Institutions
Coverage of banks, asset managers, and global enterprises adopting Canton Network — Goldman Sachs, BNP Paribas, Broadridge, DTCC, and more using institutional blockchain. · Page 6 of 8
Canton Strategic Holdings Sells Gravitas to Focus on Canton Network
Canton Strategic Holdings has sold its biotech R&D arm, Gravitas Life Sciences, to Gravitas Collective Corp. The board-approved deal closed on July 17 as the Nasdaq-listed company narrows its operating strategy around the Canton Network.
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Hydra X Launches HX Gateway API to Speed Canton Deployments
Hydra X has launched the HX Gateway API, a REST layer for institutions and developers building on Canton without specialised Daml expertise. The company says it can speed go-to-market by up to 80% and cut deployment time by 50%.
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From DTCC to Corporate Treasury: Yuval Rooz Outlines Canton’s Next Phase
Digital Asset co-founder and CEO Yuval Rooz discusses DTCC’s first production activity, Canton mainnet extensions, network burn economics and a corporate treasury use case that could bring hundreds or thousands of businesses on-chain.
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Digital Asset Adds Shinhan and Standard Chartered to Funding Round
Digital Asset has added Shinhan Financial Group and SC Ventures by Standard Chartered to its previously announced oversubscribed funding round, expanding its institutional investor base.
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Visa Stablecoin Platform Launch Adds Weight to Canton Network's Institutional Momentum
Visa has launched the Visa Stablecoin Platform for institutional stablecoin issuance and management, extending a year of stablecoin infrastructure development that includes becoming a Canton Network Super Validator and testing private stablecoin settlement on the network.
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Canton Network Q2 2026: A Deep Dive Into Transactions, Apps and Validators
Canton Strategic Holdings' Q2 report says Canton Network averaged 2.28 million daily transactions, Featured Apps increased from 47 to 107, and approximately 200 new Validators launched. This deep dive examines the reported activity, institutional transactions, application growth, governance changes and data qualifications behind those figures.
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Canton Strategic Releases Q2 2026 Canton Network Ecosystem Report
Canton Strategic Holdings released its second-quarter Canton Network ecosystem report, covering governance developments, institutional adoption and application-layer expansion. A public webinar will be held on July 22.
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Hanwha Invests KRW 30 Billion in Digital Asset Holdings, Plans Canton Network Participation
Hanwha Investment & Securities has completed an approximately KRW 30 billion strategic investment in Digital Asset Holdings LLC and plans to participate in the Canton Network ecosystem.
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DTCC Says DTC-Held Asset Conversions Occurred on Canton and Hyperledger Besu
DTCC says assets held at DTC were converted into tokens used in real production trades. The digital conversions occurred on Canton, a public network, and Hyperledger Besu, DTCC’s private network.
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Digital Asset / Canton Joins 54-Firm UK Wholesale Tokenisation Taskforce
Digital Asset / Canton is among 54 firms supporting a UK programme to move wholesale-market tokenisation beyond pilots and into live markets. The taskforce will begin with tokenised repo and establish nine Action Groups over the next 12 months.
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Grayscale Names Canton Among Five Networks Positioned for Tokenized Equities
Grayscale says Canton Network is positioned to benefit as equity tokenization moves into regulated market infrastructure. Ethereum, Solana, BNB Chain and Avalanche could capture other parts of the market as three ownership models develop.
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Seven Days to Go: DTCC's Tokenization Service Prepares for Live Trading on Canton Network
DTCC will launch its tokenization service on the Canton Network on July 13, enabling the first live blockchain trading of DTC-custodied U.S. Treasury securities. The rollout marks a major step in bringing traditional financial assets on-chain, with a full launch planned for October 2026.
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Tradeweb Facilitates Landmark On-Chain U.S. Treasuries Transaction on the Canton Network
Tradeweb, Franklin Templeton, Virtu Financial, Digital Asset, Societe Generale, and Blockdaemon completed a real-time on-chain U.S. Treasury-for-cash trade settled via the Canton Network, marking a milestone for tokenized real-world assets and 24/7 market infrastructure.
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Canton Foundation to Sponsor WebX2026 in Tokyo as Platinum Partner
The Canton Foundation has been confirmed as a platinum sponsor of WebX2026 in Tokyo on July 13 and 14, marking a direct push to engage Japanese and Asian institutional markets around Canton Network's blockchain infrastructure.
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TermPrime Goes Live on Canton With Fixed-Rate Institutional Financing
Term Structure Labs has launched a permissioned fixed-rate financing venue on Canton Network after completing an early seven-day transaction using CBTC collateral and Canton Coin.
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Canton Network Goes Live With Logical Synchronizer Upgrades
Canton Network has launched Logical Synchronizer Upgrades on Mainnet with Canton 3.5, introducing parallel synchronizer infrastructure, automatic validator switchover, preserved historical data, and smoother protocol upgrades.
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SK Securities to Leverage Cantor8 and Canton Through Edena MOU
SK Securities has signed an MOU with Edena Korea to expand its digital asset finance business, with the collaboration set to leverage Cantor8 and Canton Network infrastructure for RWA tokenization and STO-focused initiatives.
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T-RIZE Adopts Chainlink for Onchain Proof of Insurance on Canton
T-RIZE has integrated Chainlink into its Kairos Digital Loan Notes programme, giving authorized participants a way to verify insurance coverage data for tokenized private-credit assets on Canton Network.
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Zenith Invited to Japanese Megabank Consortium to Tokenize $1.6 Trillion JGB Repo Market on Canton Network
Zenith has joined Progmat’s Tokenized JGB / On-chain Repo Working Group, a DCC initiative studying tokenized Japanese Government Bonds, stablecoin cash legs, and on-chain repo settlement.
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Temple and HIFI Bring USD Funding and Settlement to Canton
Temple Digital Group is partnering with HIFI to let eligible customers fund Canton wallets from bank accounts, convert USD into USDCx, trade on Temple, and withdraw through HIFI-supported banks.
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Moonsong Labs Joins Canton Ecosystem as Deployment Partner
Moonsong Labs has joined the Canton Network ecosystem as a Service Provider and released a free Canton Readiness Guide. Its Canton practice supports institutions with Daml development, node setup, compliant asset workflows, and Global Synchronizer integration.
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Canton Strategic Launches Locking Service for Canton Coin Commitments
Canton Strategic Holdings is introducing a locking-as-a-service offering for Canton Network app builders and Super Validators. The service follows CIP-0105 and CIP-0116, helping participants meet Canton Coin commitment requirements while managing capital more efficiently.
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Canton Weekly Roundup: Repo, Token Standards, Featured App Lockups and New Consumer Rails
Canton’s week brought movement across institutional markets, protocol upgrades, wallets, DeFi, Featured App economics and consumer-facing applications. The biggest updates covered onchain repo, new token standards, $CC lockups, embedded swaps, bridge activity and growing institutional interest.
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Yuval Rooz Says Tokenization’s Next Phase Is Coordinated Markets
At NGDA 2026 in Seoul, Digital Asset CEO Yuval Rooz said tokenization must move beyond asset issuance toward coordinated financial infrastructure, with Canton positioned as a network-of-networks model for institutional markets.
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