New private execution layer, powered by ZKsync’s Prividium technology, enables regulated financial institutions to access onchain markets while keeping sensitive financial activity private
Sofia, Bulgaria – REAL, the institutional infrastructure for compliant real-world asset tokenization, today announced the launch of a confidential execution layer designed to help regulated financial institutions participate in onchain finance while maintaining the privacy required for institutional operations.
Built using ZKsync’s Prividium technology, the new private chain runs in parallel with REAL’s public Layer 1 network. It allows banks, asset managers, and investment funds to keep positions, allocations, and counterparty relationships confidential while continuing to access public blockchain settlement and liquidity.
Because transactions ultimately settle to Ethereum, institutions gain the privacy needed for regulated financial activity without losing connectivity to the largest onchain capital market. The architecture combines confidential execution with public settlement, allowing institutions to participate in tokenized markets without operating in isolated blockchain environments.
The launch addresses one of the key barriers to broader institutional adoption of real-world assets onchain. While public blockchain infrastructure offers benefits such as global accessibility, instant settlement, and composability, regulated financial institutions often cannot conduct core business operations on networks where positions, treasury strategies, and counterparty relationships are fully transparent.
“The next wave of tokenization won’t be defined by issuance. It will be defined by whether institutions can actually use these systems the way real finance works,” said Ivo Georgiev, CEO of Real Finance. “Institutions shouldn’t have to choose between public liquidity and operational privacy. We’re building infrastructure that delivers both.”
The confidential execution layer supports a range of institutional use cases where privacy is essential, including wealth and asset management, balance sheet operations, and tokenized deposit models. It also enables selective disclosure for auditors, compliance teams, and regulators when required, while allowing institutions to retain the benefits of blockchain-native settlement, liquidity, and distribution.
The launch further expands REAL’s platform for tokenized real-world assets, supporting the full lifecycle of institutional assets, including issuance, risk assessment, insurance, trading, and execution, within a compliance-focused infrastructure.
“This is about giving institutions a practical path into onchain finance,” added Ivo Georgiev. “Real-world assets onchain require infrastructure that reflects how regulated finance actually operates. That’s what we’re building.”
