Blockchain nonprofit ADI Foundation said on Monday that ADI Chain secured a $50 million strategic investment in Abu Dhabi to expand its Layer-2 infrastructure for governments and private-sector institutions, including financial firms and enterprises.
According to the foundation’s announcement, the capital is slated for network infrastructure, ecosystem expansion, developer incentives and institutional integrations. ADI is targeting growth across the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
The foundation did not identify the investor or disclose the valuation, ownership stake, investment instrument or deployment timetable.
ADI said projects live or entering rollout include ADI Predictstreet and DDSC. ADI Chain provides settlement infrastructure for ADI Predictstreet, which FIFA appointed as its official FIFA World Cup 2026 prediction-market partner.
DDSC is a stablecoin developed by First Abu Dhabi Bank, International Holding Company and Sirius International Holding, with a 1:1 peg to the UAE dirham. It settles on ADI Chain.
IHC said this month that DDSC had processed more than AED 150 million since launch. It also received a Central Bank of the UAE No Objection Certificate to work with selected VARA-regulated exchange platforms, subject to the certificate’s requirements.
The investment follows ADI Foundation’s January framework with M-Pesa Africa, covering potential access to more than 60 million monthly users across eight African countries.
