For years, the promise of DeFi has been firewalled from the $100T+ world of traditional finance. The reason is simple: a structural incompatibility. While DeFi offers permissionless innovation, it lacks the guardrails institutions need. Regulations like MiCA and FATF are now protocol-level requirements. As a result, trillions in institutional capital remain sidelined, waiting for an infrastructure that speaks the language of compliance without sacrificing the principles of decentralization. That wait is over.
Entry’s Avalanche L1 testnet is now live, and it’s the architectural solution to DeFi’s institutional problem. Built as a compliance-first protocol, Entry embeds regulatory logic into its core, turning legal requirements into programmable, automated, and privacy-preserving functions. Deployed and managed by Zeeve, this is the first live infrastructure where institutions can access DeFi yields and tokenized assets with cryptographic certainty and full regulatory alignment.
Entry’s Programmable Compliance is the Engine for Institutional DeFi
Entry redesigns the entire stack from scratch and makes compliance an asset. It introduces a protocol-agnostic compliance layer that bridges decentralized ecosystems with institutional needs through two core innovations:
- Zero-Knowledge Identity (zkID): This is the key to solve the privacy paradox. zkID allows institutions and users to prove their credentials like, KYC, jurisdiction, etc. without revealing any underlying personal data. It’s verifiable compliance without surveillance, and satisfy both regulators and users.
- The Regulation LLM: Entry use Zekret Labs’s AI-powered compliance engine acts as an interpretive layer trained on global frameworks like MiCA and FATF. It automates asset screening, transaction monitoring, and provides “explainable compliance,” ensuring every action is auditable and understandable to regulators.
Entry brings a new operating system for regulated finance, designed to cut compliance overhead by up to 60% and accelerate the launch of compliant tokenized assets.
“For too long, DeFi and TradFi have spoken different languages. Entry is the universal translator. We’re architecting a new financial operating system where privacy and compliance are native features. Our Avalanche L1 is the proving ground for this new era.”
— Rodney Prescott – CEO of Entry
Why a Sovereign Avalanche L1 is Non-Negotiable?
To build an infrastructure capable of handling institutional-grade finance, a shared, generic blockchain is a non-starter. The environment must be controlled, performant, and purpose-built. Entry’s choice of a sovereign Avalanche L1 was a strategic necessity.
This architecture provides:
- A Dedicated Economic Zone: Entry operates its own sovereign network, with full control over its validator set, gas fees (paid in its native token), and on-chain governance. This allows them to embed compliance rules at the consensus level.
- Capital Markets Speed: With sub-second finality, transactions are settled instantly. This raw throughput is essential for the high-frequency nature of financial markets and eliminates the risk of network congestion impacting critical operations.
- EVM-Native Interoperability: By remaining EVM-compatible, Entry ensures that trillions of dollars in existing assets and thousands of developers can seamlessly integrate with its compliance infrastructure.
Zeeve Provided that Utility-Grade Infrastructure for a Trillion-Dollar Chain
When the stakes are this high, infrastructure cannot be a variable—it must be a utility. Entry required a partner capable of deploying and managing a zero-failure network. Zeeve provided the enterprise-grade foundation for Entry’s Avalanche L1.
Zeeve’s role ensures institutional-grade reliability:
- End-to-End L1 Deployment: Zeeve managed the entire deployment and optimization of the Avalanche L1 stack, tailored for mission-critical financial operations.
- Hardened Security & Monitoring: The network is under 24/7 automated monitoring with enterprise-grade SLAs, providing the resilience and uptime demanded by financial institutions.
- Transparent Auditing: With dedicated RPC endpoints and the integrated TraceHawk block explorer, Zeeve provides the deep on-chain visibility and transparency required for regulatory audits and partner due diligence.
An infrastructure designed to secure trillions in institutional assets cannot run on ‘good enough.’ It demands absolute reliability. We engineered every component of Entry’s L1 for the data integrity, security, and uptime needed to power a new financial paradigm. This is the mission-critical infrastructure Zeeve was built to deliver
— Dr. Ravi Chamria, Co-founder & CEO, Zeeve
Entry testnet launch is a signal that the firewall between TradFi and DeFi is finally being dismantled. It provides the blueprint for a new generation of vertical-specific chains that solve real-world industry problems at scale. The future of every major industry will be built on its own sovereign, purpose-built blockchain.
If you’re ready to build yours, you need an infrastructure partner who has already done it.
