ADI Chain has secured a $50 million strategic investment to accelerate the expansion of its sovereign-grade Layer-2 blockchain infrastructure, according to an announcement from ADI Foundation. The investor or investor group was not disclosed.

The capital will be deployed across core network infrastructure, ecosystem expansion, developer incentives and institutional integrations. ADI Foundation said the funding is intended to support growing demand from governments, financial institutions and large enterprises migrating critical services and financial infrastructure onchain.

ADI Chain positions itself as a regulated, institution-focused L2 that combines compliance tooling, scalability and security for real-world financial rails. The network underpins DDSC, described as the largest UAE-based dirham-pegged stablecoin, launched with First Abu Dhabi Bank, International Holding Company and Sirius International Holding, and used for institutional payments, treasury operations and cross-border settlement.

The chain also powers settlement for ADI Predictstreet, the official FIFA World Cup 2026 prediction market, run in partnership with Kalshi. Every prediction, settlement and associated onchain transaction on Predictstreet contributes to ADI Chain activity and requires the ADI token for gas and utility, tying application usage directly to token demand.

“Infrastructure only becomes meaningful when it is used,” said Andrey Lazorenko, CEO of ADI Foundation. “Over the past year we have focused relentlessly on building institutional partnerships, securing regulatory alignment and developing real-world applications. Today, those efforts are becoming operational.” He added that ADI Chain’s growth is “being driven by genuine utility rather than speculation.”

The new funding is expected to support international expansion across the Middle East, Africa and Asia, where public- and private-sector players are exploring blockchain for payments modernization, tokenized assets and digital public services. ADI Foundation said it expects network activity to ramp as more enterprise deployments, stablecoin settlement flows, government services and global digital commerce applications go live on ADI Chain.

ADI Foundation is a nonprofit initiated by Sirius International Holding, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi-based International Holding Company. The foundation says it works with partners including BlackRock, Mastercard, M-Pesa and Franklin Templeton to promote regulated digital infrastructure and onchain financial markets.

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