What happened?
IBM launched a new platform called Digital Asset Haven to help financial institutions, governments, and enterprises manage digital asset operations. It was built in partnership with Dfns and offers transaction lifecycle management across 40+ blockchains, governance and entitlement controls, pre-integrated KYC/AML, and developer APIs. The platform combines MPC, HSM, IBM’s Offline Signing Orchestrator and quantum-safe cryptography and will be available as SaaS/hybrid in Q4 2025 with on-premises coming Q2 2026.
Who does this affect?
Banks, asset managers, custodians, fintechs and governments looking to run tokenized asset or stablecoin programs are the primary targets. Wallet providers, developers and enterprise IT teams that need institutional-grade security, compliance tooling, and integrations will also be affected. Regulators and compliance teams will see more standardized controls as firms adopt this kind of infrastructure.
Why does this matter?
By lowering the technical and compliance barriers for big institutions, the platform could accelerate institutional adoption of tokenized real-world assets and stablecoins. Standardized lifecycle management and stronger security can reduce operational risk and speed product launches, which should attract more capital and liquidity into digital asset markets. That influx may boost trading volumes, shift market structure toward institutional rails, and spur competition among cloud and custody providers while influencing regulatory expectations.