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Institutions

Canton daily: Meritz tokenization agreement, Zebec C8 wallet, SBC Featured Asset bid

CantonNews (October 14, 2026): An eleven-item digest from October 13–14 highlights Meritz Securities signing with the Canton Foundation to explore tokenizing Korean financial assets; Zebec integrating Cantor8's C8 Enterprise Wallet with payroll and payments; Stable Coin Company seeking Featured Asset status for Brale-issued SBC; new MainNet validator allocations (Canborsa, Bron Foundation, ChainHub, Prometheum among 24 distinct names); Splice 0.8.4 ready for MainNet and 0.9.0 for TestNet; plus Canborsa Trading Arena payouts, Unhedged's preview of AI compute markets, dAppBooster in the HackCanton Starter Pack, and Universal Burn authors clarifying dedicated-synchronizer fee visibility. Cashen's 500 million CC lock and the DRW–Marex Derivnex swap were covered in separate October 13 articles.

Institutions

DRW and Marex execute first OTC swap on Canton via Derivnex and tokenized iBoxx index

CantonNews (October 13, 2026): DRW and Marex completed a total return swap on Derivnex referencing S&P Dow Jones Indices' iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade Index—tokenized on Canton by Kaiko with official index values for valuation. Derivnex and Canton Network describe it as the first OTC swap on Canton and the first OTC derivative to reference a fully tokenized index on DLT; smart contracts carry CDM-modeled terms for lifecycle management. The announcement did not disclose notional, maturity, or margin terms; only the benchmark was tokenized—not underlying bonds—and on-chain cash or collateral settlement is described as future work.

Markets

Cashen surpasses 500 million CC in live locking deals

CantonNews (October 13, 2026): Cashen—the bilateral marketplace where Featured Apps and Super Validators source locked Canton Coin—reported more than 500 million CC in active locking deals, roughly $63.8 million at an on-chain CC price near $0.1275. That is up from 215 million CC at end-June launch and about 330 million on September 8; the platform added roughly 170 million CC in the five weeks after September 8. Cashen cites 75+ institutions onboarded, about 1.26% of circulating CC committed, and a 5.07% average deal APR for suppliers.

Markets

CertiK Skynet ranks Canton first in Q3 2026 network fee comparison

CantonNews (October 13, 2026): CertiK Skynet's latest blockchain fee comparison places Canton first among tracked networks with more than $155 million in recorded fees during Q3 2026 and a median daily fee total of $1.71 million across July–September. The article separates Skynet's fee methodology from Splice burn-and-mint rewards data on CantonNews dashboards and notes Skynet's figures reflect on-chain fee activity rather than headline CC price or market cap.

Technology

Fairmint and Blockworks seek 2.4 million CC for shared Canton asset data feed

CantonNews (October 13, 2026): Fairmint and Blockworks applied to the Canton Development Fund for 2.4 million CC to deliver a shared Canton Asset Data Feed covering Fairmint private-company equity and a second publisher's asset class, with Blockworks required to use both feeds in production for milestone acceptance. The request opened October 12 and is pending approval, with four months' delivery and twelve months' maintenance in the proposed scope.

Ecosystem

Canton daily: Canborsa DevNet lending prototype, Alpend October 20 deadline, Splice 0.9.1 on DevNet

CantonNews (October 13, 2026): A six-item digest highlights Alpend's October 20 deadline for migrations and Ascent I claims; Canborsa's HackCanton lending prototype on DevNet (USDCx lenders, CC or CBTC collateral via Loop Wallet—not MainNet); CC Space's renewed Featured App application; Splice 0.9.1 clearing DevNet Super Validator upgrades; Unhedged adding Bahasa Indonesia; and CCTools listing 500+ ecosystem entries.

Institutions

Canton weekly recap: SoFi, LSEG, Ripple, and $7.5 trillion in repo

CantonNews (October 12, 2026): A week-in-review from October 5–11 ties SoFi adding CC for retail customers to Marex and LSEG Super Validator hosted weights taking effect on MPCH (55 combined), Broadridge reporting $7.5 trillion in September repo on Canton, Development Fund payouts, validator batches, Featured App locks, AI wallet connectors, Cantex listings, and a draft to extend CC burn across all MainNet synchronizers. DTCC’s end-of-October tokenization launch and HackCanton judging deadlines sit on the watch list.

Institutions

Digital Asset named Gold Sponsor of DC Fintech Week 2026

CantonNews (October 12, 2026): Digital Asset, developer of Canton Network, is a Gold Sponsor of DC Fintech Week 2026 in Washington, D.C., October 13–16, hosted by Fintech Thinks DC. The forum convenes government, industry, and technology leaders on digital assets, payments, and policy. The sponsorship puts Canton in front of rule-setters for tokenized markets; the announcement did not list Digital Asset speakers or sessions. Registration and agenda details are at dcfintechweek.org.

Markets

HANDL burns 23.48 million tokens as fee-linked program begins

CantonNews (October 12, 2026): HANDL completed an October 10 burn of 23,479,410 $HANDL on Base, launching an Accelerated Burn Program that scales burns from net protocol fees—Q3 2026 fees of $39,915 at a $0.0034 reference price imply roughly 11.74 million tokens, doubled by an initial 200% multiplier with treasury support. Multipliers step down permanently as lifetime fee milestones are reached; the long-term plan targets funding burns with 50% of protocol fees. $HANDL also trades on Canton via bridge and HANDL/CC pairs on OneSwap, Cantex, and Tradecraft.

Technology

BitGo restores normal Canton service after upgrade maintenance

CantonNews (October 12, 2026): BitGo closed its Canton maintenance notice on October 10 at 14:45 UTC after the network-wide Logical Synchronizer Upgrade for the planned CantonBFT migration—CantonBFT replaces CometBFT as the shared ordering layer. The window included a 24-hour configuration freeze from October 9–10 UTC during which new Canton wallets could not be initialised through BitGo while ordinary transfers were expected to continue, plus a brief transaction pause at migration. BitGo customers can treat the status page resolution as end of upgrade-related restrictions.