Canton Blog

Canton Venues is a free dashboard for comparing token prices, liquidity and estimated trade costs across seven Canton venues. Its public data feed also supports developers and compatible AI tools.

DTC holds more than $114 trillion in securities, and its tokenization service reaches commercial launch this month. Illustrative scenarios show what even a small share on-chain would represent, and why Canton's fee economics depend on activity rather than notional value

Edel’s October 3 update targets the following week for holders to stake EDEL and earn Canton Coin. It advances the timetable beyond the earlier promise to reveal participation details, without an exact opening date or yield rate.

Eight apps have cleared Tokenomics review. BETH has since progressed to a MainNet Featured App vote, opened by Five North on October 7.

An open MainNet vote would add LSEG’s hosted reward weight through MPCH following September’s program approval. The request targets October 10, while milestone rewards remain subject to verified delivery and further approval.

Noves plans meetings with Japanese financial institutions and infrastructure partners focused on Canton research, deployment design and partnerships. Its team will also join Pacific Meta’s Blockchain Summit on October 5.

Obsidian has joined the DTCC-chaired Canton Foundation Collateral Subcommittee. Its planned contributions cover tokenized repo and financing, plus the acceptance of tokenized collateral by clearing houses and market infrastructure.

Grofty’s latest Lens update brings historical exports, shareable dashboards, portfolio tracking and price alerts together with developer SDKs. The October 3 announcement builds on its existing Canton market-data service.

Tradecraft and C8 Wallet + RFQ DEX have received delivery-versus-payment recognition for Canton reward treatment. C8’s approval covers only its wallet and RFQ exchange, excluding Concordia.

CanTra has applied for Featured App status on Canton ahead of an offering linked to a Francis Bacon triptych. The planned investment starts at €100, subject to investor eligibility and the offering terms.

Canal’s Featured App application sets out a controlled MainNet pilot for iSOL, its SOL-backed asset on Canton. Broader commercial use is targeted for mid-to-late October, subject to approval and integration readiness.

HackCanton Season 3 has reached 95 teams and 58 projects, with 20 entries submitted for judging. A closing ceremony stream takes place on October 9, ahead of the October 21 Grand Final.

Canton Foundation president Viv Diwakar spoke at Korea’s STO Summit on October 2, explaining how connected financial systems could let institutions move collateral and settle transactions outside normal market hours.

Zenith co-hosted an institutional lunch during Korea Blockchain Week with Kaiko, Utila and Happyblock. Participants included Woori Bank, Mirae Asset Securities and Kyobo firms, with discussions covering tokenization and blockchain infrastructure for regulated markets.

Ekiden has reached $5,865,560 in cumulative MainNet trading volume while access remains invite-only. The milestone follows the addition of gold and silver markets to its Canton derivatives exchange.

Swap.monster has joined the DTC Digital Assets Solutions Industry Working Group (IWG), an industry forum convened by The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) to support dialogue, feedback and alignment around the DTCC Tokenization Service and the continued evolution of digital market infrastructure.

Cantex has reached $300 million in total trading volume, up from its $200 million milestone in August. The exchange lets users trade Canton assets while retaining control of their funds.

The two teams have requested 1,303,500 CC for tools that would let Canton applications check facts from private web data without exposing the underlying information. The proposal remains open.

Titan’s testnet is live on Canton, a week after the exchange opened its waitlist. The release gives users a first testing environment for its privacy-focused trading platform.

A governance vote would schedule the MainNet move to CantonBFT for October 10. The proposed timetable separates the configuration change from the migration itself.

At RealFi X Asia in Seoul, Digital Asset’s CEO focused on institutions putting blockchain into everyday use, rather than treating regulation or tokenization totals as proof of adoption.

Greywick Digital and the Litecoin Foundation have signed a memorandum of understanding supporting cLTC on Canton. A launch is targeted for the end of 2026, subject to publishing reserve and rollout details.

Gold and silver are now available on Ekiden during its closed MainNet phase. The new markets trade against USDCx and carry a 2× XP multiplier.

Combined trading volume in SPYe and QQQe has passed $2 million, two days after reaching $1 million. Edel plans to reveal its staking tiers and participation details next week.

LetsExchange stopped accepting exchanges on October 1. Earlier transactions will still be processed, and support is due to remain available through November 30.

A MainNet vote would put the hosted reward-weight arrangement for Marex’s approved Super Validator program into effect. Milestone rewards would still require verification and further governance approval.

Grofty has confirmed Android availability through Google Play. The app combines account management, asset transfers, an address book and transaction history in a mobile interface.

The RWA perpetual DEX Canborsa lets traders use Canton Coin as collateral for any market, and launches a 14-day trading competition to mark the update

The cumulative number of distinct parties that have transacted on Canton has risen from 20,000 a year earlier to 908,000.

Canborsa’s latest update brings prices, market changes and collateral choices closer to the point where users open a trade.