Orbs, the layer-3 blockchain network focused on decentralized trading and execution, has made a strategic investment in CRYMBO, a platform that provides licensed financial institutions with the infrastructure to launch regulated digital asset services through a single integration. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.

The investment connects Orbs' decentralized trading and execution technology with CRYMBO's suite of services covering compliance, identity verification, custody, payments and financial operations. CRYMBO's network includes more than 75 providers, allowing banks, brokers and payment companies to select and coordinate services while operating under their own brands and licenses. For regulated firms, access to these capabilities through one integration means they can add digital asset offerings without building each compliance function in-house — a practical consideration for institutions operating under licensing obligations.

The company said it has already processed more than $2 billion in transaction volume and is operating with licensed institutions. Its infrastructure holds ISO 27001 certification, the international standard for information security management systems, and is designed to meet regulatory requirements such as MiCA, the European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets framework that has applied to crypto-asset service providers across the bloc since late 2024, and the Financial Action Task Force's Travel Rule, which requires virtual asset service providers to share sender and recipient information for crypto transfers. As frameworks like MiCA take hold across jurisdictions, vendors that bundle licensing-aligned infrastructure have increasingly positioned themselves to serve institutions entering digital assets.

Orbs said the investment complements its existing focus on decentralized trading and execution by supporting the compliance and operational systems required for institutional participation in on-chain markets — an area where decentralized trading venues have historically sat apart from the regulated environments traditional financial institutions work within. The project provides decentralized spot and perpetual futures trading through its layer-3 network, including the dSPOT and dPERPS products along with execution services. Orbs said its infrastructure has processed more than $14 billion in volume.

Layer-3 networks sit on top of existing blockchains to deliver application-specific functionality, an approach Orbs has used to bring advanced execution capabilities to decentralized trading venues.

Eyal Daskal, CRYMBO's founder, said the investment would support the platform's growth and help it reach more institutional customers as financial services move on-chain. The announcement did not include a timeline for joint product work, leaving the shape of any combined offering between Orbs' execution services and CRYMBO's provider network to be seen.