Expansion Made: Fifteen Institutions Joined Lynq
Lynq, a real-time, interest-bearing digital asset settlement network, has been making waves in the industry since its official launch in July 2025. The platform, built on the Avalanche blockchain, is attracting major institutional clients such as 1Konto, StoneX, GCEX, B2C2, Galaxy, Wintermute, and U.S. Bank, signaling growing institutional adoption.
Lynq's unique selling point lies in its ability to offer instant, secure, and 24/7 settlement of digital assets. It incorporates Arca’s tokenized U.S. Treasury Fund to provide a stable, regulated foundation supporting interest-bearing transactions, thereby reducing counterparty risk and capital lockup.
Key integrations are a significant part of Lynq's strategy. The platform has partnered with Crypto.com, the first exchange partner, adopting Lynq’s real-time settlement and interest-bearing features to improve capital efficiency and reduce settlement delays and risks for institutional clients. This integration allows Crypto.com to offer its institutional users faster funding and position settlements using Lynq’s infrastructure.
Another significant partnership is with Fireblocks, a digital asset custody and settlement platform. Lynq is finalizing integration with Fireblocks, expected by September 2025. This partnership will enable Fireblocks’ institutional clients to access Lynq’s settlement network directly via the Fireblocks platform interface, aiming to streamline funding trades and embed Lynq’s settlement infrastructure into core institutional workflows.
Lynq's onboarding of over 50 potential institutional clients and partnerships with major digital asset firms demonstrate its emerging role as a critical infrastructure piece for connected, fast, secure, and interest-bearing digital asset settlement in institutional markets.
The vision of Lynq as a transformative piece of infrastructure for the digital asset industry is echoed across market participants. Jakob Palmstierna, President of GSR, sees Lynq as a game-changer, addressing the challenge of achieving seamless connectivity for institutional settlement. Travis McGhee, Managing Director, Global Head of Capital Markets at Crypto.com, shares this sentiment, stating that integrating with Lynq lets their institutional clients fund trades faster and more efficiently.
In summary, Lynq is actively gaining institutional traction and finalizing strategic partnerships—especially with Crypto.com and Fireblocks—supporting its vision for seamless real-time crypto settlement with interest-bearing capabilities on a scalable blockchain platform. As users integrate with the Lynq platform, they are able to embed Lynq into treasury workflows and execute settlements as part of their day-to-day operations.
- The partnership between Lynq and Fireblocks, expected to be completed by September 2025, aims to streamline funding trades by enabling Fireblocks' institutional clients to access Lynq's settlement network directly through the Fireblocks platform interface.
- By integrating with Lynq, cryptocurrency exchanges like Crypto.com can offer their institutional users faster funding and position settlements, improving capital efficiency and reducing settlement delays and risks.
