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Institutions

Nasdaq pilots tokenized collateral on Canton as Q2 earnings hit records

CantonNews (July 24, 2026): Nasdaq disclosed on its Q2 2026 earnings call a successful Canton Network tokenized collateral pilot—transmitting tokenized money market funds as collateral through Nasdaq Calypso alongside two leading asset managers. CEO Adena Friedman framed it as proof that Calypso, used by hundreds of firms for collateral management, could evolve into a network moving assets in tokenized form; she said participants left the pilot room calling it a victory (“The money moved”). Future monetization is planned via a new Calypso module upsell for collateral movement. The pilot sits within a broader Nasdaq tokenization push—working with DTCC on post-trade settlement of tokenized shares and with Kraken on tokenized equity issuance with instantaneous settlement (target early 2027). The disclosure accompanied record results: $1.5B net revenue (+15% YoY), index AUM surpassing $1T with $51B quarterly net inflows, and the June 12 SpaceX IPO described as the largest in history ($86B raised).

Institutions

Arqitech, MPCH, Pixelplex, and sFOX complete live CC–USDC atomic swaps on Canton MainNet

GlobeNewswire / Arqitech (July 23, 2026): Arqitech, MPCH, Pixelplex, and sFOX executed multiple live non-custodial cross-chain atomic swaps on Canton MainNet, exchanging Canton Coin (CC) for USDC while each institution retained full control of its private signing keys via Arqitech’s Atomic Swap Protocol (ASP). The deployment demonstrates regulated institutions completing secure atomic cross-chain transactions without relinquishing custody—connecting Canton to Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tron, and Solana liquidity through Arqitech’s multi-chain platform. sFOX CEO Javier Martinez said the milestone complements sFOX’s plan to list CC for public trading starting August 1, 2026. The ASP builds on Arqitech’s collaboration with Digital Asset on Canton Token Standard V2 (CIP-0112), approved by the Canton Foundation in June 2026; customer access opens in the coming weeks.

Institutions

Canton Strategic Holdings sells Gravitas Life Sciences to sharpen Canton focus

CantonNews (July 23, 2026): Nasdaq-listed Canton Strategic Holdings (CNTN) sold its biotech R&D arm Gravitas Life Sciences to Gravitas Collective Corp. in a board-unanimous deal that closed July 17 and was announced six days later. Management frames the divestiture as aligning corporate structure with its operating strategy—leveraging Canton Coin to support Canton Network’s role in digitizing traditional financial markets—following the June 2026 launch of its locking-as-a-service for Super Validators and Featured Apps under CIP-0105/CIP-0116. With the unrelated biotech business separated, future milestones can be read directly through a Canton-centric lens, adding public-market visibility for a Super Validator and Canton Foundation member already holding billions of CC on its balance sheet.

Infrastructure

Hydra X launches HX Gateway API to accelerate Canton deployments

CantonNews (July 23, 2026): Hydra X announced in Singapore the HX Gateway API—a REST layer that lets financial institutions and app developers integrate with Canton without specialized Daml expertise. Hydra X claims up to 80% faster go-to-market and 50% shorter deployment time; the API is offered as a hosted service or external deployment for clients with existing validator infrastructure. The product builds on Hydra X’s reported production work tokenizing more than US$100 million in assets for regulated clients on Canton via Digital Asset’s DA Registry. VP of Client Solutions Mark Tang said banks, asset managers, and exchanges can treat Canton integration as a business decision rather than a specialist engineering project—potentially lowering friction as tokenized capital markets move from pilots to production.

Institutions

Yuval Rooz on Canton Army Alpha Hour: DTCC production, mainnet extensions, and corporate treasury

CantonNews (July 22, 2026): Digital Asset co-founder and CEO Yuval Rooz joined Canton Army for Alpha Hour, framing Canton as one network where dedicated validator sets become “mainnet extensions” (replacing the “subnet” label) that remain connected while eventually sharing Canton Coin burn economics via an upcoming CIP. He recapped the oversubscribed a16z-led round with SoFi, Polychain, Coinbase Ventures, Shinhan, and SC Ventures; outlined enterprise fee caps (~$500k/year example for internal “hygiene” ledger updates) plus optional prepaid burn commitments for discounted composable flows; and detailed DTCC’s first production mix—token conversions, ETF activity, repo, securities lending, collateral pledges—with broader participant access targeted for October 2026. Rooz highlighted corporate treasury: tokenized yield-bearing cash parked until payment time via a provider serving 4,000+ corporations (USD-first), selective AI use in engineering, and a retail music-asset project still months out—emphasizing sustainable on-chain activity over speculation.

