ADI Chain and Shipfinex announce a partnership to tokenize a commercial vessel pipeline, aiming to bring ships “onchain” through Shipfinex using ADI Chain’s blockchain infrastructure. Cointelegraph says the plan involves tokenizing a $500 million vessel pipeline and onboarding about 35 vessels.
Both outlets frame the move as part of broader efforts to expand blockchain-based asset tokenization in maritime finance. CoinDesk describes the initiative as creating a “new blockchain rail” for what it calls a roughly $2 trillion asset class and highlights the objective of widening access to the ship-finance market, citing figures around $680 billion. Cointelegraph emphasizes the multitrillion-dollar scale of maritime industry tokenization, while CoinDesk focuses more on market size and the potential for broader capital participation.
While they differ slightly in how they characterize the industry opportunity and the market figures, both accounts agree on the core elements: the ADI Chain–Shipfinex collaboration, tokenization of commercial ships, and a push to expand capital access in ship financing.
