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Technology

HackCanton Season 3 opens registration for five-week online builder program

CantonNews / AppsFactory by NODERS (August 15, 2026): HackCanton returns September 10 for a five-week online program on Canton Network. Builders register via AppsFactory individually or as teams, with workshops, mentors, team formation, and technical support from idea to MVP. The program opens 12:00 UTC September 10; submissions close October 4 at 23:59 UTC; finalists announced October 11 ahead of the October 14 Grand Final at 14:00 UTC. Five tracks cover RWAs and business workflows, financial applications, investment infrastructure, data and analytics, or an open track—with up to $50,000 in cash and credits. Season 2 drew 360+ builders from 60+ countries; Rocky Exchange won overall with Umbra and Tirai completing the podium.

Technology

Nuxaris launches private native bridge from Solana, Ethereum and Base to Canton

CantonNews (August 14, 2026): Nuxaris—a native, non-custodial Canton application running its own validator—launched a retail-oriented bridge moving assets from Solana, Ethereum, and Base into real Canton Coin and back with privacy aligned to Canton's architecture. Unlike wrapped-asset bridges, Nuxaris delivers authentic CC directly to user wallets; funds are never held by Nuxaris. The product includes a native Nuxaris Wallet and multi-wallet support (Phantom, MetaMask, Rabby, WalletConnect). A points system tied to real bridge volume is being finalized, with roadmap items for advanced wallet features, better liquidity routes, and native DeFi primitives on Canton.

Ecosystem

OneSwap announces first Pump.fun-style token launchpad on Canton

CantonNews (August 14, 2026): OneSwap announced what it calls the first Pump.fun-like token launchpad on Canton Network—designed so users can create a token, add liquidity, and trade in under a minute without deep Canton infrastructure knowledge. The launchpad targets a gap where Canton's institutional footprint (tokenized Treasuries, repo, RWAs) has outpaced accessible community token creation. OneSwap positions the feature as expanding activity beyond institutional use cases; a waitlist is open at tally.so/r/lb2vk6 ahead of the go-live.

Ecosystem

Console Wallet integrates LetsExchange API for multi-network CC swaps

CantonNews (August 14, 2026): Console Wallet—a non-custodial wallet for Canton and EVM networks—integrated the LetsExchange API to expand native swap functionality. CC holders can now swap directly into stablecoins and EVM assets and fund Console Wallet from external networks in one interface, reducing onboarding friction for network fees. LetsExchange supports 6,000+ assets across 300+ networks with routing across 20+ providers, cross-chain operations, automated AML screening, and 24/7 support—including RWA-related assets as Canton's market matures. Console Wallet CEO Alexei Dulub said the integration accelerates cross-chain expansion; LetsExchange CPO Alex J. cited Canton's institutional momentum after Digital Asset's $355M round and DTCC tokenization work.

Ecosystem

Temple goes live on Token Terminal as Canton's top revenue application

CantonNews (August 14, 2026): Temple Digital Group listed on Token Terminal, making trading metrics for Canton's first native central limit order book exchange publicly accessible on a widely used analytics platform. Temple—highest revenue-generating Canton app as of mid-2026—launched trading January 8, 2026 for approved institutional counterparties on a non-custodial basis with Canton privacy architecture. The listing follows Kaiko's May 2026 integration of Temple Level 1/2 market data. Temple raised a $5M seed round in October 2025 plus SBI Group investment; no token is associated with the listing. Further regulated-market expansion is planned for H2 2026.

Technology

Splice 0.7.2 adds session keys for KMS operators and updates SV voting

CantonNews (August 14, 2026): Splice 0.7.2 upgrades the Global Synchronizer to Canton 3.5.13 with session signing keys for KMS-enabled validator and Super Validator participants—short-lived in-memory keys that reduce KMS calls, load, and cost for routine protocol messages. SV voting now allows cast or change votes after a proposal's target effective time while the request remains open; failed actions can be rejected rather than left unresolved. A new SV-app traffic top-up setting defaults to a two-minute submission window; the network banner is always visible and reward-setting proposal forms are clearer. Release notes at docs.canton.network/global-synchronizer/release-notes/splice.

Institutions

Canton Strategic reports $1.5M Q2 revenue from validation and LaaS

CantonNews / PR Newswire (August 14, 2026): Canton Strategic Holdings (Nasdaq: CNTN) reported $1,495,859 in Q2 2026 revenue—the first quarter with operating revenue from Canton Network validation ($191,226) and locking-as-a-service ($1,304,633). LaaS launched April 23: the company locks owned CC for Super Validators or Featured Apps needing qualifying balances under CIP-0105/CIP-0116 while retaining legal ownership at a qualified custodian. Active Super Validator minting began May 9 under CIP-0102 (0.5 active weight of 15 approved). As of June 30 the company held ~3.71B CC (fair value $523.35M) and $37.24M cash; Q2 net loss was $19.25M including $23.74M unrealized digital-asset loss.

Technology

Digital Asset releases Canton 3.5.13 with CantonBFT and traffic enforcement fixes

CantonNews (August 14, 2026): Digital Asset shipped Canton 3.5.13—a maintenance release improving CantonBFT batch dissemination (broader sources, earlier retrieval, parallel requests) and Traffic Enforcement App behavior when nodes miss batches or face connectivity issues during consensus. View changes now delete unnecessary prior-view messages to limit memory growth; P2P keepalive defaults are more robust. Optional Traffic Enforcement settings cover multi-party submissions, undeterminable balance periods, and DB/account lookup timeouts (disabled by default). Unsupported future contract-ID versions now return interpretation errors instead of crashing the engine. Supports protocol versions 34 and 35.

Institutions

MUFG, Digital Asset and Progmat launch Canton JGB repo proof of concept

CantonNews / MUFG (August 13, 2026): Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and three group companies—Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking, and MUFG Bank—launched a PoC with Digital Asset and Progmat for on-chain Japanese Government Bond repo on Canton. The design keeps JGBs as book-entry transfer bonds while synchronizing the transfer-registration ledger with the blockchain; digital money may use tokenized deposits or stablecoins. Secured Finance's lending protocol automates the full repo lifecycle alongside DvP settlement. Selected under Japan's FSA Payment Innovation Project (February 2026), the pilot tests real-time intraday repo and expanded settlement windows with MUFG Bank as deposit-taking and account-management institution.

Tokenization

Cantor8 announces Taran route to gold, silver and T-bills on Canton

CantonNews (August 13, 2026): Cantor8 announced a C8 Wallet-powered route for Taran App merchants: tokenized mobile money can be exchanged atomically for gold, silver, and Treasury-bill products native to Canton via Ember Protocol. Payment-side tokens and selected assets settle together in one coordinated exchange. The update extends Cantor8's May pilot to bring mobile-money systems onchain through Canton and builds on earlier Taran App and Yiksi work.