Prior Validator approvals
- Super Validators operators responsible for whitelisting new validator nodes have shifted to using this email list as the reference for approvals by the Tokenomics committee for Validators and Featured applications. However, a significant number of Validators were approved before the current email list process was put in place, but they still have not submitted IP addresses for whitelisting.
To provide a single reference for all Super Validators to justify whitelisting Validator nodes, I'm linking here to last set of approved Validator nodes released by the Tokenomics committee before the new process was adopted:
Approved Validators 2024-11-05 Tokenomics Committee
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Presented by C7:
● Texture Capital : Texture Capital is a FINRA broker-dealer and operates an SEC registered ATS. They are working with Broadridge, Societe Generale and IEU to provide a secondary market on tokenized assets on Canton.
Presented by DA:
● Five North : Five North is a multi-strategy investment firm operating at the intersection of trading and protocol development. We manage two distinct verticals: a high-conviction, market-neutral hedge fund focused on crypto options and volatility, and a dedicated investment arm deploying proprietary capital into infrastructure, primitives, and middleware that enable regulated, enterprise-grade adoption of digital assets within the Canton network ecosystem. Complementing these, our infrastructure subsidiary operates nodes and develops tools and applications to support other node operators within the Canton network.
● Amber Group : As a global liquidity provider and market maker at the center of global crypto markets, we offer deep liquidity. Our experienced team leverages their expertise to enable seamless transactions, drive innovation through strategic investments, and provide valuable research insights to keep clients at the forefront of the market.
● Animoca Brands : Animoca Brands (ACN: 122 921 813), a Deloitte Tech Fast winner, a Fortune Crypto 40 company, one of the Top 50 Blockchain Game Companies 2024, and one of the Financial Times’ High Growth Companies Asia-Pacific 2023, is a Web3 leader that leverages blockchain to deliver digital property rights to consumers around the world to help to establish the open metaverse. The company develops and publishes a broad portfolio of products including original games such as The Sandbox, PHANTOM GALAXIES™, Life Beyond, and Crazy Defense Heroes, and products utilizing popular intellectual properties from the worlds of sports and entertainment, such as The Walking Dead, Power Rangers, MotoGP™, and Formula E. One of Animoca Brands’ flagship projects is Mocaverse, a platform that enables consumers to maximize their Web3 exposure to experiences and rewards with a single login entry point.
● Arbelos Markets : Arbelos delivers top-tier execution quality to your platform. We leverage both external partnerships and internal algorithms to enable scalable, transparent liquidity for our customers. As a principal liquidity provider, Arbelos has a central role in a functioning and liquid derivatives market in crypto.
● Artemis : Artemis stands for leveling the playing field for crypto investing so that anyone can do the research and analysis they want to figure out what liquid tokens to buy and why. We're bending the arc of crypto investing to make it more fair, transparent and accessible to everyone. Artemis aims to be the go-to data platform for every crypto investor, providing teams with easy-to-use dashboards and the ability to track the metrics that matter across blockchains.
● B2C2 : B2C2 is a leading crypto-native liquidity provider across market conditions for institutions globally. B2C2 is a digital asset pioneer building the ecosystem of the future. The firm has unlocked institutional access to crypto by providing reliable liquidity across market conditions. B2C2’s success is built on crypto-native technology and continuous product innovation, making it the partner of choice for diverse institutions globally. Founded in 2015 and acquired by Japanese financial group, SBI, in 2020, B2C2 remains a standalone company. Headquartered in the UK, with offices in the US and Japan
● BIMA : Inspired by the innovation of MakerDAO and Prisma Finance, Bima brings to the forefront a stablecoin, USBD, which is collateralized by Bitcoin. In whatever form it takes.
● Canza Finance : Even in the 21st century, access to financial services and products is a massive challenge for millions of individuals worldwide, emphasizing those situated within the African Continent. At Canza Finance, we are fusing web3.0 technology, DeFi, crypto-assets, and traditional economic infrastructures to unlock various financial products for individuals and businesses in these areas.Canza Finance, through our product suite, is at the forefront of innovation, pioneering technological developments within the web3 ecosystem in Africa and for Africans.
