链研社|AI First🔶💧|Apr 13, 2026 03:23
Sui's institutionalization, running in four lines simultaneously
I have been following Sui for two years. In the past, when public chains called for institutionalization, it was basically a pie in the sky. Sui has made visible progress in the past few months. We have already completed the bank (compliance channel), ETF (fund entry), CME futures (risk tool), and platform agreement (user access), all of which have been synchronized and implemented, and each one is not a PPT.
1. Bank direct connection
Sui has connected to Erebor Bank. It is not a crypto friendly small bank, but the first native stablecoin bank to obtain OCC federal charter during Trump's second term, directly regulated by the US Monetary Authority. After integration, fiat currency deposits and withdrawals, commercial credit, and treasury management can run directly on Sui without having to go through third-party bridges.
The native channel for compliant funds to enter and exit the chain is completely on the same level as the transaction pair with institutions.
2. Three consecutive ETF issuances
Three spot ETFs, namely 21Shares' TSUI, Grayscale's GSUI, and Canary's SArica, have landed intensively within a month. Sui has become one of the few public chain assets to have multiple Spot ETFs, following BTC, ETH, and SOL. In addition, ETFs also include staking income, and the gray GSUI also embeds staking income - traditional investors not only gain price exposure, but also share the money from on chain staking income.
3. CME Futures
Zhishang Exchange announced the launch of SUI futures on May 4th, including standard contracts and micro contracts. Looking back at history, BTC futures on CME were in 2017 and ETH in 2021, each time marking the official entry of the asset into the institutional pricing system. With futures, funds can engage in hedging, basis trading, structured products, and include this target in asset allocation models. This will significantly improve the size of funds and asset liquidity.
4. Platform protocol level integration
Coinbase has incorporated the Sui token standard into its platform infrastructure, elevating it to a core network position alongside ETH and SOL. DEEP and WAL will be launched later. Revolut has simultaneously opened SUI staking.
So what?
Connect the four lines: banks solve compliance channels, ETFs solve configuration entry points, futures solve risk tools, and platforms solve user outreach. The four dimensions are advancing synchronously and interlocking with each other.
In the future, we will continue to focus on three data points to see if they are false tricks:
-Position holding after CME goes live
-Net inflow of ETF funds
-The growth curve of stablecoins on the chain after the Erebor channel is completed.
These three pieces of data will tell us whether the institution is watching or really coming in.
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