Sui Network Gains Ground With Infrastructure Upgrades and Institutional Backing in 2025

TLDR:

• Walrus Protocol and Nautilus expand Sui’s infrastructure with programmable storage and verifiable compute (104 characters)
• Google Cloud partnership positions Sui as foundational layer for automated programmable payment systems (105 characters)
• Multiple institutional ETF filings from Canary Funds, 21Shares, and Grayscale signal growing market interest (105 characters)
• Network TVL reaches $930 million with daily DEX volume hitting $409 million, up 232% year-over-year (100 characters)

Sui Network has transformed its standing in the blockchain space during 2025, moving beyond theoretical advantages to deliver working infrastructure and attract serious institutional attention. 

The platform recorded over $930 million in total value locked across decentralized finance applications while processing $409 million in average daily decentralized exchange volume. 

Network validator count grew alongside enterprise partnerships with Google Cloud and Korean payment systems. Asset manager Grayscale launched multiple Sui-focused products while Canary Funds filed for the first spot SUI exchange-traded fund.

Technical Infrastructure Expands Across Storage and Privacy Layers

The network introduced Walrus Protocol for programmable decentralized storage during the year. Developers can now use Move smart contracts to control data storage, access permissions, and monetization rules. 

Game developers benefit from unified storage for game states and media assets on the same programmable layer. Frontend applications can operate under governance from the same smart contracts managing backend logic.

Seal arrived as a decentralized key management service addressing sensitive on-chain data needs. The system encrypts information that becomes decryptable only when specific blockchain conditions trigger. 

Nautilus deployed trusted execution environments for verifiable off-chain computation. Complex calculations run outside the main chain while Move contracts verify results on-chain without exposing underlying data or proprietary logic.

DeepBook expanded its role as the native liquidity layer by adding permissionless pools and revised fee structures. Cumulative trading volume surpassed $16 billion across the protocol. 

The Mysticeti v2 consensus engine reduced latency by 35 percent in Asian markets and 25 percent across European nodes. These improvements addressed transaction finalization speeds for shared-object interactions requiring full consensus validation.

Native WBTC integration through BitGo and LayerZero brought Bitcoin exposure directly onto Sui rails. According to analyst Ash from X, the platform shifted from higher throughput claims to building “real full stack” capabilities spanning storage, privacy, compute, and identity systems. 

The object-based architecture allows owned-object transactions to bypass global state ordering and process in parallel without competing for shared resources.

Enterprise Deals and Fund Products Signal Broader Adoption

Google Cloud selected Sui as a launch partner for its Agent Payments Protocol standard. The collaboration positions the network as infrastructure for automated and programmable payment systems. 

Korean table-ordering platform t’order chose Sui to build a KRW stablecoin payment system serving restaurant customers. Financial institutions showed increased interest through regulated product launches.

Grayscale introduced the DeepBook Trust, Walrus Trust, and Grayscale Sui Trust to provide institutional investors with compliant exposure options. 

The firm later moved to convert GSUI into a spot exchange-traded fund structure. 21Shares listed TXXS, a leveraged SUI product, on Nasdaq. Bitwise added SUI to its 10 Crypto Index ETF alongside established cryptocurrencies.

The ecosystem supports over 200 decentralized applications with $6.01 billion in stablecoin market capitalization. Money market protocols Suilend, Navi, and Scallop control majority shares of total value locked. 

Perpetuals trading concentrates around Bluefin and Aftermath Finance. Spring commands 61 percent of liquid staking token value with peak deposits reaching $378 million.

Decentralized exchange competition includes DeepBook, Cetus, Turbos, Magma, and Ferra operating across automated market maker and order book models. Consumer applications span NFT marketplaces and gaming platforms. 

The analyst noted that Sui appears among few layer-one networks prioritizing ecosystem token performance, citing DeepBook, Haedal, Ika, and Overtrade as examples. Long-term success depends on whether applications retain users beyond initial adoption waves.

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