For a long time, holding Canton Coin was the main way most users participated in the Canton Network ecosystem.
That is starting to change.
A growing number of Canton-native DeFi apps now give $CC holders ways to put their capital to work. Some are lending markets. Some are liquidity pools. Some are vaults, bridges, or trading venues. Together, they show how Canton is beginning to develop a real DeFi layer around $CC.
The rates mentioned below are a point-in-time snapshot. They can change as liquidity, usage, incentives and market conditions move, so users should always check the live app before depositing funds.
ACME Markets
ACME Markets is one of the simplest starting points for $CC holders who want to lend or borrow.
Users can supply assets through ACME Supply to earn interest, or borrow against collateral through ACME Borrow. The product is easy to understand: deposit supported assets, earn lending yield, or use collateral to borrow another asset.
At the time of review, ACME showed USDCx lending at 1.84% APY, while $CC and CBTC were both around 0.34% APY. Borrowing comes with risk, so users need to watch collateral levels, loan-to-value limits and liquidation thresholds.
Alpend
Alpend offers privacy-aware lending and borrowing on Canton.
Users can supply assets such as $CC, USDCx and CBTC, borrow against collateral, and earn yield from lending demand. Alpend connects Canton Coin, stablecoins and private credit-style activity inside one product.
At the time of review, Alpend showed USDCx supply at 18.51% APY, $CC supply at 8.25% APY, and CBTC supply at 0.05% APY. $CC supply also carried an additional 8% bonus APY incentive.
For users who want to borrow, Alpend showed USDCx borrowing at 5.92% APR, $CC borrowing at 2.54% APR and CBTC borrowing at 1.21% APR.
Alpend ONE
ONE by Alpend is a separate opportunity built around a Canton-native dollar asset.
Users can acquire ONE through a 1:1 USDCx exchange and stake it for auto-compounding yield. ONE staking showed 21.26% APY at the time of review, with no lock-up and no cooldown.
That gives users a simple path: acquire ONE, stake it, and let the position compound. More detail is available in the ONE docs.
OneSwap
OneSwap is a permissionless DEX on Canton.
Users can swap assets or provide liquidity to pools such as $CC/USDCx, $CC/CUSD and $CC/CBTC. Liquidity providers earn from trading fees, so returns depend on activity in each pool. The OneSwap liquidity docs explain how liquidity provision works.
At the time of review, OneSwap showed $CC/USDCx as high as 12.8% APR, $CC/CUSD around 2.3-2.9% APR, and $CC/CBTC around 0.558% APR.
Send
Send is building around payments, CUSD, wallets and retail access to Canton.
For DeFi users, the key product is Pool Party, where users can provide liquidity to supported pools. At the time of review, Send showed $CC-USDCx at 8.6% APR, $CC-CUSD at 1.6% APR, and USDCx-CUSD at 1.4% APR.
Send also adds a Base-to-Canton bridge. The first supported assets are SEND, USDC, cbBTC and frxUSD, which arrive on Canton as wrapped .B assets such as SEND.B, USDC.B, cbBTC.B and frxUSD.B.
The bridge does not create yield by itself, but it matters because it brings more retail assets into Canton. As more bridged supply arrives, those assets can support future pools, swaps and liquidity routes.
Tradecraft
Tradecraft gives users a clear view of Canton liquidity pools, including pool fees, TVL, volume and APR.
At the time of review, Tradecraft showed some of the highest pool rates in the ecosystem, including $CC/USDCx at 16.65% APR and CBTC/$CC at 16.34% APR.
For $CC holders, Tradecraft is a direct liquidity route: provide assets to a pool, earn fees from trading activity, and monitor performance through the pool dashboard. Its docs give more context on the platform.
Cantex
Cantex is focused on private trading infrastructure on Canton.
For $CC holders, the clearest opportunity is liquidity around active trading pairs. At the time of review, Cantex showed $CC/USDCx at 10.42% APR and $CC/CBTC at 0.27% APR.
Cantex is worth watching because it is building a more institutional-style trading experience, with privacy and settlement built around Canton. Its docs outline the product in more detail.
AllDeFi
AllDeFi offers vault-style strategies for users who do not want to manually choose individual pools.
Instead of picking one liquidity pair, users can deposit into a strategy vault. At the time of review, AllDeFi showed a Long Short vault with 7.10% strategy return plus 6.61% $CC rewards, and a Smart Yield vault with 6.53% strategy return plus 6.61% $CC rewards.
This makes AllDeFi a more managed route for users who want strategy exposure without constantly adjusting positions themselves.
EA Finance
EA Finance is focused on wCC, the wrapped version of Canton Coin.
The main opportunity is depositing wrapped Canton Coin into EA Finance vaults. At the time of review, the wCC vault showed 2.8% deposit APY.
EA Finance is useful for users who want $CC-linked exposure in EVM-connected environments, but wrapped assets introduce extra risks compared with holding native $CC directly.
Raven
Raven is different from the lending and LP products above.
It does not offer a fixed APY. Raven is a $CC-denominated digital options market, where users take a view on market outcomes. If the position is correct, it pays out. If not, the premium can be lost.
That makes Raven more of an active trading product than a passive earn product. The Raven docs explain how its digital options market works.
Temple
Temple gives $CC holders another place to trade, manage positions and move liquidity.
Temple offers spot markets for assets such as $CC, USDCx and CBTC, with live order books, trade history, portfolio tracking, markets and stats. It also offers Temple Bridge, allowing users to bridge in and out of Canton using USDC or SBC.
Temple's role is more practical: it gives users another trading venue and another route for moving liquidity into or out of Canton.
Other DeFi Opportunities
Several other Canton DeFi projects are worth watching as the ecosystem grows. Rhein Finance is building lending and borrowing. Edel Finance is focused on tokenized equity exposure and has highlighted STRCx yield opportunities. BitSafe matters because CBTC creates more Bitcoin-linked trading and LP routes. Helvet Swap and Kairo add more exchange and liquidity infrastructure. Trade.Fast offers private AMM-style trading. Minted adds a stablecoin yield angle through smUSD. Hecto focuses on tokenized pre-IPO exposure. Nuxaris and Rho Relay are relevant as cross-chain access and settlement routes, while Unhedged adds prediction-market style trading.
The Bigger Picture
Canton DeFi is still early, but it is already giving $CC holders more to do.
Users can now lend, borrow, stake, provide liquidity, use vaults, trade options, bridge into wrapped assets, and access new trading venues. Not every product is the same. Some are simple. Some are active. Some carry more risk than others.
The main takeaway is simple: $CC is starting to become a more useful asset across Canton DeFi, not just something users hold.
