The TradFi-DeFi market map
The blockchain subsectors best placed for institutional adoption—drawn from CB Insights' 75+ markets and charted across active private companies funded since 2024. Forward-looking, rather than exhaustive.
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Entry & Access
(Onboarding, payment methods, and exchange access for crypto)Crypto cards
Centralized crypto exchanges
Crypto business banking
Rails & Settlement
(Infrastructure for stablecoin payments and blockchain interoperability)Stablecoin payments infrastructure
Blockchain interbank payments
Enterprise stablecoin payments & treasury
Banks Go On-Chain
(Infrastructure for issuing blockchain-based currencies)Permissioned blockchains
Stablecoins-as-a-Service
Tokenized deposit issuance platforms
Asset Management & Markets
(Professional infrastructure for trading & investing)Wallets-as-a-service
Institutional crypto trading and prime brokerage
Fund tokenization platforms & infrastructure
Trust & Operations
(Managing risk, compliance, and custody)Crypto asset custody
Crypto regulatory reporting and licensing tools
Crypto compliance and transaction monitoring
