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what's canton network?

Canton Network is a blockchain platform focused on privacy-preserving, interoperable systems for tokenized assets, enabling secure and efficient financial transactions across institutions. Backed by major players, it facilitates 24/7 on-chain finance with scalable infrastructure. The network supports seamless integration for traditional finance, emphasizing data privacy and cross-chain connectivity.

Snapshot

Canton Network listed on Upbit today; HSBC completed a pilot on it.

4H ago
MARKET ACTIVITY

Listed on Upbit with KRW, BTC, and USDT trading pairs, with trading commencing at 16:00 KST on 2026-04-14 and deposits/withdrawals supported exclusively via the CC-Canton network.

23H ago
TECH EVENT

HSBC completed a pilot of its Tokenised Deposit Service (TDS) on Canton Network for issuance, transfer, and atomic settlement of tokenized deposits on 2026-04-14.

3D ago
VISIBILITY EVENT

Simon Letort, Head of Strategic Initiatives, is participating in a panel discussion at LONGITUDE Paris conference on April 10, 2026, alongside representatives from Franklin Templeton Digital Assets, BlackRock, and Aptos to discuss institutional roles in Web3.

4D ago
VISIBILITY EVENT

Joined the CFC St. Moritz family as announced on April 9, 2026.

1W ago
TOKEN ECONOMICS

Burns CC tokens with every transaction processed by the Global Synchronizer feature.

RISK ALERT

Cantoracle, a featured app on Canton Network, minted all possible rewards and was removed from the featured apps set in what appears to be an exit scam.

PARTNERSHIP

Send is operating as a startup validator on Canton Network.

PARTNERSHIP

Temple is operating as a startup validator on Canton Network.

PARTNERSHIP

Collaborating with TrustlessState and Yuval Rooz to take Bankless public.

PARTNERSHIP

Integrated with Transak to bring fiat onramps to the network.

PARTNERSHIP

S&P Dow Jones Indices tokenizes iBoxx US Treasuries Index on Canton Network via Kaiko integration, providing institutions with on-chain access to bond benchmark data.

PARTNERSHIP

Circle joins as Super Validator, bringing USDC-backed USDCx with institutional-grade privacy features and 24/7 atomic settlement.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Has 575+ active validators operating on the network.

FINANCIAL EVENT

Completed the first on-chain weekend financing involving U.S. Treasuries and USDC with Bank of America, Citadel, and DTCC on August 12, 2025.

TOKEN ECONOMICS

Has approximately $28.9 million in weekly token emissions.

2W ago
ONCHAIN METRICS

Handles $9 trillion monthly settlement volume, including $8T institutional RWA, and $350 billion daily U.S. Treasury repo settlements.

PARTNERSHIP

Supports production settlement infrastructure for Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, DTCC, and Broadridge, deploying Onyx and Myso. JPMorgan expands JPM Coin via Kinexys onto Canton Network in 2026.

PARTNERSHIP

Integrated with Canton Network to enable cross-chain liquidity for SolvBTC, a 1:1 backed representation of Bitcoin.

PARTNERSHIP

BitGo listed CIP-56 token standard assets USDCx and cBTC with settlement on Go Network, and provides custody infrastructure for Haven Digital Partners' institutional peer-to-peer lending marketplace launching on Canton Network, supporting these assets and Canton Coin, with Canton Coin custody launched October 2025.

TECH EVENT

Supports native ERC-20 deployment through middleware built by ChainSafe, enabling Ethereum assets to be used on the network with the same wallet as of 2026-03-25.

PARTNERSHIP

Partnered with Visa's crypto group as Super Validator, merging payment and capital market rails.

3W ago
PARTNERSHIP

Integrated with Kairo to enable ARC community members to trade digital assets on Canton Network with institutional-grade confidentiality.

PARTNERSHIPOfficial

Approved HectoFinance as a Featured App on the network.

TECH EVENTOfficial

Integrated Solidity execution with settlement layer for atomic swaps between Canton and Ethereum via Zenith.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Grew from essentially zero cumulative unique parties in mid-2024 to 400,000 by early 2026.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Reached 75,000+ daily active users, accelerating from near zero.

PARTNERSHIP

Moody's launched Token Integration Engine for credit ratings data and analysis onchain.

1M ago
PARTNERSHIP

Integrated into Mastercard's expanded Crypto Partner Program on 2026-03-11, alongside Ripple, Aptos, BNB Chain, Polygon, Cosmos, Solana, and Axelar.

PARTNERSHIP

QCP joins as a Super Validator to support institutional on-chain workflows including collateral, margin, trading, and settlement flows across bilateral relationships.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Ranked 12th in Grayscale's Q1 2026 Top 20 Smart Contract Platforms, valued at $5.8B; Grayscale expects to lead tokenization adoption.

PARTNERSHIP

Partnered with Token Clearing to deliver FMI-calibre settlement infrastructure for stablecoin FX and tokenized cash flows on a privacy-enabled institutional blockchain.

