Technology giant IBM has launched a platform aimed specifically at US institutions, which marks one of its most significant initiatives into the realms of digital assets and blockchain infrastructure.
The new offering, named Digital Asset Haven, will deliver crypto custody and payment services to businesses and governmental bodies by the year’s end. This initiative seeks to facilitate the seamless inclusion of digital assets into the current financial architecture.
This platform will permit institutions to access on-chain yield from decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols spanning over 40 public blockchain networks and cater to the intricate token compliance necessities for those utilizing the same system.
Expected to be introduced as a software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering in Q4 of 2025, the platform was developed in conjunction with Dfns, a cryptocurrency wallet provider.
Rising Institutional Interest in Stablecoins and Tokenization
This move mirrors a wider transition in traditional finance (TradFi), where banks and asset managers are delving deeper into tokenization and blockchain settlement frameworks.
The intensifying utilization of stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) is fueling an escalated demand for institutional blockchain platforms like Digital Asset Haven, according to IBM.
“For digital assets to be integrated into core banking and capital markets systems, the underlying infrastructure must meet the same standards as traditional financial rails,” noted Clarisse Hagège, CEO of wallet provider Dfns. She further stated:
“Together with IBM, we’ve built a platform that goes beyond custody to orchestrate the full digital asset ecosystem, paving the way for digital assets to move from pilot programs to production at a global scale.”
Prominent features of the platform include a unified governance framework, integrated solutions for identity verification and Anti-Money Laundering (AML), yield generation options, and secure operations enhanced by IBM’s infrastructure.
The increasing institutional appetite for tokenized products led to a 220% surge in tokenized stocks during July. This growth is reminiscent of the early DeFi era, when total value locked (TVL) shot up from $1 billion to $100 billion within a mere two years, according to Binance Research.
“If you compare what it costs and how complicated it is to make a compliant transaction in the TradFi world, our industry should be able to do it 10 times faster and cheaper,” stated Sergey Nazarov, who co-founded Chainlink, during the RWA Summit 2025 in Cannes.
The Automated Compliance Engine (ACE), launched by Chainlink on June 30, is designed to provide a modular framework for overseeing regulatory compliance, with aspirations to unlock $100 trillion worth of new capital into the blockchain economy.
Source: Binance Research
