ADI Foundation Partners with Near Protocol Alongside 50+ Institutions Across Real Estate, Energy, and Payments

MENA's First Institutional L2 reveals strategic partnerships spanning ADI Chain ecosystem and institutions as the mainnet launch approaches

On December 5th, via ADI Chain's official X account, the ADI Foundation announced its partnership with Near Protocol.

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Days earlier, the Foundation had revealed a full view of its growing partnership network spanning 50+ institutions across 20+ countries. With the mainnet launch approaching, the announcement outlined the partnerships and ecosystem behind ADI Chain's mission to serve governments and enterprises in emerging markets.

ADI Chain's Institutional Foundation

ADI Chain was chosen to host the UAE Dirham-backed stablecoin, which will be issued by two major players in the region: First Abu Dhabi Bank and IHC, and is set to be regulated by the UAE Central Bank.

This stands as the flagship use case, but ADI Chain's capabilities extend far beyond stablecoin settlement. ADI Chain was purpose-built for emerging economies, designed around what governments and institutions actually need to deploy digital infrastructure at scale.

Projects Coming On-Chain

The ADI Foundation has built partnerships across 20 countries with over 50 major institutions & enterprises at various stages of deployment. Their publicly announced partnerships include:

• Near Protocol: Through partnership with ADI Chain, Near Protocol brings TravAI onchain - an AI-enabled travel manager that handles booking flights, building itineraries, and finding hotels. Payments are processed through Near's AI-native layer and settled on ADI Chain, showing how AI and blockchain can work together for everyday consumer applications.
• Abu Dhabi Real Estate Centre: The ADI Foundation partnered with Abu Dhabi Real Estate Centre to accelerate blockchain adoption across Abu Dhabi's real estate sector. Pilot projects of this initiative will focus on tokenized ownership and secure digital registries.
• Esyasoft Holding: Early on, ADI announced an MoU with Esyasoft Holding to advance the energy transition through blockchain infrastructure. The collaboration enables governments and utilities to transform energy production and management through blockchain infrastructure.
• Emirates Driving Company: The ADI Foundation signed an MoU with Emirates Driving Company to pilot blockchain-based solutions across the UAE's driver-education ecosystem. The partnership focuses on streamlining workflows, strengthening compliance, and modernizing payments.

ADI is also in discussions with established African mobile payment providers that have brought millions of users into the digital economy and moved billions in transaction volume across previously unbanked regions. They explore bringing proven payment rails on-chain for underserved communities across Africa and the Middle East.

Technology Partnerships

ADI Chain's technical infrastructure is supported by partnerships with leading blockchain technology providers:

• ZKsync powers ADI Chain's scalability and security through zero-knowledge proofs, making ADI the first public blockchain built with ZKsync's Airbender stack.
• Alchemy provides blockchain infrastructure designed to support ADI Chain's ecosystem adoption at an institutional scale.
• WalletConnect enables safe, seamless ADI Chain connections and cross-chain dApp interoperability.
• Covalent provides real-time blockchain data infrastructure for institutional-grade applications operating on ADI Chain.
• OpenZeppelin and Dowsers have conducted comprehensive security audits and formal verification processes to ensure ADI Chain meets government-grade security standards.

The Foundation Powering Blockchain Adoption

Founded by Sirius International Holding, the digital arm of IHC – MENA's largest listed holding company, the ADI Foundation drives partnerships and institutional adoption across 20 countries with a mission to bring one billion people onchain by 2030. ADI Chain is the infrastructure layer built by the Foundation to execute this vision.

These partnerships reflect what the ADI Foundation describes as a different idea of blockchain. Rather than building for speculative markets, ADI Chain addresses the operational requirements that governments and institutions rely on to deploy digital systems.

As the mainnet launch approaches, ADI Chain is moving from groundwork to wide-scale adoption by institutions, enterprises, and economies.

About ADI Foundation & ADI Chain

ADI Foundation is an Abu Dhabi-based non-profit founded by Sirius International Holding, a subsidiary of IHC, dedicated to empowering governments and institutions in emerging markets through blockchain infrastructure. The foundation's mission is to bring one billion people into the digital economy by 2030, building on a foundation of 500+ million people already within its ecosystem reach.

ADI Chain is the first institutional Layer 2 blockchain for stablecoins and real-world assets in the MENA region, providing settlement infrastructure for First Abu Dhabi Bank and IHC's dirham-backed stablecoin, set to be regulated by the UAE Central Bank. The network operates on three pillars - Compliance, Efficiency, Security - serving governments implementing blockchain infrastructure across the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.

For more information, visit the Official Website, LinkedIn, and X.