ZIGChain Launches the First Shariah-Compliant On-Chain Yield Platform
ZIGChain, the compliance-driven Layer-1 blockchain, has launched Nawa Finance, its first Shariah-certified yield platform—an institutional-grade attempt to bring transparency, real-world asset backing, and Islamic-finance principles into the often-opaque world of decentralised yield generation.
For many users, yield opportunities are either speculative, opaque, or misaligned with their values. Nawa addresses this gap through a combination of institutional-grade auditing, Islamic-finance certification, and real-world, asset-backed yield mechanisms that prioritise transparency and ethical deployment, giving users clear insight into how value is created without relying on interest-based models. All products are certified by Amanie Advisors and audited by Halborn and Oak Security, ensuring full visibility into both capital deployment and return generation.
“This is a significant moment for the ZIGChain ecosystem,” said Abdul Rafay Gadit, Founder of ZIGChain. “Our goal has always been to build infrastructure where compliant financial products can operate transparently and at scale. With Nawa Finance live on-chain, users now have access to audited, Shariah-certified yields built for clarity and trust.”
“People are tired of speculative and unclear yield sources. They want returns they can trust and that align with their values,” said Shaqir Hashim, Core Contributor at Nawa Finance. “With our Shariah certification, we are building exactly that. This is only the beginning.”
This launch follows an early soft-launch phase that delivered strong market momentum, attracting hundreds of early users and millions in Total Value Locked (TVL) across BTC and ZIG pools. It also comes as institutions increase engagement across the ZIGChain ecosystem, including SEGG Media Corporation’s $300 million Digital Asset and Tokenisation Program and BTCS S.A.’s $30 million allocation and validator operations on the network.
Upcoming releases include ETH, stablecoin, and real-world-asset (RWA) yield vaults, along with public Shariah reports and real-time dashboards for capital deployment visibility. Treasury and liquidity products for banks, funds, and fintechs are also in development.
The launch further strengthens ZIGChain’s position as an emerging centre for Shariah-compliant and regulated financial products delivered entirely on-chain, building on earlier work with Zamanat, the network’s Shariah-certified tokenisation platform.
