I’ve seen plenty of institutional chains, and most of them stop at press releases. ADI Chain is taking a different route. Since its mainnet launch in December 2025, it has focused on infrastructure for banks, governments, and financial institutions. On July 13, it just announced a $50 million funding round. This is a compliance-focused chain built specifically for regulated assets. Behind this chain is IHC (International Holding Company from the UAE). IHC owns over 1,300 subsidiaries with a market cap of around $240 billion and established ADI Chain through Sirius International Holding. Clearly, this isn’t in the same league as grassroots startup projects. The ADI Foundation is registered in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) and is dedicated to onboarding governments and banks. Abu Dhabi is building its digital financial infrastructure, connecting corporations, banks, and governments through this chain. The tech foundation is based on ZKsync’s Airbender prover, making it the world’s first public chain to deploy a sub-second proof system. It boasts a claimed 8,000+ TPS and natively supports institutions deploying compliant modular blocks on L3 without fragmenting liquidity. For institutions, programmable compliance is more critical than performance. The most tangible momentum comes from FIFA. For the 2026 World Cup, ADI Predict Street will serve as the official prediction market partner, bringing match data on-chain. Single-match markets often see transactions ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars. FIFA’s value isn’t just in the prediction market itself. It shows global financial institutions that an institutional-grade blockchain can handle World Cup-level event concurrency. And the initial collaboration with Kalshi is just one part of the picture