● Deribit : Deribit is an answer to those searching for a professional grade cryptocurrency derivatives platform. Our goal was to create an efficient and fair marketplace that could connect traders of all backgrounds and trading styles. High matching engine capacity, low latency, advanced risk management, and high liquidity makes Deribit a unique player in the market.Deribit started with the ambition of creating the first cryptocurrency options exchange in the world. Even though it was a highly challenging task, in slightly more than two years, the team finished working on system development. In June of 2016, Deribit was officially launched.
● dlcBTC : Decentralized wrapped Bitcoin. dlcBTC is building infrastructure that connects Bitcoin to smart contracts, paving a way to the world's first decentralized financial system
● Elk Capital Markets : Elk Capital Markets is a proprietary high-frequency trading firm consisting of a small team of dedicated developers and traders focused on creating and deploying scalable technology across all electronic markets.
● Flow Traders : We provide seamless liquidity off-exchange to over 2,000 counterparties. We leverage our extensive expertise to provide competitive prices and execution capabilities across a broad range of asset classes. Our team of experienced Institutional Traders are focused on providing consistent liquidity, even during times of elevated volatility.
● Flowdesk : Flowdesk’s approach to market making is designed to improve trust, control, and fairness across the digital asset ecosystem. We work with projects, exchanges, DAOs, and foundations to enhance the liquidity of their tokens. Clients have access to our low-latency trading infrastructure and leverage our algorithms and team of traders to manage liquidity on centralized and decentralized exchanges. We offer greater transparency and eliminate any conflicts of interest.
● Galaxy : As a public company, Galaxy is promoting the responsible institutional adoption of digital assets and blockchain technology since 2018. Galaxy offers institutional-grade expertise and access to a broad range of digital asset products, including digital asset trading, derivatives, structured products, financing, capital markets, and M&A advisory services.
● Green Key Partners : Green Key Partners was founded in 2017 as a research-focused algorithmic trading firm, with the goal of bringing a unique product to the wealth management space. Green Key offers the opportunity for investors to enter the complex digital asset markets with a group of passionate experts dedicated to delivering premium risk-adjusted returns.
● GSR : GSR has ten years of deep crypto market expertise as a market maker and active, multi-stage investor. We build long-term relationships by offering exceptional service and trading capabilities tailored to the specific needs of our clients.
● Hexagate : Proactive Web3 Security & Risk Analytics. Hexagate enterprise-grade security platform prevents cyber exploits, hacks, governance and financial risks for protocols, Web3 apps and asset managers
● Infinityscale Limited : Infinityscale is a business scaling advisory and investment firm focused on digital assets and technology.
● Izun : IZUN solves the problem of fragmented assets by providing a platform that consolidates and mobilizes wealth, unlocking hidden financial potential. It offers tailored investment opportunities and structured products to help individuals and institutions grow, protect, and diversify their assets. With IZUN, users can confidently enhance their financial performance while ensuring their returns align with their risk appetite.
● Keyrock : Keyrock was founded in 2017 and has quickly grown from 3 to around 170 people today. As an industry recognized liquidity provider and market maker, Keyrock is a leading European creator of algorithmic trading technology in the digital asset space. With VC backing and a constantly expanding global client base, Keyrock is one of Belgium’s fastest-growing fintech companies. We’re currently active on over 80 exchanges and count numerous marketplaces and asset issuers among our clients, including some of the best-known companies in the crypto space.
● Kiln : Kiln is the leading digital asset rewards management platform, enabling institutional customers to earn rewards on their digital assets, or to whitelabel earning functionality into their products. Our platform is API-first and enables fully automated validators, rewards, and data and commission management. With over $8.6 billion crypto assets being programmatically staked, Kiln has a particularly strong track record on Ethereum as we run about 4% of the network; this includes 43,000+ active validators with 0 slashing events. The team is made up of over 60 ecosystem enthusiasts formerly at Google, Circle, Ledger, Chainalysis, and other leading technology and cryptocurrency companies.
● Mountain Protocol : Launched in 2023 with the vision that stablecoin holders are the natural owners of the “risk free rate” through a secure, regulated, enterprise-grade product that just works. USDM is a yield-bearing institutional-grade stablecoin, regulated and fully compliant
● Obsidian : Obsidian Systems designs and develops high quality software solutions to pressing business problems. Our experienced team has delivered mission-critical solutions to a variety of high-profile clients, including several Fortune 500 companies and national retail firms. These solutions are currently used by thousands of employees and tens of thousands of consumers every day.
