The @Injective Meridian Mainnet Upgrade is now LIVE and this is much bigger than a routine network upgrade.
Meridian is opening the door to a new phase for Injective:
→ Regulated tokenized RWAs coming deeper onchain → A new privacy platform, with alpha going live soon → Major expansion and new utility for $INJ → Infrastructure built to push onchain finance further
Injective has been steadily building the rails for the next generation of finance, and Meridian takes that vision another step forward.
From tokenized real-world assets to privacy and financial applications, the scope of what can be built on Injective is expanding.
The upgrade is live.
Now the real building begins.
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IIP-701 is now live for voting on $INJ 🥷
Meridian is the next major upgrade coming to @Injective designed to push onchain RWAs and tokenized assets even further.
the upgrade is designed to make it easier to bring compliant tokenized assets and more RWAs onchain, connect native and EVM markets, improve privacy for institutions and make markets and oracles stronger.
and the numbers already show how much demand is building.
over the last 30 days, RWA perpetual markets on $INJ recorded $214.9M in total volume
✦ $127.3M equities ✦ $49.0M FX ✦ $15.4M commodities ✦ $15.3M pre-IPO ✦ $7.8M indices
Stocks, currencies, commodities and other real-world assets are already making their way into onchain markets.
@injective isn’t just building a place to trade assets.
its building the infrastructure where assets can be issued, traded and settled onchain.
if passed, IIP-701 will commit the Injective blockchain to halt at target block height 184,394,000, around 15:00 UTC / 11:00 EDT on September 24, 2026, and resume shortly after with the 1.20.4 Injective Chain application binary.
now the community gets to have its say
if you are a Ninja, go check out IIP-701 and cast your vote 👇
Just when you thought Injective was done with the announcements… there is more
Injective’s Community BuyBack was already a powerful part of the $INJ ecosystem.
the september community BuyBack is happening tomorrow.
and for anyone new, the BuyBack lets users commit $INJ which is then permanently burned helping reduce supply while strengthening the ecosystem flywheel.
Injective is getting closer to traditional markets.
21Shares has filed an updated S-1 for its proposed Injective ETF, giving $INJ a clearer look at how the fund could work.
and there are some interesting details inside ⚶
✦ 40–60% of the funda INJ holdings could be staked, with flexibility depending on liquidity needs. ✦ the ETF is proposed to list on Nasdaq under TINJ. ✦ The FTSE Injective Index would be used as the pricing benchmark. ✦ BNY Mellon is named as the administrator, transfer agent and cash custodian.
and honestly, the staking part is pretty interesting.
the fund could stake a significant portion of its holdings while still keeping enough flexibility to handle liquidity needs.
why is this important?
coz it creates a more familiar route for traditional investors to gain exposure to Injective.
if approved, investors could access $INJ through an ETF without having to worry about buying, holding or managing the token themselves.
the structure is getting clearer.
one more step toward bringing @Injective to a much wider market 🥷
Meridian is the next major upgrade coming to @Injective designed to push onchain RWAs and tokenized assets even further.
the upgrade is designed to make it easier to bring compliant tokenized assets and more RWAs onchain, connect native and EVM markets, improve privacy for institutions and make markets and oracles stronger.
and the numbers already show how much demand is building.
over the last 30 days, RWA perpetual markets on $INJ recorded $214.9M in total volume
✦ $127.3M equities ✦ $49.0M FX ✦ $15.4M commodities ✦ $15.3M pre-IPO ✦ $7.8M indices
Stocks, currencies, commodities and other real-world assets are already making their way into onchain markets.
@injective isn’t just building a place to trade assets.
its building the infrastructure where assets can be issued, traded and settled onchain.
if passed, IIP-701 will commit the Injective blockchain to halt at target block height 184,394,000, around 15:00 UTC / 11:00 EDT on September 24, 2026, and resume shortly after with the 1.20.4 Injective Chain application binary.
now the community gets to have its say
if you are a Ninja, go check out IIP-701 and cast your vote 👇
but $INJ isn’t waiting for a bill to build the future of finance.
On September 15, the U.S. Senate voted on the motion to advance the CLARITY Act, but it didn’t pass.
With or without the bill, the strategy remains the same, keep building keep pushing forward.
the work is already happening
☑️ Injective Institutional Services has SEC transfer agent registration ☑️ Injective Mint supports asset issuance, ownership and transfer controls ☑️ More than $1B in residential mortgage records are already on Injective ☑️ POSCO International + LG CNS selected Injective for a live trade receivables pilot using real commercial transactions
Regulation can take time, but builders don’t have to stop.
while the U.S. works through CLARITY, @Injective can keep building tokenization and institutional finance within today’s rules.
thats the injective takeaway, build the rails now keep moving within the current framework, and be ready when clearer regulation arrives.
The more i look at RWAs, the more interesting $INJ gets
Over $1B in real estate mortgage records are already onchain.
Pineapple Financial is also working toward bringing its full portfolio onchain:
→ 29K+ funded mortgages → $10B+ in total value
And then you have Injective Mint in private alpha, an SEC-registered transfer agent integrated with an L1, plus LG CNS and POSCO choosing Injective for tokenization.
This isn't just a narrative anymore. Real-world financial assets are actually starting to move onchain.
Perpetuals are about to become a trillion-dollar onchain market.
$INJ is building the infrastructure to make it happen.
RWA perps are growing fast, with traditional-asset perps reaching from $1.41B to $6.59B in the last 1.5 years and $1.45T in H1 2026 volumewith open interest reaching $4.67B.
@Injective already has 135 active RWA perp markets across stocks, commodities, FX, indices and pre-IPO assets, powered by native USDC.
24/7 global markets + onchain liquidity + programmable infrastructure.
Hope everyone had a great weekend. lets kick off a new week with a quick look at whats been happening across @Injective
there’s a lot to talk about
$1B+ in tokenized real estate is already on Injective and with another $10B+ more in assets are preparing to make their way onto Injective.
here’s the week in review ⚶
✦ $1B+ in tokenized real state mortgage records, with live data on @RWA_xyz
✦ USDC.inj became the canonical USDC across @cosmos and @dYdX
✦ native USDC went live on @krakenfx for direct deposits and withdrawals
✦ The new injective integrations portal gives builders, issuers and institutions a simpler way to launch tokens, RWAs and dApps
✦ SEC’s move toward clearing firms to bring regulated stock perpetuals into the U.S while Injective has processed $81B+ in RWA, stock & crypto volume and is the only L1 registered as an SEC transfer agent
✦ @cosmoshub opened the USDC.n → USDC.inj migration through Skip:Go, with completion due by January
stats keep getting stronger
▪︎ 3B+ total transactions ▪︎ 42.8M transactions in the last 30 days ▪︎ 58.8M+ INJ staked new ATH ▪︎ $INJ now live on RobinhoodCrypto
RWAs are moving from narrative to infrastructure
and Injective is building right where that shift is happening 🥷