Major developments, governance votes, and ecosystem milestones. Most recent first.
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Bitwise Europe launched the physically backed Bitwise Canton ETP (ticker BWCC, ISIN DE000A4ARTH9) on Deutsche Börse Xetra, seeking to track the Kaiko CANTO Reference Rate with CC held in cold-storage custody and a 0.85% TER. Investors can access via traditional brokerage accounts without a crypto wallet. Issuer press release dated May 26, 2026.
CIP-0116 (Featured App Locking) was approved May 20, 2026. Non-issuer Featured App parties must lock 5M CC per PartyId; asset-issuer parties 25M CC, with 60-day vesting unlock rules. Existing Featured Apps have a 30-day grace period to comply. Super Validators must support rapid unfeaturing if thresholds are breached.
Canton Network’s official blog highlights a new Messari research overview of Canton—configurable privacy with composability, institutional adoption (Broadridge, DTCC, JPMorgan), 150+ live or emerging apps, and 50+ Super Validators under Canton Foundation governance. Linked from canton.network blog, May 20, 2026.
Canton announced a unified developer docs entry point—consolidating Canton Network, Digital Asset, and Foundation documentation with role-based learning paths, Ethereum migration guides, open-source Git contributions, and LLM-friendly markdown views. Official blog dated May 18, 2026.
PRNewswire (May 13, 2026): Canton Strategic Holdings reported Q1 2026 results—3.68B CC treasury holdings (~$541.6M fair value as of March 31), $41.5M cash, Super Validator approval, $90.4M in capital markets transactions, and first commercial token-locking solutions launched in April following CIP-0105. Net loss was $47.3M; the company has not yet recognized revenue. Forward-looking statements and CC valuation disclaimers apply per the release.
Societe Generale announced accelerated development of institutional blockchain infrastructure on Canton—deploying SG-FORGE’s regulated EURCV and USDCV stablecoins, accepting tokenized assets as eligible collateral, acting as repo counterparty, and joining as an Ecosystem Super Validator. Builds on its November 2025 U.S. tokenized bond on Canton. Coverage cites BusinessWire (May 12, 2026); quotes include Canton Foundation Head Viv Diwakar.
Canton Foundation blog (May 12, 2026) describes Zenith’s native EVM execution environment on Canton—not a bridge, sidechain, or rollup—enabling Daml contracts to compose atomically with Solidity via external_call(), with Reth-based RPC deployment for EVM developers. Testnet documentation forthcoming.
Approved CIP-0096’s four-stage liveness-reward phaseout completed April 30—May 1 is the first full day validator CC rewards flow only from active contribution (no passive uptime floor). CIP-0105’s Super Validator reward-lock framework (70%/45%/35% lock tiers) is also in force. See CIP texts for schedules and eligibility.
Visa announced it is adding five blockchains — including Canton — to its global stablecoin settlement pilot, bringing the program to nine supported networks. Visa framed Canton as configurable privacy infrastructure for regulated capital markets; Digital Asset / Canton co-founder Eric Saraniecki is quoted in the company release. Decrypt also covered the expansion and $7B annualized settlement run-rate figure.
Official Canton Network blog explains how TRM Labs applies blockchain intelligence in Canton’s configurable-privacy model, including selective disclosure, guardian-controlled access, designated observer roles, and risk-based disclosure for AML/CFT workflows.