HIFI, a New York-based financial infrastructure company specializing in stablecoin payments and tokenized assets, has raised $37 million in Series A funding led by Left Lane Capital. The investment will accelerate the scaling of HIFI's tokenized capital markets infrastructure and expand its product suite, including stablecoin payments and card products.
The funding arrives as traditional financial institutions deepen their engagement with blockchain-based settlement. In July, HIFI participated in DTCC's production trades using DTC-tokenized assets, alongside BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, and Nasdaq. In September, the company announced a partnership with Visa to expand money movement and card capabilities, beginning with stablecoin-funded payouts to over 4 billion Visa cards worldwide.
HIFI's infrastructure currently processes more than $7 billion in annualized volume, serving over 10,000 businesses and 200,000 end users across 87 countries. Notable clients include Sumitomo, a Fortune Global 500 conglomerate rebuilding its cash management and trading operations on HIFI's rails; Dapper, which is building new digital marketplaces on the platform; and Arival Bank, which is powering stablecoin payment experiences for its customers.
The market opportunity is substantial. Citi projects the stablecoin market could reach $1.9 trillion by 2030, up from roughly $300 billion today, supporting as much as $100 trillion in annual onchain settlement volume. Public equities are expected to lead capital markets onto that infrastructure, with Citi estimating approximately 3% of the U.S. equity market will be tokenized by the end of the decade.
HIFI's approach consolidates what have historically been separate infrastructures for payments, spending, and capital markets. “We think of settlement as one problem, not three,” said Zach Walsh, CEO of HIFI. “Whether it's a stablecoin settling a payment, a tokenized receivable funding a card, or a tokenized security clearing a trade, the underlying event is identical: value moves and settles at the same instant, instead of moving now and settling days later.”
Matthew Miller, Managing Partner at Left Lane Capital, which led the round, noted, “The growth HIFI has demonstrated reflects both the strength of the team and the speed at which stablecoins have become a core part of global financial infrastructure. HIFI is building an important layer in that market, giving developers the infrastructure to create products that can operate across networks and borders.”
For businesses and developers, HIFI's composable API platform offers a single integration to move, convert, route, and program value across stablecoins, bank rails, and payment networks. As digital asset regulations emerge market by market, each with its own banking partners, stablecoin issuers, and compliance requirements, HIFI absorbs that complexity so customers can build once and operate across every supported rail and jurisdiction. More information is available at HIFI.com and HIFI. The original announcement can be viewed at www.newmediawire.com.
