Palladium Labs

Building the credit layer for @CantonNetwork · Creators of @AlpendHQ · Backed by @DraperVC, @BoostVC & more.

[Palladium Labs @PalladiumLabs]

Today, we're launching Genesis Fund.

A 10 million CC grant initiative to support builders on @CantonNetwork.

Applications. Infrastructure. Tooling. Integrations.

Let's BUIDL.

[Palladium Labs @PalladiumLabs]

A yield comparison can be someone’s first encounter with @CantonNetwork.

@AlpendHQ is opening that door. Come for the yields, discover the ecosystem.

[Alpend @AlpendHQ]

Canton yields have a new home on @DefiLlama.

All three Alpend markets - CC, USDCx and CBTC - are now listed on DefiLlama Yields, bringing @CantonNetwork into the cross-chain yield comparison.

Track here:
https://t.co/MIFOpmuUzQ

[Canton Network @CantonNetwork]

Zenith joined DTC's Industry Working Group alongside additions @EdeldotFinance, @KaikoData, @PalladiumLabs, @SwapMonster_ and @HashKeyGroup.

@LloydsBank + @Visa completed a live stablecoin settlement pilot.

Canton generated $48.7M in fees.

Snapshot of September on the network.

[Canton Army @CantonArmy]

Private positions. Connected markets.

Palladium Labs founder @AkashGauravX explains why @alpendhq chose Canton for its credit infrastructure.

[Canton Army @CantonArmy]

Canton Weekly Update

September 28 to October 4

1. Lloyds Banking Group (@LBGplc) and @Visa completed a stablecoin trial involving Canton. Over seven days, they settled $750,000 in payment obligations, with funds reaching Visa in under an hour, including over the weekend.

2. Canton approved validator applications from 60 operators, including Mirae Asset Securities (@MiraeAssetSec), Ankr Labs (@ankr) and @RomeProtocol.

3. @ZenithFdn launched its public test network for Ethereum developers to test their apps on @CantonNetwork. @KaikoData added price data for those apps.

4. Canton’s Tokenomics Committee approved @SocieteGenerale’s milestone for accepting tokenized assets as collateral. The work was completed in July.

5. @greywickdigital and @LTCFoundation plan to bring Litecoin to Canton as cLTC, with launch targeted for the end of 2026.

6. @digitalasset launched a tool for checking the status of supported Canton transfers without exposing private transaction details. @Bybit_Official has already integrated it.

7. @PalladiumLabs, @KaikoData and @SwapMonster_ joined @The_DTCC’s digital assets working group to give feedback on its tokenization service.

8. Representatives from Shinhan Asset Management, Mirae Asset Securities (@MiraeAssetSec), KB Securities (@kbsecable) and Franklin Templeton (@FranklnTempletn) met in Seoul to discuss Canton’s use in financial markets.

9. @temple_ny’s trading engine passed $1 billion in total trading volume. @Send Wallet users can connect to Temple on desktop.

10. @Oneswapcc launched a bridge powered by @squidrouter for swaps between CC and supported assets on eight other networks. It works in both directions.

11. @doppler_fi plans to bring yield vaults to Canton, starting with Canton Coin. Launch details are still to come.

12. @ekidenfi added trading markets linked to gold and silver. Total volume across the exchange passed $5 million, with mainnet access still by invitation.

13. @grofty_labs launched Lens to track Canton markets, then added a swap route finder, portfolio tracking, price alerts and shareable dashboards.

14. @TitanExchange_’s test network is live on Canton, with points for test trading.
Testnet: https://t.co/dIwNdwM1Ic
Sign up for mainnet early access: https://t.co/NEPDTyIVCz

15. @TheTieIO counted 908,000 distinct Canton account IDs that had made a transaction, up from 20,000 a year earlier. The total is cumulative and does not count individual people.

16. @edeldotfinance’s SPYe and QQQe tokens passed $3 million in combined trading volume. They offer exposure linked to the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100.

17. @AlpendHQ launched a portfolio dashboard for tracking interest earned or owed, rewards, borrowing risk and transaction history.

[Palladium Labs @PalladiumLabs]

A busy month behind the scenes. Plenty to show for it.

Catch up on September at @AlpendHQ 🫡

[Alpend @AlpendHQ]

September gave us plenty to recap 🫡

More access, new tools, rewards unlocked, and $3M in TVL. Here’s what happened at Alpend 👇

[Canton Network @CantonNetwork]

DTC's Digital Assets Solutions Industry Working Group spans banks, asset managers, and infrastructure providers.

Palladium Labs has joined, contributing a Canton builder's perspective on how tokenized assets can be used across lending, collateral, and settlement once onchain.

[Palladium Labs @PalladiumLabs]

Palladium Labs is joining the DTC Digital Assets Solutions Industry Working Group, contributing feedback on the development of @The_DTCC’s Tokenization Service.

The group brings together 100+ firms, including @BlackRock, @jpmorgan, @GoldmanSachs, @NYSE and @Nasdaq.

