ZKsync and Phylax unveil Prividium, a private ZK-powered blockchain anchored to Ethereum, targeting banks with built-in compliance and instant settlement.
Banks are not debating whether blockchain matters anymore. They are picking an architecture. Fragmented payment rails, rising compliance costs, and security gaps are forcing the decision now.
ZKsync and Phylax jointly announced the Bank Stack, a full-stack institutional architecture anchored on Ethereum. As @zksync posted on X, Prividium sits at the center as the private execution layer, while Phylax handles deterministic operational safety controls.
What Prividium Actually Does for Institutions
Institutions run confidential transaction environments through Prividium while inheriting Ethereum’s security and global interoperability. Execution and data stay private. Succinct ZK proofs posted to Ethereum provide cryptographic integrity and finality, according to the ZKsync official blog.
Compliance does not arrive as a patch here. KYC and AML enforcement get built directly into asset and workflow logic. Auditability becomes a property of the system, not a monitoring layer bolted on afterward.
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Three integrated planes make up the full architecture. The blockchain platform handles private execution and compliance primitives. The money and assets layer covers tokenized deposits, stablecoins, and real-world assets. Services and governance manages identity, custody, policy enforcement, circuit breakers, and reporting. Each plane ties into the others, not assembled as separate products.
Fireblocks already integrates with Prividium. Banks can re-use existing policy stacks for new networks rather than rebuilding custody from scratch. That removes one of the biggest friction points for institutional onboarding.
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Instant settlement compresses the window to detect and contain loss. If tail risk looks unbounded, institutions either demand a heavy premium or stay out entirely.
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Phylax adds execution-time controls to the Bank Stack. As @zksync noted on X, applications and operators pre-commit assertions, including invariants, limits, and policy gates, which get enforced during block building. Transactions that would violate those conditions get excluded before execution. Catastrophic states get prevented, not detected post-settlement.
The deployment runs on-premises, colocated with block production. No critical-path SaaS dependency. No third-party custody of keys or funds. Risk teams, underwriters, and regulators get verifiable posture and incident evidence they can govern against directly.
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Interoperability and the Money Layer
ZKsync’s L1 interoperability solution lets any ZK Chain tap into Ethereum without surrendering its own governance, privacy, or execution environment. Prividium becomes the first architecture where institutions get private systems and access to public-market liquidity at the same time.
The money layer supports tokenized deposits, fiat-backed stablecoins, and tokenized cash equivalents. Real-world assets sit on top, covering bonds, equities, and pooled vehicles with standardized smart-contract frameworks and lifecycle tooling. Identity and policy infrastructure are shared across products, so new assets launch with reduced friction.
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ZKsync and Phylax stated on X that they are confident this architecture will define the next era of institutional finance. Building toward it is already underway. Not a roadmap. Active infrastructure.