● Pantera Capital : Pantera Capital was founded by former Tiger Management Head of Macro Trading and CFO Dan Morehead. Pantera’s global macro strategy invested over $1 billion of institutional allocations. In 2013, Pantera created the first blockchain hedge and venture funds in the United States.
● Primrose : Primrose Capital Management is a quantitative digital asset management company with an expertise in trading emerging and frontier markets. Our heritage and experience stems from being a first mover in digital asset derivatives and decades spent at some of the world’s most renowned quantitative hedge funds. Opportunities in this space are often complex and multifaceted. We believe that the diversity of our people, along with data and technology as the linchpin of all we do, are key to navigating this sphere
● Quantstamp : Quantstamp is a global leader in blockchain security, on a mission to secure the future of web3. Founded in 2017, the team has honed its expertise through hundreds of audits and has worked with some of the top projects in the industry, including Maker, Compound, Polygon, Arbitrum, Sandbox, and many more. To date, Quantstamp has performed 700+ audits and secured over $200 billion in digital asset risk from hackers.
● Redstone : The fastest-growing Oracle for DeFi and Institutions. Available on 50+ chains, trusted by 100+ clients.
● Société Générale : French multinational universal bank and financial services company founded in 1864. It is registered in downtown Paris and headquartered nearby in La Défense. Société Générale is France's third largest bank by total assets. It is also the sixth largest bank in Europe and the world's eighteenth.
● Strange Pixels : At Strange Pixels, we pride ourselves on being a collective studio that merges creativity, technology, and strategy to deliver innovative digital solutions. Whether we’re building websites, mobile apps, or digital products, our goal is to create seamless user experiences that not only look great but drive business success. We work closely with both startups and established brands, including industry giants like Nike, to craft bespoke solutions tailored to their unique needs. Our focus is always on innovation, functionality, and providing exceptional results that push the boundaries of digital engagement.
● Term Structure : Term Structure, is a non-custodial fixed-income protocol that provides peer-to-peer, fixed-rate, and fixed-term borrowing and lending in decentralized finance (DeFi).
● Tokeny : Tokeny provides the leading onchain finance operating system, leveraging market standards like ERC-3643, to bring control, compliance, and efficiency in the era of open finance. It enables seamless issuance, transfer, and management of tokenized securities. The enterprise-grade platform and APIs unify fragmented onchain and offchain workflows, integrating essential services to eliminate silos. By automating operations, offering innovative onchain services, and connecting with any desired distributors, Tokeny helps financial actors attract more clients and improve liquidity. Trusted globally, Tokeny has successfully executed over 120 use cases across five continents and facilitated 3 billion onchain transactions and operations.
● VALR : Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, VALR is a pioneering global crypto exchange. With regulatory approval to operate in Europe, we are proud to serve a diverse clientele, including close to 1000 corporate and institutional clients, alongside more than half a million users worldwide. VALR has raised $55 million in equity funding from leading investors such as Coinbase Ventures, Pantera Capital, and F-Prime Capital, recognising our pivotal role in financial innovation.
● Zerocap : Zerocap is a market-leading digital asset investment firm, served by an expert team with a deep understanding of digital asset technology, institutional trading. Zerocap sets a new standard for governance and compliance in the crypto industry, as evidenced by licensing, auditing, institutional backing and a unique insurance policy from Lloyd’s of London.
Dr. Amanda L. Martin
814-359-6544Director of Program ManagementOn Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM Wayne Collier via lists.sync.global <wayne.collier=digitalasset.com@...> wrote:Super Validators operators responsible for whitelisting new validator nodes have shifted to using this email list as the reference for approvals by the Tokenomics committee for Validators and Featured applications. However, a significant number of Validators were approved before the current email list process was put in place, but they still have not submitted IP addresses for whitelisting.
To provide a single reference for all Super Validators to justify whitelisting Validator nodes, I'm linking here to last set of approved Validator nodes released by the Tokenomics committee before the new process was adopted:
Approved Validators 2024-11-05 Tokenomics Committee
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1olOfHPJJrkbk5sdDQ-m3hw_iQX7RXXsF/view