CIP-0111, 0112, 0113, and 0114 introduce accountability mechanisms for the validator set, improvements to the token standard, a new SV, and framework for institutional treasury participation.
Each proposal strengthens governance and expands participation as the network scales.
April CIP Update 👀
◽ CIP-0111: Process for Reducing Super Validator Weight. Establishes a formal governance process for reducing an SV's weight, bringing accountability mechanisms to the validator set.
◽CIP-0112: Canton Network Token Standard V2. Improvements to privacy, performance, and traditional accounting for Canton's token standard, advancing how assets are managed across the network.
◽ CIP-0113: Further Asset Management joins as a Super Validator (Weight 8.0). A new asset management firm added to the SV set through the CIP process, strengthening governance diversity.
◽CIP-0114: Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) SV Program. A new framework enabling publicly traded companies to participate as Super Validators through structured Canton Coin treasury commitments, with milestone-based escrow and governance weight tied to long-term alignment.
Four CIPs. Each one refining how the @CantonNetwork is governed, secured, and built.
The original L1s assumed a homogeneous world.
Different countries, different laws, different institutional requirements have shown that to be difficult.
Privacy and control as first principles is what's enabled Canton to work within that reality.
@YuvalRooz at @KBWOfficial.
Canton-native assets composing with DeFi protocols and settling back on Canton within the same consensus mechanism, no bridge risk, no exposure window, all in a single transaction.
@ZenithFdn on what that looks like in practice.
@GArentoft at EDAS Payments Day.
DeFi spent a decade building the financial primitives that institutional finance has been watching closely: lending protocols, AMMs, collateral management, yield mechanics.
At the same time, institutional finance was building the infrastructure DeFi lacked - privacy, compliance, settlement at scale - on rails that most DeFi developers couldn't reach.
Zenith is the connection between them. As Canton's official EVM (and soon SVM) execution layer, Zenith gives every DeFi protocol built on Ethereum direct atomic composability with Canton's institutional ecosystem. In a single transaction, a Canton-native asset can move to Zenith, be used as collateral in a lending protocol, generate yield, swap to another asset, and settle back on @CantonNetwork, all within the same consensus mechanism, with no bridge risk and no window of exposure between steps.
@GArentoft breaks down what that looks like from the inside in EDAS Payments Day in Miami.
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Shinhan Asset Management, Shinhan Securities, KB Securities, and Wavebridge have signed MOUs with the Canton Foundation, joining Canton's governance and ecosystem development while exploring distributed ledger infrastructure applications for South Korean capital markets.
Canton Foundation is deepening its engagement across Korea.
Recent collaborations with Shinhan Asset Management, Shinhan Securities, KB Securities, and Wavebridge reflect growing interest in tokenization, digital assets, and next-generation financial infrastructure among Korean market participants.
As institutions explore how distributed ledger technology can support regulated financial markets, Canton Foundation remains committed to supporting governance, interoperability, and ecosystem development across the region.
Composability without operational confidentiality does not scale for institutional finance.
Canton was designed for that combination.
@Tokenoya on why selective disclosure is the architectural requirement, and why that changes where institutional liquidity concentrates.
Société Générale joined as Super Validator.
TCAN listed on Nasdaq as the first U.S. Canton ETF.
Zenith crossed 600K+ EVM transactions on Canton.
Messari published an initiation of coverage report.
A snapshot of May in the Canton ecosystem.
Architecture that meets institutional requirements attracts institutions.
Privacy-preserving settlement, atomic composability, compliance-ready infrastructure, and governance participation built into the design.
55 Super Validators. 895+ validators. 18 Premier Members. Board leadership from @The_DTCC, @HSBC, @BNYglobal, @Broadridge, @EuroclearGroup, and @Tradeweb.
These institutions did not join Canton because of a token incentive or a marketing campaign.
They joined because the architecture was built for their requirements: privacy-preserving settlement, atomic cross-application composability, compliance-ready infrastructure, and governance they can participate in.
Many institutions approved as Super Validators on Canton use a partner to manage node operations.
@Catalyx_Suite on what end-to-end Super Validator operations look like, from CIP drafting to 24/7 node monitoring.
13 standalone Super Validator nodes run on Canton. 50+ hosted SV weights run on top of them.
Most institutions approved as Super Validators don't run the standalone node themselves. The CIP gets approved, the weight gets allocated, and operations get handled by a partner with the infrastructure already in place.
CatalyX by @IntellectEU is one of the largest SV weight hosting providers on @CantonNetwork.
End-to-end:
→ CIP drafting + submission support
→ On-chain vote initiation
→ Ghost party setup for escrow tracking
→ Weight activation once milestones are approved
→ 24/7 SV node monitoring with SLA
Evaluating SV status, or already approved and looking for a hosting partner? Talk to our team.
#CantonNetwork #SuperValidator #BlockchainInfrastructure
Stablecoins are evolving from peer-to-peer instruments into B2B infrastructure.
Banks can settle tokenized deposits against each other using a risk-neutral stablecoin where central bank systems are slow or insufficiently composable.
@Wesarn_real discusses at @Alchemy CoBuild.
.@Visa and @Brale_xyz are exploring stablecoin-based settlement using SBC on Canton.
The proof of concept evaluates how privacy-enabled infrastructure can support institutional payment flows while maintaining control over sensitive transaction data.
→ https://t.co/BZwMDPc8ns
How do you get a regulator or a counterparty comfortable with cross-border RWAs?
One of the preconditions is interoperability between walled gardens.
The problem can be solved but it's not going to be one size fits all.
@CantonFdn's @Viv_Diwakar at @BitcoinSeoul26.
Continuing on stage at @BitcoinSeoul26, Canton Foundation's @Viv_Diwakar delivering a solo session on Governance For Coordinated Financial Markets.
His thesis: the future of financial infrastructure is not isolated networks operating in silos. It is coordinated markets, built on shared governance standards and enforced at the protocol level.
The financial system is not moving to blockchain. It is becoming one. And that transition requires governance that institutions actually trust.
This is what @CantonNetwork was designed for.
Today, Mastercard is announcing plans to expand settlement capabilities to include stablecoin, intraday, holiday, and weekend options, giving partners more choice in how and when transactions are settled. That means we’re:
✅ Enabling greater choice to settle in fiat or regulated stablecoins
✅ Improving liquidity management for time sensitive, cross border flows
We’re supporting settlement with @Circle’s USDC, @Paxos-issued stablecoins including USDG,USDP and @PayPal’s PYUSD, @Ripple’s RLUSD and @SoFi’s SoFiUSD across a range of supported blockchain networks including Arbitrum, @Coinbase’s Base, @CantonNetwork’s Canton, Ethereum, @0xPolygon, @Solana, @Tempo and XRPL. ARQ Finance, CBW Bank, @crossriverbank, @Lead_Bank and @Nuvei will be among the first to support.
US Treasuries on Canton are the legal asset, not a synthetic wrapper.
Broadridge has brought $5 trillion onchain and is processing roughly $300 billion in daily repo transactions, approaching 10% of the US market.
@YuvalRooz at @KBWOfficial.
$350B in daily repo activity on Canton.
Live cross-border trades where each party sees only their leg.
Real-time AML compliance without exposing private transaction data.
@Luganodes on the pattern worth watching.
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$350B processed on @CantonNetwork every day. The world's largest custodians, clearinghouses, and trading firms aren't piloting blockchain anymore. 🏦🧵👇