Safe smart accounts secure $57.64B in Q3 as institutional network adoption accelerates

ZUG, Switzerland, 30 October 2026: Safe is becoming core infrastructure for institutional onchain finance. According to the Safe Ecosystem Foundation’s Q3 2026 Quarterly Report, Safe smart accounts secured $57.64 billion at the end of September 2026 and processed $44.75 billion in transfers during the quarter. Reported quarter-end value rose 112% from Q2, driven by a 66% rise in the ETH price and the first inclusion of $12.4 billion in DeFi positions. Safe smart accounts also held DeFi positions in Q2, but the Q2 figure did not count them.

Read the full report on the Safe Foundation website: https://safefoundation.org/reports/q3-2026

Safe smart accounts are deployed across more than 400 chains, providing account infrastructure for treasuries, protocols and applications throughout the onchain economy. In Q3, that infrastructure expanded further into institutional finance. Safe smart accounts launched on Robinhood Chain on 1 July 2026 and processed $250 million in transfers within two weeks. ADI Chain adopted them for institutional treasury use on 31 August 2026, and Circle’s Arc network made them available on its first day, 16 September 2026. Maple deployed Safe smart accounts before its own Robinhood Chain launch, and Range brought Safe smart account balances into the same ledger as banks, exchanges and custodians.

Activity grew alongside adoption. Stablecoin holdings in Safe smart accounts increased 15% to $7.48 billion, about $1 in every $42 of global stablecoin supply. Quarterly transfer volume rose 14%, and September recorded the highest monthly total since February 2025. Users deployed 2.32 million new Safe smart accounts during the quarter, bringing the total to 65.7 million. Base accounted for 1.79 million of those new accounts.

“Safe is already embedded in how onchain finance operates,” said Lukas Schor, Co-Founder of the Safe project and President of the Safe Ecosystem Foundation. “As institutions build new networks and financial products, they are building on infrastructure our ecosystem has spent years developing. Safe Pro and Safenet extend that position into how organizations manage and protect their assets.”

Safenet also moved closer to production during Q3. Its Guard contract passed formal verification, Sentinels reached a live testnet, and the beta network completed 460,146 transaction checks. The amount of SAFE staked increased 34% to 73.5 million across 884 stakers, with most new participants joining after staking became available inside Safe{Wallet} on 12 August 2026. Safenet Aegis, the production release, launched in October 2026, and Safenet checks reached Safe{Wallet} on 21 October 2026. Onchain enforcement is planned for a future release.

Safe Labs expanded the ecosystem’s institutional offering in September 2026 with the announcement of Safe Pro, which adds company-wide administration, audit history and reporting for organizations managing Safe smart accounts. Safe Labs’ Workspace product already serves 8,800 teams. The Safe project generated $1.85 million in revenue in Q3, bringing 2026 revenue to $6.71 million through September, up 40% on the same period last year.

Safe Q3 2026 report highlights: $57.64B held in Safe smart accounts, $44.75B transferred, 65.7M Safe smart accounts, 73.5M SAFE staked, $7.48B in stablecoins, $6.71M revenue in 2026 to date

Q3 at a glance

• Reported value secured: $57.64B secured in Safe smart accounts at quarter-end, up 112% from Q2, including $12.4B in newly tracked DeFi positions.

• Institutional networks: Safe smart accounts launched with Robinhood Chain and were available on Arc from day one; ADI Chain adopted them for institutional treasury use.

• Safenet: 73.5M SAFE staked across 884 stakers, up 34% from Q2; the Guard passed formal verification, and Sentinels reached a live testnet.

• Stablecoins: $7.48B held in Safe smart accounts, up 15% and equivalent to about $1 in every $42 of global supply.

• Scale: 65.7M Safe smart accounts and $44.75B in Q3 transfer volume, with volume up 14% from Q2.

• Revenue: $1.85M in Q3 and $6.71M in 2026 through September, up 40% year over year.

About Safe

Safe (previously Gnosis Safe) is an onchain asset custody protocol that has processed over $1.4T+ in total value (TVP). Released as an open-source software stack by the Safe Ecosystem Foundation, it is establishing a universal smart account standard for secure custody of digital assets, data, and identity. Safe is built for the mission to unlock digital ownership for everyone in web3, including DAOs, enterprises, retail, and institutional users.

About the Safe Ecosystem Foundation, Zug, Switzerland

The mission of the Safe Ecosystem Foundation is to support the development of Safe, to strengthen Safe technology and to promote the Safe Ecosystem. The Safe Ecosystem Foundation is a non-profit organisation based in Zug, Switzerland, that helps educate people about Safe smart accounts and promotes Safe technology through the provision of grants and other forms of funding.

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Safe{Wallet} by Safe Labs, Safe Pro and Workspace are products developed and operated by Safe Labs GmbH, not by the Foundation. Third-party networks, applications and services referenced in this press release, including Robinhood Chain, Arc, ADI Chain, Base, Maple and Range, are independently developed and operated by their respective providers; the Foundation makes no representations regarding them and is not responsible for their operation or availability.

The figures in this press release and in the Q3 2026 Quarterly Report are unaudited and derived from onchain data and third-party sources that the Foundation believes to be reliable but has not independently verified. Reported value secured includes, for the first time, DeFi positions held in Safe smart accounts; figures are therefore not directly comparable with prior periods. Revenue figures refer to the Safe project as a whole and not to the Foundation’s statutory financial statements. This press release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including statements regarding planned releases such as onchain enforcement in Safenet. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated.