Digital Asset, the firm behind the Canton Network, has raised $355 million from investors including Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Andreessen Horowitz, Citadel Securities, and CME Ventures. The funding will support the network's growth in facilitating real-world asset transactions.
Digital Asset Holdings secured $355 million in a new funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz's crypto arm, valuing the company at $2 billion. The capital will scale the Canton Network, designed for financial institutions to tokenize and settle securities privately.
Shinhan Financial Group has signed MOUs with the Canton Network foundation to participate in the governance of the public blockchain designed for financial institutions. This collaboration aims to build infrastructure for digital asset trading and explore global market opportunities.
A Grayscale report highlights liquidity and operational infrastructure as key criteria for institutional investment in tokenized assets. Ethereum, BNB Chain, Solana, and Canton Network are identified as the primary networks poised to attract significant capital.
SG-FORGE déploie ses stablecoins EURCV et USDCV sur la blockchain permissionnée Canton Network pour automatiser la gestion de liquidité avec des acteurs publics comme Bpifrance, visant à sécuriser des rendements institutionnels.
Societe Generale's SG-FORGE to deploy EURCV and USDCV stablecoins on Canton Network for tokenized collateral, repo financing, and settlement, expanding blockchain use in finance.
Bloomberg reported Digital Asset Holdings is raising money at a $2B valuation in a round led by a16z Crypto, which comes less than a year after an earlier nine-figure round.
The Nasdaq-listed fund offers exposure to Canton Coin, native token of the privacy-focused institutional blockchain network.
Following the $290 million Kelp DAO hack, Digital Asset CEO Yuval Rooz says Wall Street firms are increasingly worried about their fiduciary duty to prevent state-sponsored hackers—particularly North Korean groups—from infiltrating their systems. Canton Network's 'guardrail' design allows participants to limit user control, a feature Rooz argues is necessary for security, though crypto purists criticize it as centralization. Arbitrum's decision to freeze $71 million in exposed funds shows the tension between DeFi's permissionless ideals and practical safety needs.
The Japanese Securities Clearing Corporation will test using Japanese government bonds as digital collateral on the Canton network with Mizuho, Nomura and Digital Asset.
