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Digital Asset CEO Hints at Major Canton Network Milestone Next Week
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Digital Asset CEO Hints at Major Canton Network Milestone Next Week

Digital Asset CEO Yuval Rooz has suggested a significant Canton Network transaction could occur next week, hinting at a "first print" in a market he described as worth more than $100 trillion, separate from the DTCC Tokenization Service launch planned for October.

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Yuval Rooz, co-founder and CEO of Digital Asset, has suggested a significant Canton Network transaction may be imminent, following up on a September 16 post in which he wrote that a market worth more than $100 trillion with daily volumes in the hundreds of billions is coming to Canton Network. His follow-up was brief: "Hopefully next week first print."

The $100 trillion reference points to the scale of the market Yuval Rooz appears to be describing, a figure consistent with the total asset inventory held at DTCC, which custodies more than $100 trillion in securities. DTCC's tokenization infrastructure on Canton is being built to bring eligible securities on-chain, and the network has already completed live production trades in July as part of that programme.

However, the transaction Yuval Rooz is hinting at appears to be separate from the DTCC Tokenization Service commercial launch planned for October. A "first print" in this context would suggest an early real-world transaction in a distinct market or use case, the details of which have not been disclosed.

The language marks a shift in tone. Institutional tokenization on Canton has moved through years of pilots, working groups, and production tests. A "first print" implies something closer to execution than announcement, a live transaction in a market of significant scale arriving ahead of the broader October rollout.

No further details have been confirmed. If the timeline holds, more should become clear within days.

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