Strategic investment will help to establish TruFin as the institutional yield standard for onchain markets.
London, United Kingdom, 25 February 2026: TruFin announced a strategic investment led by SC Ventures, the venture building and investment arm of Standard Chartered, with participation from FalconX and Road Capital. The investment supports TruFin’s mission to establish the institutional yield standard for onchain markets, combining permissioned access points and policy-aligned workflows, with permissionless assets designed for broad onchain utility.
Why this matters
Institutional interest in onchain yield is rising, but participation at scale requires more than just attractive returns. Institutions need defined governance, institutional-grade security, and transparent, controlled workflows that match existing custody-first operating models and regulated requirements. TruFin is building the infrastructure layer and standardised approach that institutions can rely on to access and manage onchain yield with confidence.
What TruFin will do next
TruFin will leverage the investment to accelerate execution against its roadmap to become the institutional yield standard, including expanding beyond liquid staking into a broader set of institutional yield opportunities delivered through the same operating framework. Priorities include:
- Broader yield coverage under one standard: extend access from liquid staking into additional yield categories, including tokenised RWA yield and curated, risk-defined strategies, with consistent lifecycle processes across issuance, management, and redemption.
- Institutional controls at the points that matter: strengthen permissioned onboarding, approvals, and policy-aligned workflows, alongside transparency and reporting expectations suited to regulated operations.
- Security, risk, and operational maturity: invest in audit readiness, monitoring, and resilience to support institutional participation and long-term scale.
- Integration-led distribution: deepen integrations with qualified custodians, exchanges, and digital asset management platforms, enabling repeatable access and scalable distribution where institutions already operate.
Selected investors
Led by SC Ventures, with participation from FalconX and Road Capital, the strategic investment brings together leading partners from the world of traditional finance, as well as those with extensive reach within the institutional digital asset market. They join existing investors including Brevan Howard Digital, Digital Currency Group (DCG), Laser Digital and Republic, amongst others.
Quotes
Matt Molloy, CEO and Co-Founder of TruFin, said:
“Institutions increasingly want onchain yield exposure, but they need a standard they can trust, with defined processes, clear controls, and integrations that fit how they already operate. This strategic investment supports our mission to establish the institutional yield standard for onchain markets, and to broaden our offering beyond liquid staking into a wider set of yield opportunities, delivered through a consistent institutional framework.”
Harald Eltvedt, Venture Building, SC Ventures said:
“TruFin is a strong complement to SC Ventures’ growing digital asset ecosystem as it strengthens the regulated infrastructure needed to scale trusted onchain finance. Our investment underscores our belief that enterprise-grade Defi Vaults, like TruFin, will not only define the standard for institutional yield, but will also reinforce the role of our digital assets portfolio as the bridge between regulated banking and the next generation of onchain finance.”
About TruFin
TruFin is building the institutional yield standard for onchain markets. We develop and maintain the TruFin Protocol, a yield infrastructure layer that helps regulated financial institutions, asset managers, and digital asset treasuries access liquid staking and yield strategies with institutional controls.
Beyond liquid staking, TruFin is expanding into multiple yield verticals including curated vault strategies and tokenised real world assets, delivered through the same institutional-grade infrastructure layer.
TruFin combines permissioned onboarding with assets designed for broad onchain utility, supporting capital efficiency within clear governance, transparency, and risk requirements.
Solana-first by design, TruFin’s yield engine is built to integrate where institutions already operate, including qualified custodians, exchanges, and digital asset management platforms. TruFin works with ecosystem partners to extend distribution and support institutional access to onchain yield.
Our mission is simple: to make onchain yield secure, compliant, and scalable for the world’s leading financial players. Learn more at www.trufin.io. Follow TruFin on LinkedIn and X.
About SC Ventures
SC Ventures builds and invests in breakthrough ventures in and beyond banking. SC Ventures by Standard Chartered provides a platform for organisations to collaborate and co-create fintech ecosystems to reimagine the future of finance.
For more information, please visit www.scventures.io and follow SC Ventures on LinkedIn.
About Standard Chartered
We are a leading international banking group, with a presence in 54 of the world’s most dynamic markets. Our purpose is to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, and our heritage and values are expressed in our brand promise, here for good.
Standard Chartered PLC is listed on the London and Hong Kong stock exchanges.
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About FalconX
FalconX is a leading digital asset prime brokerage for the world’s top institutions. We provide comprehensive access to global digital asset liquidity and a full range of trading services. Our 24/7 dedicated team for account, operational and trading needs enables investors to navigate markets around the clock. FalconX Bravo, Inc., a FalconX affiliate, was the first CFTC-registered swap dealer focused on cryptocurrency derivatives.
FalconX is backed by investors including Accel, Adams Street Partners, Altimeter Capital, American Express Ventures, B Capital, GIC, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sapphire Ventures, Thoma Bravo, Tiger Global Management and Wellington Management. FalconX has offices in Silicon Valley, New York, London, Hong Kong, Bengaluru, Singapore and Valletta. For more information visit falconx.io or follow FalconX on X and LinkedIn.
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About Road Capital
Road Capital is a crypto-focused investment manager specializing in opportunities across the blockchain ecosystem. The firm invests in both traditional equity and digital tokens, bridging crypto-native innovation with traditional businesses.
Founded in 2022 by Thomas Bailey, Road backs category-defining networks, protocols, and applications that disrupt legacy technology stacks and ownership models—driving the next wave of on-chain finance, infrastructure, and tokenized assets.
Media contact
Sachin Dutta
VP Marketing, TruFin
press@trufinlabs.com
