Sui’s (SUI) price rose 4% in the past 24 hours to $3.82 as Swiss digital asset bank Sygnum expanded its offerings to include custody, trading and lending products tied to the blockchain for its institutional clients.
The move means regulated investors in Switzerland can now hold, trade and borrow against SUI through Sygnum’s platform, broadening access to the layer-1 blockchain’s ecosystem. The bank’s services are aimed at professional and institutional investors seeking exposure under Swiss financial regulations.
Earlier this week, another Swiss institution, Amina Bank, said it had started offering both trading and custodial services for SUI. Amina described the step as making it the first regulated bank globally to support the blockchain’s native asset.
The announcements appear to have spurred market activity. CoinDesk Analytics data shows trading volume spiked to 36.45 million tokens over midnight, more than double the 14.31 million daily average, as buyers stepped in to defend a support zone between $3.72 and $3.74. That level has held since mid-July, suggesting short-term traders see it as a key price floor.
SUI’s daily gains track closely with the broader crypto market, as measured by the CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20), which climbed 4.5% in the past day. The token’s monthly performance is also positive, up 7% over the past 30 days, but significantly lower than the broader market, with the CD20 up 24%.
For institutional clients, the expansion of regulated access to newer blockchain projects like Sui represents more than just another trading option. It signals growing comfort among banks with integrating blockchain networks beyond the largest, most established assets. In practice, this could mean asset managers, corporate treasuries and high-net-worth clients have more ways to diversify holdings without leaving regulated frameworks.
Sui, developed by Mysten Labs, aims to offer high-speed, low-cost transactions using a novel data structure called “objects” to improve scalability. Wider access through banks like Sygnum and Amina could help it compete for developer attention and real-world applications.
If demand for bank-mediated blockchain exposure continues to grow, Sui may find itself in a stronger position to attract not only speculative traders but also enterprise adoption.
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