PARTNERSHIP

Integrated LayerZero as first and only interoperability protocol, a validator and Canton Foundation member, connecting to 165+ public chains.

TEAM UPDATE

Eric Saraniecki owns zero insider-allocated Canton tokens and has purchased all holdings on the open market.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Attended FIA Boca derivatives conference in March 2026, one of multiple crypto projects present at a major derivatives industry event.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Co-founder Eric Saraniecki discussed institutional tokenization on The Rollup show on 2026-03-10 at 2pm EST from The Empire State Building.

TOKEN ECONOMICS

Introduces CIP-105, an optional on-chain locking system for Super Validators to lock Canton Coin rewards for governance, and plans $CC token staking for holders to earn rewards for network security.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Reached $325 billion worth of tokenized assets on the network, with 99% characterized as permissioned and idle capital.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Represents 8% of institutional OTC trading flow outside BTC, ETH, and stablecoins among crypto prime brokers and market makers across 40 countries, according to Finery Markets.

TEAM UPDATE

Jose Cerqueira joined Canton Network.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Sponsored a track at ETHDenver 2026 where 750+ builders participated and winners were announced.

REGULATORY

Benefits from SEC rule change creating a $21.6B catalyst for privacy-focused blockchain projects.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Hosts $8 trillion in total assets, including over $6 trillion in tokenized real world assets.

TOKEN ECONOMICS

Faces $144.72M in token emissions during March 2026.

PARTNERSHIP

Approved RedStone as a Featured App, integrating pricing infrastructure for institutional real-world asset tokenization.

FINANCIAL EVENT

Airdrop of 6,000,000 Canton tokens opened to US users, with participants earning daily rewards by opting in at $10K+ threshold or VIP status at $100K+ for up to 10x rewards.

PARTNERSHIP

Integrated with Bloomberg and Kaiko for licensed financial data on-chain, enabling Bloomberg clients to build applications and execute contracts for tokenized US Treasury and repo markets.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Generates over $2.5 million in revenue per day from institutional adoption via embedded compliance and real use cases including repo and institutional CLOB.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Listed $CC token on Crypto.com App, enabling deposits and withdrawals via Canton Network and trading with USD, EUR, and over 20 fiat currencies.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Listed on Robinhood spot trading platform on February 27, 2026.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Became an official sponsor of WalletCon on March 31, 2026 in Cannes.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Processes $5.9 trillion per month in notional repo transactions with DTCC using tokenized Treasuries as collateral infrastructure.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Reached final two in Coinage Media's Crypto Project of the Year bracket competition against Ethereum, with onchain voting ongoing.

PARTNERSHIP

Partners with Zebec for real-time payments and card infrastructure, hosts Lattice Finance neobank integrating Zebec's card experience.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Sponsored EthCC[9] in Cannes March 30-April 2, 2026, as Ruby-level sponsor, hosting a panel April 1 with Digital Asset, and ranked second most discussed project at the conference. Featured on CoinDesk Public Keys at NYSE March 30, 2026.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Approached 1,000,000 daily transactions, setting new all-time highs.

UNCATEGORIZED

Governance is managed through the Linux Foundation with institutional co-chairs.

TOKEN ECONOMICS

Uses Goldman Sachs, DTCC, and Broadridge for production settlement infrastructure, with DTCC selected for tokenization services soft-launching July 2026, fully October 2026. Services cover Russell 1000 and other assets, supporting tokenized collateral, repo, and settlement with Nasdaq and Broadridge.

PARTNERSHIP

Coinbase is set to run multiple validators on the network.

PARTNERSHIP

Google Cloud provides infrastructure for Canton Network.

PARTNERSHIP

Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, DTCC, Broadridge building; Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Citi, Broadridge, DTCC invested in Digital Asset Holdings.

PARTNERSHIP

Integrates with AllDeFi, which enables EVM yield assets to be represented on Canton Network through ATV tokens minted on Canton that represent claims to MPC-secured vaults deployed in EVM yield strategies, allowing EVM liquidity to become native Canton assets.

TEAM UPDATE

Cosimo Capital became an approved Canton validator and Canton Foundation member.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Receives positive positioning commentary from Goldman Sachs' Mathew McDermott and Ribbit Capital's Nick Shalek, highlighting privacy-by-default design, neutral governance under Linux Foundation, and atomic settlement capabilities as an institutional consolidation layer.

FINANCIAL EVENT

Received $135M funding round in July 2025 led by Digital Asset and DRW, with participation from YZi Labs, Goldman Sachs, Citadel Securities, DTCC, and Tradeweb, structured as network investment.

TECH EVENT

Approved YZi Labs as a Super Validator through CIP-0081 with weight 10 designation, the highest tier, in January 2026.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Participates as a blockchain partner in InnovateDenver conference alongside other blockchain projects and institutions.

PARTNERSHIP

Frax Finance serves as a validator for Canton Network and plans to establish a strong frxUSD presence on the network.

OPINION SPECULATION

Price targets of $0.40-$1.00 in 12 months and $1.00-$5.00+ in 18-24 months are predicted based on burn fundamentals and institutional adoption assumptions.

