From Wall Street to On-Chain: How Injective Redefines Institutional-Level DeFi
In December 2025, while most public chains are still caught up in the competition over TVL figures, Injective has received consecutive 'letters of appointment' from the traditional financial world: New York Stock Exchange-listed company Pineapple Financial announced the establishment of a $100 million digital asset treasury, all for purchasing $INJ in the secondary market; at the same time, Injective is set to become the first Layer-1 token to launch a spot ETF in the U.S. market. The significance of these two events goes far beyond short-term price fluctuations; they represent that Wall Street is finally willing to embrace a public chain in the most traditional and compliant manner.
The reasons institutions choose Injective are simple: it addresses the three major pain points that traditional finance cares about the most. First, performance. Sub-second finality + deterministic gas fees enable institutional high-frequency trading strategies to be realized on-chain without worrying about MEV or congestion; second, compliant asset supply. Injective is the first to 1:1 tokenize assets like Nvidia and other U.S. stocks, gold spot, forex pairs, digital asset treasuries, etc., and provide on-chain instant settlement, finally giving institutions compliant and programmable assets; third, depth and liquidity. Thanks to the launch of the native EVM and the migration of 40+ leading dApps, Injective's order depth of 0.01% has surpassed most CeFi exchanges.
More importantly, the upcoming ETF from Injective will completely bridge traditional brokerage accounts with the on-chain world. In the future, your brokerage app may feature 'INJ ETF' alongside 'SPY' and 'QQQ', with the underlying holdings being real native tokens running on Injective. This means that trillions of dollars in pensions, sovereign funds, and 401k plans will have the opportunity to gain low-threshold exposure to high-performance public chains for the first time.
As RWA is no longer just a concept but rather real U.S. stocks, gold, and fiat stablecoins running on-chain, the boundaries between traditional finance and DeFi are disappearing on Injective.
