Despite the general decline in crypto markets, the SUI network has achieved new records and infrastructure developments. Since the first months of the year, SUI has attracted the attention of institutional investors and achieved significant success in transaction volume. SUI has managed to keep the number of users and transactions on the chain high, despite the serious decline in the token price.
Corporate investment and new products
In early 2026, SUI broke new ground by becoming the first layer 4-1 blockchain to be traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), one of the world’s largest futures exchanges. Following this step, SUI was also listed as a spot crypto exchange-traded product (ETP) in February 2026, greatly expanding its reach in the traditional financial world.
Thanks to three different staking ETFs issued by US-based Grayscale, Canary Capital and 21Shares, investors have been able to earn returns on the blockchain without holding SUI tokens directly. These ETFs have made it easier for traditional investors to earn passive income from crypto assets.
During this period, SUIG company, which is listed on the US stock exchange, locked all of its 108.7 million SUI tokens and transferred them to staking. This move was interpreted as a strong indicator of a publicly traded company’s confidence in the ecosystem.
Mini dictionary: CME (Chicago Mercantile Exchange) is one of the largest derivatives markets in the world. A crypto asset listed here is both regulated and accessible to institutional investors.
During the same period, stablecoin USDsui, developed by Stripe’s subsidiary Bridge, was launched. With this development, a dollar-based stablecoin supported by regulated companies in the SUI network began to be used.
SUI shows that most people in the crypto industry are focused on the price drop, but behind the scenes, serious infrastructure investments and corporate products are being implemented in the ecosystem. These developments are seen as a sign that the network has moved beyond a speculative exit.
Resilience and growth in network statistics
Although SUI’s total asset locked (TVL) amount decreased from $2 billion to approximately $500 million, the 70 percent drop in the token price was the main factor in this decrease. While outflows from the network remained limited, stablecoin assets, especially in dollar terms, remained stable at the level of 500 million dollars.
As of March 2026, the total of stablecoin transfers on the SUI network exceeded $1 trillion. With a total of 232 million users and 1.5 billion transactions, the network ranked at the top in terms of transaction volume and number of users.
Analyst Michaël van de Poppe stated that SUI’s network revenues have flowed uninterruptedly since the chain opened, and the low volume should be attributed to the general market climate. Poppe drew attention to the positive divergence that started to appear in SUI / BTC parities during this period.
One of the other prominent technical developments in the network was the introduction of the Hashi bridge. With this bridge, users can directly pledge Bitcoin as collateral without “wrapping” it, while more than 20 institutions participated in the protocol on the first day.
Another infrastructure update came with the Mysticeti consensus protocol. This innovation increased the scalability of the chain by increasing the network’s transaction confirmation capacity from one to four per second.
This roadmap for SUI reveals that the network is not slowing down in innovation and corporate participation despite price declines. SUI was among the few tier-1 to combine technological maintenance and institutional attention in such an environment.
