LI.FI launches intent framework for enterprises

LI.FI has launched LI.FI Intents, an intent-based execution framework aimed at enterprises, regulated institutions, and digital wallets. The framework marks a move beyond bridge and liquidity aggregation, positioning LI.FI as an execution layer for stablecoin payments, real-world asset (RWA) trading, and compliant on-chain liquidity services.

The rollout comes as trading activity across digital assets has cooled. Data from DeFiLlama shows bridge aggregators processed about $1.92 billion in volume over the last 30 days, down roughly 34% from the $2.974 billion peak seen in October. Bitcoin spot volume has fallen around 81% from its highs, eroding liquidity across the market and pushing infrastructure providers toward more durable business lines.

LI.FI Intents reflects the company’s strategic shift from pure bridge aggregation to broader execution infrastructure. Rather than focusing solely on routing liquidity, LI.FI is building tools that allow institutions to define desired outcomes while the system automates the technical steps needed to achieve them across chains.

This new positioning aligns LI.FI with institutional-grade services such as stablecoin settlement, RWA execution, and compliant liquidity provisioning, all of which require reliable, auditable, and scalable transaction flows.

As retail-driven activity slows, LI.FI has been repositioning around enterprise use cases. In December, the company closed a $29 million funding round led by Multicoin and CoinFund, bringing its total financing to $52 million. The new capital is earmarked for expansion into yield generation, perpetual trading, prediction markets, and lending, underscoring a shift toward financial plumbing instead of consumer-facing tools.

In April, LI.FI introduced LI.FI Earn, a product that lets enterprises access more than 20 yield vault protocols through a single interface. The platform supports cross-chain execution across over 60 networks and integrates yield strategies for partners managing on-chain treasuries. This reinforces LI.FI’s move toward infrastructure designed for corporate balance sheets and institutional asset managers.

Released in May, LI.FI Intents is built around a solver network that automates precise cross-chain conversions between stablecoins such as USDC and USDT. Business users specify the outcome they want — such as a payment in a specific stablecoin on a particular target chain — and the framework handles routing, execution, and gas management under the hood.

By eliminating the need to hold gas tokens or engage directly with blockchain-level functions, LI.FI Intents aims to simplify how enterprises execute payments and transfers. Early adopters include applications such as Jumper and Rabby, which are integrating the framework to route and settle cross-chain activity without requiring end users to perform direct wallet operations.

Compliance is built into LI.FI Intents at the network level. The framework relies on a set of verified legal entities that serve as solvers, with each order subject to pre-approval before execution. Wallets interacting with LI.FI Intents are screened against U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) policies, and transaction flows are structured to meet regulatory expectations for traceability and sanction screening.

This emphasis on compliance follows heightened enforcement activity in 2025 and 2026, including sanctions on entities using digital assets and the addition of specific cryptocurrency addresses to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list. For banks and regulated fintech companies, auditable controls over counterparties and transaction paths have become a prerequisite for engaging with on-chain infrastructure.

Security concerns in the cross-chain sector also inform LI.FI’s architecture. Bridge exploits have caused hundreds of millions of dollars in losses in 2026 alone. By routing enterprise flows through a controlled solver network rather than open, ad hoc routes, LI.FI aims to reduce the attack surface for multi-chain operations and deliver a more predictable risk profile for corporate users.

The LI.FI Intents framework supports a wide range of ecosystems, including EVM-compatible chains, Solana, and Tron. This coverage allows enterprises to operate across multiple networks without building bespoke integrations or concentrating key processes on a single chain.

Broader compatibility is intended to lower exposure to outages or disruptions on individual networks. For treasuries and payment systems that increasingly rely on stablecoins and tokenized assets, the ability to shift execution venues without overhauling internal workflows is becoming a critical operational requirement.

LI.FI’s strategic pivot reflects a wider structural shift in digital assets. While overall spot trading volume in the first quarter of 2026 reached roughly $1.94 trillion, activity is drifting away from speculative surges toward infrastructure that supports professional and institutional use.

Real-world assets are one area drawing heightened attention. The on-chain value of tokenized RWAs has exceeded $26.4 billion by early 2026, with forecasts from firms such as Boston Consulting Group suggesting the sector could reach as high as $16 trillion by 2030. Handling this scale of tokenized securities, funds, debt, and other instruments will require execution layers that can manage complex, regulated workflows across multiple chains.

Stablecoins show a similar trend. Once primarily used as trading tools, they now function as settlement rails in their own right. Total stablecoin market capitalization surpassed $300 billion in early 2026, with annual transaction volumes in the tens of trillions of dollars. For enterprises that use stablecoins as a core component of payments and treasury operations, automated cross-chain conversion and routing — particularly without direct blockchain interaction — has become a priority.

For market participants, platforms such as LI.FI Intents indicate that attention is shifting from headline trading volumes to the quality, safety, and usability of the underlying rails. Frameworks gaining traction are those that abstract away wallet management, gas payments, and chain-specific details while embedding compliance checks.

The adoption of intent-based systems by applications such as Jumper, which has reported cumulative bridge volume of more than $22 billion, illustrates this shift. The appeal lies less in squeezing out marginally better swap prices and more in providing businesses with a secure, auditable, and streamlined way to achieve specific financial outcomes on-chain.

In a market where cross-chain exploits remain frequent and regulatory scrutiny is rising, LI.FI’s move to an intent-based, compliance-first execution layer signals a broader reorientation of the digital asset sector toward enterprise-grade infrastructure rather than cyclical retail activity.