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ZIGChain lands a strategic investment from Nomura's Laser Digital, with risk governance across vault products targeting $100M TVL in emerging-market credit.
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ZIGChain, the Dubai-based Layer 1 built for regulated investment products, has taken a strategic investment in its $ZIG token from Laser Digital, the digital assets arm of Japan's Nomura Group, alongside a partnership that puts Laser in charge of product structuring, risk framework design and governance across a pipeline of vault products from ZIG Markets, the ecosystem's access layer. The stated target is a minimum of $100 million in total value locked, with the first product expected in the coming months and a roadmap spanning private credit, PayFi, SME financing, invoice factoring and stablecoin-enabled products. The context is a tokenization market that has quintupled to roughly $33.5 billion in sixteen months, where private credit has become the largest category outside US Treasuries, and where credible origination from emerging markets, the region sitting on a $5.7 trillion small-business financing gap, has remained the missing piece. The investment amount and token price are not disclosed, and the deal involves no new token launch and no change of control. Q: What did ZIGChain announce? ZIGChain announced on August 5, 2026 that Laser Digital, the digital assets arm of Nomura Group, has made a strategic investment in the $ZIG token and entered a partnership with ZIG Markets to bring institutional-grade financial products onchain, with Laser providing product structuring, risk framework design and governance. Q: How much did Laser Digital invest in ZIGChain? The investment amount and token price are not disclosed. The companies state this is not a token launch, not a public or retail raise, and not a change of control. Q: What is the $100 million target? ZIGChain is targeting a minimum of $100 million in total value locked across a pipeline of institutional-grade vault products developed under the partnership, spanning private credit, PayFi, SME financing, invoice factoring and stablecoin-enabled products. The first product is expected in the coming months. Q: What is ZIGChain? ZIGChain is a Layer 1 blockchain purpose-built for regulated, institutional investment products, launched in April 2024 by the team behind the social investing platform Zignaly. Its ecosystem includes ZIG Markets, the product and access layer, and prior institutional partnerships with Beehive, Taurus and the ADI Foundation. Q: Wh