The Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust (LFDT) announced the addition of 15 new members to its open source blockchain initiative, marking a significant expansion in institutional adoption. According to the latest announcement, the new members include Swift, Wells Fargo, Brickken, CertiK, Cosmos, DCP Inc., Ethereum Institutional, EthSystems, EUROPEUM, Federação Nacional de Associações de Servidores do Banco Central (Fenasbac), Hypernative, Interchain Foundation, Sui Foundation, Vana, and Zeeve. As reported by PRNewswire, these additions reflect the rapid pace of adoption of LFDT technologies, especially in the institutional market, and widespread commitment to open, neutral development of production-grade decentralized systems.
The new members cited various strategic reasons for joining LFDT. Edwin Mata, CEO and Co-Founder of Brickken, stated that the company is joining because LFDT's mission aligns with their vision of building infrastructure that lets software act within the financial economy responsibly. Ronghui Gu, Co-Founder and CEO of CertiK, emphasized that security is the foundation every enterprise blockchain deployment depends on, and as regulatory scrutiny intensifies globally, that foundation matters more than ever. Barry Plunkett, Co-CEO of Cosmos, noted that joining LFDT is a natural way to evolve their commitment to open source and marks another step in accelerating institutional adoption of blockchain. Chintan Mehta, Wells Fargo CIO and Head of Digital Technology, highlighted that the future of financial services will require greater interoperability, trust, and collaboration across institutions and technology ecosystems.
The expanded membership brings significant technical expertise to LFDT's ecosystem. CLPR (clipper), a new bridgeless cross-ledger messaging protocol lab contributed by Hedera and developed by the Hashgraph team, uses state proofs so that independent blockchain networks can directly verify each other's states with no intermediaries. Panurus, a new platform neutral token infrastructure project, serves as a reusable foundation for blockchain-based asset management and has already been deployed in CBDC projects in multiple markets. Hyperledger Cacti 3.0, the biggest release in the project's history, transitions it from a set of connectors to a general-purpose infrastructure for cross-chain research and financial interoperability. LFDT will also host an invite-only technical workshop in New York City October 22-23 for banking leaders and financial institutions building decentralized privacy architectures.
The membership expansion follows growing regulatory requirements facing digital asset companies across major markets. As reported by crypto.news, CertiK's Skynet State of Digital Asset Regulations research found that independent smart contract audits had become mandated or indirectly required for licensing and token admission across several jurisdictions, including Hong Kong, the UAE and the EU, along with some U.S. state frameworks. The research further found that AML related fines and settlements exceeded $900 million during the first half of 2025, according to CertiK's regulatory analysis. This regulatory pressure continues to drive institutional adoption of secure, open source blockchain infrastructure.
LFDT has continued adding organizations and projects during 2026, with OpenWallet Foundation announcing in September that it would move under LFDT from January 1, 2027. According to crypto.news, Linea became a premier LFDT member in May and contributed the Linea Stack as an open source project. The Linux Foundation reported in July that Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation was using Besu for an AppChain supporting tokenized collateral infrastructure, with more than 50 firms participating in limited production trades involving tokenized Russell 1000 equities, major exchange traded funds and U.S. Treasuries. The latest membership expansion demonstrates the accelerating institutional adoption of decentralized technologies across financial services and enterprise applications.
