ADI, Tokinvest Target $100M Tokenized Sukuk

ADI Foundation and Tokinvest have signed a memorandum of understanding targeting the tokenization of $100 million in existing UAE Sukuk, combining institutional blockchain infrastructure with regulated issuance and distribution capabilities. According to the official ADI Chain announcement, the first target is a $100 million tokenized Sukuk initiative built around existing instruments rather than the creation of an entirely new Islamic-finance product.

The agreement combines ADI Foundation’s real-world asset pipeline and ADI Chain infrastructure with Tokinvest’s structuring, issuance, investor onboarding and distribution capabilities. The $100 million figure is a development target under the MoU, not tokenized assets already issued or committed to ADI Chain. The parties are still identifying eligible Sukuk and designing the structure with regulators and Sharia advisers.

NEW: @ADI_Foundation and VARA-regulated digital investment platform @Tokinvest_Cap have entered a strategic collaboration on a US$100 Million Tokenized Sukuk to Expand Real-World Asset Tokenization Infrastructure.

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— ADI Chain (@ADIChain_) October 6, 2026

Existing Sukuk Would Gain a New Distribution Layer

Tokinvest CEO Scott Thiel said the initial plan is to tokenize existing Sukuk issued by UAE entities and distribute them through regulated partners. That distinction is important because the underlying issuer, assets and Sharia structure would already exist. The proposed blockchain layer would primarily change how the investment interest is recorded, issued and potentially distributed rather than replacing the underlying Sukuk economics.

Tokinvest is licensed by Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority for Broker-Dealer Services and Category 1 Virtual Asset Issuance. The authorization permits it to serve institutional, qualified and retail investors within the activities covered by its licence. That regulatory status provides part of the infrastructure for the collaboration, but the planned Sukuk still needs an appropriate structure and applicable approvals before it can be offered.

This approach fits a broader UAE effort to build regulated tokenized capital markets. Securitize recently signed a tokenization MoU with Dubai’s VARA, while Mubadala Capital has explored tokenized private-market access through an institutional proof of concept. The common pattern is infrastructure development inside existing financial and compliance frameworks rather than moving conventional assets into unrestricted DeFi markets.

Partnership Extends Beyond Islamic Finance

The scope of the ADI-Tokinvest agreement is broader than Sukuk. The companies also plan to evaluate private credit, investment funds and other yield-generating real-world assets, while exploring how Tokinvest’s existing product portfolio could be brought onto ADI Chain through suitable regulated structures. The $100 million Sukuk initiative is therefore intended as the first target in a larger tokenization pipeline rather than the full scope of the partnership.

Private credit already provides one example of how regulated assets can gain blockchain distribution without changing their underlying legal structure. Securitize, for instance, has brought Hamilton Lane’s tokenized private credit fund onto TRON, while traditional market infrastructure providers are developing multi-blockchain tokenization systems for securities. Tokenization changes issuance, recordkeeping and distribution rails, but it does not automatically alter investor rights, liquidity or regulatory obligations attached to the underlying asset.

For ADI Foundation, the collaboration provides a potential pipeline of regulated financial products for ADI Chain. Tokinvest, meanwhile, gains another institutional settlement environment through which it can structure and distribute tokenized investments. The meaningful milestone will come when the partners identify the actual Sukuk, finalize their regulatory and Sharia structure and proceed from the MoU into issuance. Until then, the $100 million program remains a defined commercial target rather than a live tokenized market.