PARTNERSHIP

Morgan Stanley listed a blockchain engineer role for multi-chain integrations including Canton Network, Hyperledger, Polygon, and Ethereum.

2M ago
ONCHAIN METRICS

Broadridge processes $365B in daily repo volume and 8,000 contracts.

MARKET ACTIVITY

CC/USD perpetual trading pair launched on GMX with up to 25x leverage, available on Ethereum Mainnet, Arbitrum, Base, and BNB Chain.

PARTNERSHIP

Utilized by Goldman Sachs, HSBC, and BNP Paribas, with Goldman Sachs' Digital Asset Platform enabling issuing and managing digital bonds.

TECH EVENT

Added EDEL as a validator, building equity lending infrastructure for traditional finance on Base.

FINANCIAL EVENT

Raised $135M in June 2026 led by DRW Venture Capital with Goldman Sachs and Tradeweb, structured as investment into the network. CME Ventures is an investor.

FINANCIAL EVENT

Raised $545M for Canton DAT from investors including DRW, Liberty City Ventures, ARK Invest, Broadridge, Kraken, Polychain Capital, Tradeweb Markets, Clear Street, Digital Asset, SBI Group, Copper, Kaiko, Lukka, and Canton Foundation.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Listed on OKX spot trading with CC/USDT pair on February 12, 2026.

PARTNERSHIP

Integrated Chainlink Data Streams, SmartData, Proof of Reserve, and CCIP on Canton Network for $8 trillion in real-world assets (RWAs) on February 25, 2026; supports CBTC.

OPINION SPECULATION

Faces competition from LayerZero's ZERO L1 for institutional tokenization partnerships, according to a market commentator comparing the two projects' positioning in the institutional tokenization space.

PARTNERSHIP

Integrated Chainlink on February 25th, serving as a Super Validator.

TECH EVENT

NYSE operates a validator node on the network.

PARTNERSHIP

Partnered with LSEG, Euroclear, Euronext, and Societe Generale for Global Collateral Network. Demonstrated cross-border intraday repo using tokenized Gilts.

TECH EVENT

Launched private stablecoin payroll for institutions on a privacy-focused chain for tokenized equities, supporting CIP-56 standard with CBTC, USDCx, tokenized treasuries, and money market funds. Introduced CIP-56 with privacy-preserving transfers, native compliance controls, and atomic delivery-vs-payment for institutional real asset tokenization, leveraging RWA infrastructure as a privacy-first institutional rail for tokenized assets.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Referenced in documentation as a potential notarization layer option to reduce trust in domain nodes.

TOKEN ECONOMICS

Passed CIP-0100, establishing formal governance for the 5% development fund with milestone-based grants in CC tokens minted directly to recipients, elected committee oversight, quarterly public reports, annual independent audits, and formal appeals process.

PARTNERSHIP

Tether deployed USDT0 as a Super Validator and core dollar rail on the network.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Perpetual futures trading pairs for Canton Network launched on grvt_io exchange.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Number of creators posting about the project increased by 21.7% compared to the previous week.

PARTNERSHIP

Approved Nasdaq as super validator via CIP-0097 in January 2026 with a milestone-based weight program, joining 39 institutional validators including Goldman, JPMorgan, and BNP Paribas.

PARTNERSHIP

Added LBank as super validator

OPINION SPECULATION

Burns 15M CC tokens daily as of January 2026, up from 5M in July 2025, with a burn/mint ratio of 0.65, up from 0.15, generating $916M in annual token burns.

TOKEN ECONOMICS

Burns tokens with every CIP-56 transaction, approximately 14% of market cap annually, mandatory for institutional settlement operations. Uses USD-denominated fees with self-correcting burn mechanics.

OPINION SPECULATION

Ranked as the fourth top-performing token year-to-date with 16% gain among tokens with minimum $1B market cap.

PARTNERSHIP

Temple Digital Group launched as an institutional trading platform with YZi Labs investment in October 2025. Partners with Mintify to offer a +50% CC token rewards program for two months.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Sponsors ETHDenver 2026 conference, co-hosts VIP Institutional Soirée with The Graph, Halborn Security, and Blockaid on 2026-02-19.

VISIBILITY EVENT

A governance proposal to grant featured app rights to Pool Party (an AMM on Canton Network by Send) is expected to pass on 2026-01-24, having already received over 50% of votes in favor.

PARTNERSHIP

Executed first Canton Coin-settled OTC crypto option trade with Cumberland and Arrington Capital in December 2025, using Canton for collateral management and settlement.

TOKEN ECONOMICS

Passed Canton Improvement Proposal-0098, eliminating app-reward farming, stopping low-volume extraction, and reducing emission velocity through tokenomics changes.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Merged Canton ($CC) support into Ledger Live codebase, with UI activation expected by mid-February 2026 based on typical rollout timelines.

3M ago
PARTNERSHIP

Integrates JPM Coin, deployed by JPMorgan as its second permissionless blockchain deployment after Base.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Has 629 active validators operating on the network.