Stake $ADI— now live on ADI Chain

a digital
infrastructure

blockchain

We are an Abu Dhabi-based blockchain project founded by Sirius International Holding - the digital arm of IHC, one of the largest investment companies in the world.

ADI Foundation serves as the institutional gateway enabling governments, sovereign entities, and regulators to confidently adopt blockchain technology through purpose built frameworks and infrastructure aligned with national priorities.

Our aim is to onboard 1 billion people onto blockchain by 2030, starting with markets across the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, with ecosystem partners including Mastercard, M-Pesa, BlackRock, and Franklin Templeton.

Partners

Global Settlement Network

One rail, built for the Global South.

ADI settles transactions across every region on a single chain, connecting emerging and established markets through one programmable rail.

GCC – Africa
Latin America
Asia Pacific
Europe
Abu DhabiSettlement Hub

GCC - Africa

Settling cross-border trade between Gulf and African markets.

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Asia Pacific

A settlement corridor connecting Asia-Pacific markets to the ADI network.

Europe

Bridging European markets into ADI's global settlement rail.

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GCC

A settlement corridor connecting Gulf Cooperation Council markets to the ADI network.

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ABU DHABISETTLEMENT HUB
GCC – Africa

Settling cross-border trade between Gulf and African markets.

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Latin America

A settlement corridor connecting Latin American markets to the ADI network.

Asia Pacific

A settlement corridor connecting Asia-Pacific markets to the ADI network.

Europe

Bridging European markets into ADI's global settlement rail.

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GCC

A settlement corridor connecting Gulf Cooperation Council markets to the ADI network.

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The Modular Stack
THE COMPLETE STACK
L3 Enterprise
L2 · ADI CHAIN
L1 · ETHEREUM
01
ETHEREUM
SECURITY
02
Executing off-chain
Proof generated
TX
PROVER
SEQUENCER
SETTLEMENT
03
PROGRAMMABILITY
PAYMENTS
PRIVACY
COMPLIANCE
IDENTITY
ENERGY

A three-layer
settlement
architecture.

ADI Chain is a public blockchain for regulated finance at institutional scale. It combines Ethereum's security with modular compliance, allowing institutions to share infrastructure while operating within their own jurisdictions. The sections below outline how each layer contributes to the stack.

ETHEREUM

Ethereum is the settlement layer for the ADI stack. ADI Chain submits validity proofs to Ethereum L1, which verify each proof and finalise the corresponding state. All L3 under ADI Chain inherit Ethereum-level security through this path.

15
TPS
13 min
FINALITY
~$0.01 – $0.15
GAS/TX

ADI CHAIN

ADI Chain is the execution layer of the stack. Transactions run on ADI Chain at up to 8000+ TPS, and the Airbender prover compresses each batch into a zero-knowledge proof that Ethereum verifies. The result is institutional-grade scale and cost efficiency with Ethereum-level security, paid in $ADI, the network's native gas token.

8000+
TPS
0.2s/2s
SOFT CONFIRM/FINALITY
~ $0.01
FEE, IN $ADI

L3 Enterprise

L3s are specialized rollups built on top of ADI Chain. Each configures its own compliance rules, governance, and gas policies, allowing institutions to deploy under the requirements of a specific jurisdiction or sector.

Sub-second confirmation·Configurable fees·Custom compliance rules

THE INFRASTRUCTURE
FOR REGULATED
FINANCE AT SCALE

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Real-World Impact

Middle East, Africa, and Asia: these regions are often left behind in digital transformation,
yet they hold so much potential. ADI aims to tap into these emerging markets by giving their governments the infrastructure needed to compete in this new digital era.

IN UAE

We’re building the settlement rails for a dirham-backed stablecoin which is set to be regulated by UAE's Central Bank

IN KENYA

We’re working with health-tech experts to enable secure, portable health records throughout the country.

A green-centric initiative to tokenize utility data and support carbon credit markets is also underway.

IN AFRICA

We’re partnering with the continent’s most trusted mobile money provider to explore onchain payments for millions of users.

ADI Chain Ecosystem

Partners · Infrastructure · Built Onchain

Strategic & Institutional
ADI
BlackRock
Franklin Templeton
FAB
ADGM
m-pesa
IHC
MasterCard

Voices from the Ecosystem

What our partners are saying

We are excited to pursue opportunities with Finstreet and ADI to help advance digital assets and tokenized markets initiatives.

BlackRock
Kashif Riaz, Managing Director, Head of Financial Markets Advisory, Middle East

This transaction demonstrates that the UAE’s digital infrastructure is live, resilient, and ready to support real institutional financial activity. As one of the founding participants in the DDSC ecosystem, IHC is committed to advancing solutions that improve how capital moves across markets. Executing 110 million DDSC on ADI Chain is a clear signal that we are entering the next phase, where institutional-grade digital assets are not only viable, but operational at scale.

IHC
Syed Basar Shueb, CEO

Mastercard is committed to unlocking new opportunities in digital assets through innovation and collaboration. Together with our partners, we will identify and validate high-impact use cases that deliver efficiency in digital payments. By advancing asset tokenization and stablecoin-linked applications, Mastercard is enabling faster, seamless, and more secure transactions. These initiatives underscore our commitment to building trusted bridges between traditional finance and blockchain ecosystems.

Mastercard
Prakriti Singh, Executive Vice President, Core Payments, Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa

Too many African businesses, particularly MSMEs and women- and youth-led businesses, remain excluded from cross-border trade not because they lack competitive products, but because they lack verifiable digital identities, affordable access to finance, interoperable payment systems and trusted digital trade networks. This partnership presents an opportunity to change that trajectory by building the foundations of an integrated African digital market that is secure, inclusive and owned by Africa,

AfCFTA
H.E. Wamkele Mene, Secretary-General of the AfCFTA Secretariat

At Franklin Templeton, we are continuously seeking innovative ways to deliver value and expand access to investment solutions. This collaboration with Finstreet Limited and ADI DLT Foundation in ADGM are strategic steps to explore how tokenized assets and digital distribution can unlock new efficiencies and opportunities, ultimately enhancing the value and accessibility of our investment solutions for a broader investor base.

Franklin Templeton
Jenny Johnson, CEO

ErosADI is the infrastructure layer that makes sovereign cultural AI real at scale. We have spent decades building one of the world’s largest rights-cleared cultural dataset, and now we are turning that into a programmable, compounding economic system for creators, institutions, and governments. This is not an experiment. This is the foundation of a new cultural economy

Eros
Swaneet Singh, Co-President, Eros

We are excited to partner with ADI Foundation to tap into their expertise around new technologies and how these can transform financial services.

M-Pesa Africa
Sitoyo Lopokoiyit, CEO, M-Pesa Africa

WE'RE BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A MORE ACCESSIBLE BLOCKCHAIN FUTURE

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