NAVI Prime launches institutional lending framework on Sui

NAVI Protocol has launched NAVI Prime, a Sui-based lending framework designed for funds seeking more clarity, transparency, and control over capital management. Summary NAVI Prime provides lending infrastructure for institutional and professional capital on Sui. NAVI Protocol says the framework focuses on transparent and controllable fund management. DefiLlama tracks about $124.6 million in total value locked across NAVI Protocol. U.S. investors can gain regulated SUI exposure through CME futures contracts. NAVI Protocol said NAVI Prime was built for funds with more demanding requirements around clarity, transparency, and control. Deployed on the Sui blockchain, the framework provides lending infrastructure for institutions and professional capital. 1/ Today, we're introducing NAVI Prime. A new lending framework on @SuiNetwork designed for capital that demands greater clarity, transparency, and control. 👇🧵 pic.twitter.com/9RILmz6krX — NAVI Protocol (@navi_protocol) August 17, 2026 According to the announcement, NAVI Prime focuses on giving professional investors a more transparent and controllable way to manage funds through onchain lending. The product extends NAVI Protocol’s existing role as a liquidity platform within the Sui ecosystem. NAVI Prime focuses on professional capital NAVI Prime introduces a lending framework created specifically for professional market participants. While NAVI Protocol’s existing platform serves users who supply assets or borrow against collateral, the new framework concentrates on the requirements of funds and institutional investors. Transparency forms one of the main elements of the product, according to the NAVI Protocol. Because NAVI Prime runs on Sui, its lending activity can use the network’s onchain infrastructure while giving participating funds clearer oversight of capital management. Control is another part of the framework’s stated design. NAVI said the product was created for funds seeking more authority over how their assets are managed in a lending environment. You might also like: Sui launches privacy feature that keeps regulators in the loop NAVI Protocol already operates lending and borrowing markets on Sui. Its official documentation describes the platform as a unified service for lending, borrowing, trading, and yield strategies, while the Sui ecosystem directory lists NAVI as a native liquidity protocol built with the Move programming language. The protocol’s existing lending service allows users to supply supported tokens and earn interest. Borrowers can deposit collateral to obtain other digital assets, with the system using overcollateralized positions to manage loan risk. According to DefiLlama, NAVI’s lending markets support SUI, USDC, USDT, wrapped Ether, and wrapped Bitcoin. The platform also provides isolated lending pools and flash loans. NAVI Protocol manages more than $124 million DefiLlama tracked approximately $124.6 million in total value locked across NAVI Protocol as of Aug. 17. All of the recorded capital was deployed on Sui. Active loans stood at about $65.8 million, meaning borrowers were using more than half of the value held across the protocol’s tracked products.