Startale Brings Institutions and Consumers Into Its Onchain Finance Ecosystem

Startale Group used WebX 2026 in Tokyo to introduce two products aimed at different sides of onchain finance:

1. 1. Startale Onchain Finance Kits, or Startale OFK, gives financial institutions and enterprises a software suite for onchain finance deployment;

1. 2. Startale Card brings self-custodial Visa payments to consumers using assets in the Soneium ecosystem.

The launches extend Startale’s plan to bring financial activity onchain through enterprise software and consumer products. Institutions need tools to issue, settle, trade, and manage digital assets under regulated conditions, while consumers need easier ways to earn, hold, and spend assets in daily life.

OFK helps institutions launch onchain financial products, while Startale Card gives users a route from Soneium balances to everyday payments.

Startale OFK Gives Institutions a Faster Route Into Onchain Finance

Startale OFK is built for banks, financial institutions, and enterprises preparing to bring more financial products onto blockchain networks. The suite covers stablecoin systems, wallet systems, digital asset tools, privacy tools, developer tools, blockchain systems, and settlement systems.

The product builds on several years of Startale’s work with major enterprises, financial institutions, and ecosystem partners. Its existing projects include Soneium, the Ethereum L2 developed with Sony Group, Strium, a tokenized securities platform developed through SBI Holdings, Startale App, JPYSC, USDSC, and other enterprise blockchain deployments.

Through these projects, Startale has worked across institutional trading, bond issuance, privacy, developer tools, blockchain development, and stablecoins. OFK turns this experience into a deployment package for organizations entering production-stage onchain finance.

Startale plans to expand OFK with tokenization tools and Custody Wallet API products, adding further support for regulated onchain financial markets.

Startale Card Links Soneium Assets With Everyday Payments

The company also introduced Startale Card, a self-custodial Visa card built for users of the Soneium ecosystem. The card connects onchain balances to everyday payments at more than 150 million merchants worldwide where Visa is accepted.

Startale Card also marks the next stage of Startale App, which the company describes as the App for More than Money. Users can already earn, trade, explore Mini Apps, and unlock rewards across Soneium. With Startale Card and upcoming earning options inside Startale App, users will be able to deposit eligible assets into yield-generating vaults while spending against the same holdings.

This gives users a single financial app for saving, earning, and spending. Eligible assets can keep generating yield until payment, while cashback in USDSC is credited to the user’s account.

The card gives Soneium a consumer payment product connected to real-world merchant access. Ethereum L2 networks often focus on lower fees, faster execution, and application growth, while consumer adoption depends on repeatable use cases. Spending, earning, and cashback give Startale a route to make Soneium assets useful beyond crypto-native activity.

Startale Expands Its Onchain Finance Ecosystem

The Startale Card waitlist is now live in the Startale App ahead of public launch. Startale OFK is being introduced as institutions in Japan, the United States, and other key markets explore ways to bring financial services onto blockchain networks.

The launches show Startale building across the full path of onchain adoption. OFK gives institutions tools to create onchain financial products, while Startale Card gives consumers a way to use digital assets through familiar payment behavior.