BlackRock reported 6.0% beneficial ownership of Canton Strategic Holdings common stock as of September 30, 2026. Source: SEC filing. Graphic: CantonNews; Logos belong to their respective owners.
BlackRock has disclosed beneficial ownership of 4,819,281 common shares in Canton Strategic Holdings, equivalent to 6.0% of the company's common stock. The Schedule 13G filing was accepted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 27, 2026. It reports the holding as of September 30, rather than a purchase made on the filing date.
Canton Strategic Holdings trades on Nasdaq under the ticker CNTN. Its business includes a Canton Coin (CC) treasury and services on the Canton Network. BlackRock's disclosure concerns shares in that company; it does not report a direct purchase of Canton Coin.
What the 6% figure represents
Beneficial ownership describes rights over shares, such as voting them or deciding when to sell them. In this filing, BlackRock reports:
- 4,819,281 shares beneficially owned, representing 6.0% of the common-stock class.
- 4,730,075 shares over which it has sole voting power.
- 4,819,281 shares over which it has sole power to dispose, meaning authority to sell or otherwise transfer them.
The filing covers specified business units of BlackRock and its subsidiaries and affiliates. It also says other parties have rights to the dividends or sale proceeds. Reporting the holding does not mean BlackRock paid for all of it with its own money.
The ownership date and filing date are different. The SEC disclosure reports 4,819,281 common shares as of September 30, 2026; it was accepted on October 27 at 21:25 UTC. Graphic: CantonNews.
BlackRock classifies the position as an ordinary business holding and says it is not intended to change or influence control of the company.
BlackRock already held shares in the company
A January 21, 2026 filing reported 765,829 shares, or 2.2%, as of December 31, 2025. It used the issuer's former name, Tharimmune. The company changed its name and Nasdaq ticker on February 18, 2026.
The latest share count and percentage are higher than that earlier snapshot. The two filings do not show a transaction-by-transaction record, purchase prices or the reasons for the change, so their difference is not a verified purchase total. Separately, Canton Strategic's number of shares outstanding increased during the first half of 2026, which also matters when comparing ownership percentages.
How Canton Strategic connects to the network
Canton Strategic's second-quarter results describe revenue from running a Super Validator, which helps operate the network, and from a service that locks company-owned CC for other participants while retaining ownership of the tokens. Its reported operating revenue and treasury activity provide context for the business behind CNTN shares.
Primary sources: BlackRock's October Schedule 13G, its January ownership disclosure and Canton Strategic's operating results. Reporting cutoff: October 28, 2026 at 2:50 UTC.
