Securitize Extends Tokenised Funds to Abu Dhabi's ADI Chain
Updated: 6 days ago
TL;DR: Tokenisation leader Securitize is integrating ADI Chain, an Abu Dhabi-based institutional blockchain backed by IHC/Sirius, letting its tokenised products settle on UAE sovereign-backed rails — a sign that real-world-asset tokenisation is globalising fast.
The tokenisation race is going global and sovereign. On 30 September 2026, tokenisation leader Securitize announced it is integrating ADI Chain, an Abu Dhabi-based institutional blockchain backed by IHC's Sirius International Holding.
The deal
The integration lets Securitize-issued tokenised products — it works with major asset managers including BlackRock — settle on ADI Chain, which has a UAE-dirham stablecoin (DDSC) for Gulf payments. CEO Carlos Domingo framed the UAE as a hub to connect emerging-market investors to regulated global assets.
It adds the Gulf to a growing map of jurisdictions competing to host regulated institutional money on-chain.
Marketing Minute's read
Tokenisation of real-world assets is maturing from pilots into infrastructure, and the competition is now between financial centres, not just chains. Abu Dhabi backing a sovereign-adjacent institutional blockchain is a bid to be the Gulf's on-chain settlement hub — the way Singapore and Switzerland have positioned themselves.
For the industry, the significance is distribution. A tokenised BlackRock-adjacent fund that can settle in dirhams opens emerging-market and Gulf capital to global regulated assets — which is where the real volume in RWA could come from.
What it means for the market
Watch the financial-centre competition as closely as the technology. The winners in tokenisation will be the jurisdictions that pair credible regulation with real liquidity and payment rails — and partnerships like this are how a global tokenised-asset network quietly gets built, one sovereign hub at a time.
Quick FAQ
What is Securitize doing with ADI Chain?
Integrating the Abu Dhabi-based institutional blockchain so its tokenised products (it works with managers including BlackRock) can settle on UAE sovereign-backed rails, with a dirham stablecoin for Gulf payments.
Why does this matter for tokenisation?
It shows real-world-asset tokenisation maturing into infrastructure, with financial centres — now including the Gulf — competing to host regulated institutional money on-chain and open new capital pools.
Tokenisation is maturing from pilots into infrastructure, and the contest is now between financial centres, not just chains. Abu Dhabi backing a sovereign-adjacent institutional blockchain is a bid to be the Gulf's on-chain settlement hub. The real prize is distribution: opening Gulf and emerging-market capital to regulated global assets. — Daniel Nikolla, Founder of Merx Marketing
Tokenisation's winners will be jurisdictions that pair credible regulation with real liquidity — a global tokenised-asset network is being built one sovereign hub at a time.
In tokenisation, will the decisive advantage be the technology — or the financial centre behind it?
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Sources: Securities.io, StockTitan, CryptoTimes.
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Written by Daniel Nikolla, Founder of Merx Marketing Ltd and Marketing Minute
