Validator Operator Approved: DeFi Technologies
The following Validator Application has passed for DeFi Technologies
Congratulations on having your validator approved! We're very excited to have you spin up your validator node and join MainNet. Please find the next steps below. Feel free to reach out with any questions.
Deploy your validator on DevNet/TestNet:
- Set up your own node using the public docs.
- Alternatively, ask one of our partners to spin up your validator node today. Reach out via email to any of them for more information.
- We currently have a waitlist for deploying to MainNet.
Slack
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High-Level Steps:
- Spin up your node on DevNet
- On Slack, share the fixed IP you'd like whitelisted on DevNet for your Validator node
- Spin up your node for DevNet
- Request a DevNet onboarding secret - via API call (curl)
- Spin up your node on Mainnet
- On Slack, share your fixed IP you'd like whitelisted on MainNet for your Validator node
- Spin up your node on MainNet
- Reach out directly on Slack DM to request a MainNet onboarding secret
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From: <amartin@...>
Date: Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Subject: Validator Operator Approved: DeFi Technologies
To: <amartin@...>Validator Operator Submission Details
Name of Applying Institution:
DeFi TechnologiesURL to website of Applying Institution:
https://defi.techApplying Institution email:
stefanj@...Short description of Applying Institution :
DeFi Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: DEFT) (CBOE CA: DEFI) (GR: R9B) is a financial technology company bridging the gap between traditional capital markets and decentralized finance ("DeFi"). As the first Nasdaq-listed digital asset manager, DeFi Technologies offers equity investors diversified exposure to the broader decentralized economy through its integrated and scalable business model. DeFi’s business lines include: Valour, which offers access to over sixty-five of the world's most innovative digital assets via regulated ETPs; Stillman Digital, a digital asset prime brokerage focused on institutional-grade execution and custody; Reflexivity Research, which provides leading research into the digital asset space; Neuronomics, which develops quantitative trading strategies and infrastructure; and DeFi Alpha, the Company's internal arbitrage and trading business line.Are there any other emails you wanted added to the slack channel?:
Please provide information about why you believe you qualify to operate Validators in the Canton Network and why you would prefer to do this yourself instead of using one of the existing operators. :
DeFi Technologies possesses extensive expertise in blockchain infrastructure and centralized finance. Operating our own validators aligns with the strategic vision of being an active participant to further advance the mission of decentralised finance through contributions towards areas such as governance, security, and transparency. Currently, we operate nodes on numerous blockchains including Solana, Pyth, Core, and Cardano.Contact at an existing Node Operator who will sponsor your onboarding process:
Digital Asset (Jacob McCrum)How did you hear about us?:
We had been following the Canton network for some time, as it was brought to our attention by DeFi’s former Chief Strategy Officer Diana Biggs, initially from conversations with the Goldman Sachs Digital Assets team in London when they chose to build on DAML, and became increasingly interested in Canton as a potential solution for institutions looking to achieve the benefits of public blockchains while maintaining the necessary controls enabled with private networks. More recently, through conversations with Cumberland and the Global Synchronizer Foundation.How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem? :
Going forward, as a participant in the Canton ecosystem, we would look to add value in multiple ways. Firstly, we would like to explore opportunities for bringing assets onchain. This aligns well with our growth strategy for bringing DeFi and traditional finance, as we’re currently advancing major initiatives in Real World Assets (RWAs). Most recently, we partnered with the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) to develop and launch the Kenya Digital Exchange (KDX), a fully regulated platform for tokenised real world assets. Looking ahead, we aim to further contribute to the Canton network by supporting additional RWA initiatives, as well as potentially building and / or helping to bring relevant applications onto the network, for example from our venture portfolio and from our network of partners.Country of Incorporation :
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