a unified framework for management and policy management, integrated third-party solutions for identity verification and anti-money laundering (AML), as well as yield generation opportunities and digital asset operations underpinned by IBM’s secure infrastructure.
The growing institutional demand for tokenized offerings has been seen Tokenized stocks are on the rise 220% in July, a growth pattern reminiscent of the early defi boom, when TVL rose from $1 billion to $100 billion in under two years from 2020 to 2021, according to Binance Research.
Blockchain addresses holding tokenized stocks also climbed to more than 90,000 in July from 1,600 in June, signaling growing investor demand for tokenized equities.
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ChainLink co-founder Sergey Nazarov said during the RWA Summit 2025 in Cannes that blockchain-based compliance tools can make traditional transactions “10 times faster and cheaper” compared to legacy systems.
“If you compare what it costs and how complicated it is to make a compliant transaction in the world of tradfi, our industry should do it 10 times faster and cheaper,” said Nazarov.
On June 30, Chainlink announced the automated compliance engine (ACE), a modular and standardized framework for regulatory compliance management, aimed at Unlock $100 trillion costs new capital to enter the blockchain economy
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