While most blockchains chase speculation, IOTA spent Q4 building rails for the real world. 🟢 Interop across 150+ chains 🟢 Institutional custody live 🟢 Africa-wide trade infra rollout 🟢 Identity stack shipping A decade in, @IOTA is executing. A thread

2/ @LayerZero + @StargateFinance integration: IOTA is now fully interoperable with 150+ blockchains. Not just messaging, liquidity can flow in and out with institutional-grade bridging. No more wrapped assets. No more siloed value. Capital efficiency meets decentralization.

3/ BitGo custody is live. SOC 2 certified. Insured. Enterprise-grade. This unlocks: ✅ Corporate treasury management ✅ Institutional DeFi ✅ Scalable trade finance onchain Regulated custody = table stakes for real adoption, and IOTA has it.

4/ Turnkey integration brought plug-and-play dev infra: - Wallet & key management APIs - Production-ready SDKs - Secure transaction signing The outcome? Faster builds. Lower integration costs.

5/ IOTA Identity 1.7 Beta shipped with: - W3C DID + VC support - New cryptographic primitives - Improved performance Pairs with the new IOTA Trust Framework, governance standards for issuers/verifiers. Now ready for seamless digital identity.

6/ ADAPT launched: A blockchain-based trade infra for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) with 1.3B people and $3.4T market. Digital bills of lading, customs docs, and supply chains, all verifiable on IOTA. From weeks to minutes to process.

7/ Onchain isn’t the goal. Trust is. IOTA’s infra stack now covers: - Identity (IOTA Identity 1.7) - Custody (BitGo) - Interop (LayerZero/Stargate) - Developer tooling (Turnkey) What most call a roadmap, IOTA already shipped.

8/ This isn’t an MVP chain anymore. IOTA is being used in: - EU regulatory sandboxes - Asia identity pilots - Global trade with AfCFTA - Institutional custody platforms Crypto-native speculation was never the target. Real-world systems are.