- HIFI has closed a $37 million Series A round led by Left Lane Capital, with no valuation disclosed.
- The company says its platform processes more than $7 billion in annualized volume across 87 countries.
- Proceeds will fund expansion of card products, stablecoin payments, and infrastructure for tokenized securities and capital-market transactions.
- HIFI participated in DTCC’s July production trades involving DTC-tokenized assets alongside BlackRock, Goldman Sachs and Nasdaq, and has partnered with Visa on stablecoin-funded payouts.
HIFI has raised a $37 million Series A led by Left Lane Capital, capital the company says will expand stablecoin payments, card products and infrastructure aimed at tokenized capital markets. No valuation was disclosed in the announcement. The raise lands as tokenization moves from pilot programs toward production use inside mainstream financial plumbing, and as stablecoins increasingly function as settlement rails rather than trading instruments.
What HIFI Actually Does
HIFI provides APIs designed to connect traditional bank rails with stablecoin settlement. The company says its infrastructure currently processes more than $7 billion in annualized volume across 87 countries. That business began largely around moving money — payments and payouts — but the stated ambition is broader. Management says the Series A will help expand card products, stablecoin payments and infrastructure used around tokenized securities and capital-market transactions. The company’s positioning sits between the blockchain layer and the financial institutions that ultimately need cash settlement, compliance and distribution. That is a deliberately unglamorous spot in the stack, but it is also where a great deal of operational friction remains. Banks and brokerages can tokenize an asset far more easily than they can rewire the cash leg of a trade.
The Integrations Behind The Pitch
HIFI participated in DTCC’s July production trades involving DTC-tokenized assets, alongside firms including BlackRock, Goldman Sachs and Nasdaq. It has also partnered with Visa on stablecoin-funded payouts that can reach billions of Visa cards. Those integrations give the company a foothold with counterparties that matter — clearing infrastructure, large asset managers, exchange operators and a global card network — rather than only crypto-native venues.
Why The Cash Side Matters
Much of the attention around tokenization goes to the asset. A Treasury security, stock or fund share gets represented onchain and the transaction suddenly looks modern. But every trade still has another side. Someone needs to deliver the money. Tokenized capital markets work far better if the cash leg can move with the same speed and programmability as the security being traded. Stablecoins, which settle continuously and programmatically, are one candidate for that role — provided the compliance, custody and conversion layers around them hold up under institutional scrutiny. That is the bet HIFI is making: that the connective tissue between bank money, stablecoins and tokenized assets becomes a substantial financial-services business in its own right. It is a competitive field. Payment processors, custody banks, blockchain networks and stablecoin issuers are all pushing into adjacent territory, and the regulatory treatment of stablecoin settlement continues to evolve across jurisdictions. The $37 million round does not come with a disclosed valuation, so it is difficult to gauge how aggressively investors priced the opportunity. What it does provide is more runway to build into a market where traditional payments, stablecoins and securities settlement are increasingly converging. Stablecoins used to be mostly a way for crypto traders to hold dollars between trades. Companies like HIFI are betting the bigger opportunity is making them part of the infrastructure underneath everything else. For public-market investors, the read-through is indirect. HIFI is private, so there is no ticker to trade on the news. But the themes it touches — tokenized Treasuries, stablecoin payment volumes, and the card networks and clearinghouses building around them — are increasingly visible in the earnings commentary of listed financial and payments companies. Broader risk appetite remains constructive, with the Nasdaq 100 at 30,608.13, up 0.42% on the day.
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