Infrastructure

Fireblocks on CantonNews: custody stack for regulated finance after DTCC production trades

CantonNews Insights / Mor Philosoph, Fireblocks (July 22, 2026): Essay on what institutions need to operate on Canton—configurable sub-transaction privacy, atomic cross-application settlement, and enterprise wallet/custody controls. Fireblocks cites February 2026–present support: Canton wallets with dual-region validator nodes and Cantonscan visibility; CIP-0103 interoperability with the Digital Asset Registry app (assets in 1.5M+ daily transactions); CIP-056 CC transfers; USDC on Canton; self-serve token listings; two-step incoming offers; Bring Your Own Validator; and Daml contract calls for DVP, collateral, repo lifecycles, and pre-approvals. Digital Asset’s newly released DA Registry launchpad (35+ platforms) connects to Fireblocks out of the box; managed dedicated validators are planned. Eric Saraniecki (Digital Asset network growth) is quoted on Fireblocks’ role as institutions move from pilots to live production—including DTCC’s recent DTC tokenized production initiative.

Institutions

Digital Asset adds Shinhan Financial Group and SC Ventures to oversubscribed funding round

CantonNews / PRNewswire (July 21, 2026): Digital Asset expanded its previously announced $355 million round with strategic investments from Shinhan Financial Group and SC Ventures by Standard Chartered, deepening institutional backing for Canton as privacy-enabled infrastructure for regulated capital markets. The June raise was led by a16z crypto with participation from Citadel Securities, HSBC, BNP Paribas, Hanwha Investment & Securities, Tradeweb, and others. The Block reported an additional ~$10 million from the new investors at the same $2 billion equity valuation, bringing the round total to about $365 million. CEO Yuval Rooz said the additions bring global reach and ecosystem connectivity as institutions move from pilots to production; Shinhan is expected to support adoption discussions in South Korea alongside Digital Asset’s Hanwha partnership.

Ecosystem

OneSwap v2 goes live on Canton with single-transaction swaps

CantonNews (July 21, 2026): OneSwap v2 is live on Canton Network—Sats Terminal’s permissionless AMM upgrade adds single-transaction swaps and a built-in platform experience atop the DEX that already supports CC/USDCx and CC/CBTC pairs, CIP-56 tokens, and integrations with Console, Loop, Nightly, Send, and Bron wallets. OneSwap remains among the first retail-accessible trading venues on infrastructure used in DTCC and major-bank settlement pilots; the 0.3% swap fee splits 75% to LPs and 25% to the protocol, with OneSwap Diamonds rewards for early volume. CantonNetwork and @Oneswapcc public posts archived the v2 launch the same day.

Ecosystem

Ekiden joins Canton Network as a Featured App

CantonNews (July 21, 2026): Ekiden (@ekidenfi) is now a Canton Network Featured App, bringing institutional derivatives infrastructure to the production ecosystem after earlier testnet deployment at app.cnt.ekiden.fi. The venue combines off-chain central limit order book matching with deferred on-chain settlement via Merkle commitments—positioned as Canton’s derivatives stack for privacy-preserving institutional workflows. Featured App status aligns with CIP-0116 lock requirements for application providers; Ekiden’s mainnet rollout and market-maker programs remain on its public roadmap.

Institutions

Genfinity: CNTN CEO Wendland on DTCC October launch and Canton adoption path

Genfinity (July 21, 2026): Canton Strategic Holdings CEO Mark Wendland joined Ryan Solomon to discuss CNTN’s role as the first publicly traded Canton Coin ecosystem company and the path from DTCC’s July 13 limited production trades to full commercial tokenized-treasury rollout in October 2026. Wendland framed DTCC’s ~$3.7 quadrillion annual transaction scale as the benchmark for Canton’s institutional test, cited roughly 70% Q1-to-Q2 2026 transaction growth and more than $9 trillion in monthly onchain volume in company disclosures, and highlighted Broadridge intraday repo scaling plus UK and Asian regulatory use cases. The interview also covers CNTN’s locking-as-a-service offering for Super Validators and Featured Apps under CIP-0105 and CIP-0116.