As a research and engineering firm building on @CantonNetwork, we’ll bring a builder’s perspective on how tokenized assets can be used across lending, collateral and settlement workflows.

Our focus is what those assets can do once they are onchain.

[Palladium Labs @PalladiumLabs]

Financial agreements define who can act, what each party owes, and who can see the details.

Daml encodes those rules into how an agreement executes and evolves.

@AkashGauravX on why @CantonNetwork takes this approach to programming financial agreements. ↓

[Palladium Labs @PalladiumLabs]

Holding a valuable asset and being able to use it as collateral are two different things.

A firm may hold bonds with one custodian and need financing at another institution. The lender needs to establish that the collateral is available, secure its rights over it, and coordinate the release of funds. The custodian's records and the lender's records need to reflect the same arrangement.

Across separate systems, that takes coordination. Tokenizing the bond alone does not resolve it.

Collateral mobility is about making that value usable where it is needed. A common coordination layer could let the parties commit collateral and settle the corresponding financing together, while maintaining their respective controls.

This is why @AkashGauravX sees the opportunity extending beyond tokenization. Different assets and applications may live on different networks, yet still coordinate and settle as parts of one connected market.

The bigger opportunity is enabling assets and financial applications across different systems to coordinate and settle as one connected market.

[Alpend @AlpendHQ]

Financial markets are fragmented. Assets sit across banks, custodians and exchanges - and moving capital between them creates enormous friction.

Blockchain’s real opportunity is giving those systems a common coordination layer so they can coordinate and settle as one connected market.

@AkashGauravX on why collateral mobility is a bigger opportunity than tokenization alone. ↓

[Palladium Labs @PalladiumLabs]

Hold the conviction. Earn the yield.

@AlpendHQ now offers CBTC suppliers 10% bonus APR on top of lending yield.

Your Bitcoin has a job now.

[Alpend @AlpendHQ]

CBTC yield just got a boost.

Supply CBTC. Earn lending yield. Collect 10% bonus APR on top.

Deposit before the cap fills.

[Palladium Labs @PalladiumLabs]

Where it all takes shape.

[Alpend @AlpendHQ]

And so it begins.

[Palladium Labs @PalladiumLabs]

Representing ownership is only part of bringing finance onchain. The agreement around an asset defines how it can be used, by whom, and under what conditions.

A collateralized loan connects collateral, borrowing terms, repayment obligations and liquidation rules. Those rules need to hold throughout the life of the position.

This is the deeper point in @AkashGauravX's explanation.

DAML lets us express the agreement, including who must authorize it, who can take each action, and who can see the relevant data. @CantonNetwork enforces that privacy while keeping updates synchronized across the participants involved.

For us at Palladium Labs, this shapes how we build: start with the financial relationship, then express its lifecycle in code.

@AlpendHQ puts that approach into practice.

[Alpend @AlpendHQ]

Finance runs on agreements.

DAML gives us a way to express them. @CantonNetwork provides the privacy and synchronization to execute them.

@AkashGauravX on why that combination became the foundation for Alpend. ↓

[Palladium Labs @PalladiumLabs]

We are live!

Tune in.

[Canton Army @CantonArmy]

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[Canton Army @CantonArmy]

1 hour until Canton Army Alpha Hour with @AkashGauravX, Founder of @AlpendHQ

Join us as we talk about the latest Alpend upgrade and what’s next for Ascent 2.

Hosted by Myke & David from @TheNode_Network.

1 PM ET.

[Canton Army @CantonArmy]

.@AlpendHQ Ascent I claims are now open.

Eligible users can claim their rewards. Ascent II is already live, and migrated users are already accruing rewards. Haven’t migrated yet? You’ll need to complete it before you can start earning.

Deposits are also open, with $CC and USDCx currently offering some of the most attractive APRs across Canton.

[Palladium Labs @PalladiumLabs]

An important milestone for @AlpendHQ.

Ascent I claims are now open for eligible users.

[Alpend @AlpendHQ]

Ascent I rewards are LIVE!!!

https://t.co/j5BTtfgJD3

[Canton Network @CantonNetwork]

CIP-112 extends Canton's token standard beyond delivery-versus-payment.

Settlement includes a mint or burn, capital can be allocated before final trade legs are known, and batch settlements can show participants only the legs relevant to them.

Breakdown from @PalladiumLabs.

[Canton Army @CantonArmy]

Canton Army Alpha Hour with @AkashGauravX, Founder of Alpend

We’ll unpack @AlpendHQ’s upgrade: private lending on Canton, stronger protocol controls, one transaction migration and Ascent 2 rewards.

Hosted by Myke & David, @TheNode_Network

📅 Sep 11
⏰ 1 PM ET

[Palladium Labs @PalladiumLabs]

Put your stables to work with @AlpendHQ.

~17% APY on USDCx.

[Alpend @AlpendHQ]

~17% APY on USDCx.

That’s it. That’s the tweet.

[Palladium Labs @PalladiumLabs]

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