"ADI Chen" and"Zig Chen" They leverage real-world assets and tokenize them via a native stablecoin infrastructure
ABU DHABI, 16 JULY / WAM / The ADI Chain network has entered into a strategic partnership with “Zig Chain” by signing a memorandum of understanding with “Zig Markets”, the access and distribution arm within its system, with the aim of enhancing the original infrastructure of stable currencies to support real assets and productive financing on the blockchain network, and establishing a framework for transferring the daily financing activities of companies to the network.
Ramana Kumar, head of the stablecoin ecosystem at the ADI Foundation, confirmed that the ADI Chain blockchain, which is designed according to sovereign and institutional standards, is the most capable of tokenizing high-quality real assets and making them available on the blockchain network, allowing them to be distributed to institutions, semi-institutional entities, family offices, investment funds, and retail investors.
He said that the memorandum of understanding with the “Zig Chain” system will enable the institution to harness its infrastructure and capabilities to encode real assets related to trade finance, supply chain receivables, working capital, and private credit, with efficiency and speed that exceed what is provided by traditional financial systems and processes.
Abdelrafi Jadit, co-founder of ZigChain, explained that real assets require more than just tokenization, as they need to create assets, mobilize capital, and provide distribution channels.
He stated that the ADI Chain network contributes to providing an organized infrastructure for settlement operations, while the areas of financing receivables, working capital and private credit require a partner to structure and encode assets on the blockchain and attract appropriate capital, a role played by Zig Markets.
He pointed out that this cooperation will embody the optimal infrastructure for capital markets on the blockchain through productive financial activities available to institutions, developers and users on a large scale.
This agreement embodies a strategic integration between the two parties, as ADI Chain provides a blockchain and settlement infrastructure that is regulated and designed according to sovereign standards, and is based on a special regulatory, compliance and policy framework to support real-world, high-quality assets on an institutional scale.
In contrast, the Zig Markets network provides a product layer that includes asset creation and tokenization, providing a digital treasury structure, and a distribution network across an established ecosystem of financial uses, with the aim of linking the settlement infrastructure with the capabilities of tokenized capital markets, and facilitating the seamless transfer of assets, liquidity, and distribution channels between the two ecosystems.
The first phase of this partnership focuses on tokenized receivables, supply chain financing, working capital for SMEs, and tokenized private credit, with the adoption of stablecoins as the base layer for settlement. The announcement also includes PayFi solutions, receivables financing, and private credit as a starting point, within a framework designed to expand in the future in conjunction with the development of the partnership to include trade finance, treasury products, tokenized funds, and additional classes of real assets.
The memorandum of understanding allows the two parties to evaluate financing structures that are compatible with the provisions of Islamic Sharia, benefiting from the presence of participating entities within the “Zig Markets” system, such as “Zamanat” and “Nawa”, which have extensive experience in coding assets across the ethical finance sector, and are included within the system of products and distribution channels provided within the framework of the partnership.
This important step comes in light of the transformation witnessed by the real-world asset tokenization sector from the initial experimental stage to the institutional infrastructure stage, as the value of tokenized real-world assets, excluding stable currencies, reached about $19.32 billion by the end of the first quarter of 2026, achieving an increase of 256.7% compared to the beginning of 2025.
The total market size, including fiat-backed stablecoins, exceeded $320 billion, mainly driven by tokenization of treasuries and stablecoins.
This partnership aims to meet the future challenge of the sector, which is to provide an infrastructure capable of supporting recurring financing activities for companies, so that stable currencies act as the basic settlement layer for productive financial applications.
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