Validator Operators Approved: WDMASTER, ANVEL.TECH, Silvana, K2F Labs, Noves, CRYPTO FINANCE, UTSA, BitGo, Pythagoras Investments
The following (9) Validator Applications have passed
Name of Applying Institution: WDMASTER
URL to website of Applying Institution: https://wdmaster.top
Short description of Applying Institution: We are a technology-driven institution with strong expertise in distributed systems, secure infrastructure, and digital asset platforms. Our team is experienced in operating enterprise-grade systems and is committed to contributing to the stability, security, and governance of the Canton Network.
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: We have the technical expertise, secure infrastructure, and deep understanding of the Canton Network and DAML needed to reliably operate our own validator. Running it ourselves gives us greater control, data privacy, and operational flexibility—ensuring alignment with our business needs and compliance requirements, while allowing us to contribute actively to network governance and growth.
How did you hear about us?: We heard about you through your website while researching enterprise blockchain networks and DAML-based solutions.
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: We plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem by developing production-grade DAML applications tailored to enterprise use cases, particularly in finance and digital asset workflows. Additionally, we aim to onboard new developers and partner organizations to the network, promote Canton through industry engagement, and support the Foundation’s initiatives by sharing feedback, contributing to working groups, and advocating for adoption within our broader ecosystem.
Country of Incorporation: Russia
Sponsor: GSF
Name of Applying Institution: ANVEL.TECH
URL to website of Applying Institution: https://anvel.tech
Short description of Applying Institution: We are a seasoned blockchain infrastructure team operating high-performance validator and full nodes across major networks. Our expertise spans testnets to mainnets, with a focus on reliability, automation, and active ecosystem participation.
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: We qualify to operate Validators in the Canton Network due to our proven track record of running secure, high-uptime validator and full nodes across a wide range of blockchain ecosystems — including Solana, Polkadot/Kusama, Cosmos-based chains, Ethereum restaking protocols, and ZK rollups. Our team is experienced in handling production-grade infrastructure, automated deployments, and real-time monitoring systems using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and PagerDuty.We prefer to operate our own validator infrastructure to ensure maximum control over performance, security, and reliability. Running our own nodes allows us to tailor the setup to network-specific requirements, respond quickly to incidents, and contribute actively to network stability and governance — rather than relying on third-party operators with limited transparency or flexibility.
How did you hear about us?: We learned about the Canton Network through industry announcements, community discussions, and our ongoing research into enterprise-grade blockchain infrastructure and interoperability projects.
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: We plan to contribute to the Canton ecosystem by actively engaging in multiple areas: Infrastructure & Reliability: Maintain a robust validator setup with high uptime, security best practices, and real-time monitoring to support network stability. Ecosystem Growth: Introduce developer teams and projects from our existing network who are exploring privacy-preserving and interoperable finance applications. Tooling & Integration: Build and share operational tooling, dashboards, and deployment frameworks to streamline node operations and onboarding. Community Engagement: Participate in governance discussions, testnet coordination, and knowledge sharing through documentation and technical feedback. Our goal is to be a long-term, value-adding partner in Canton’s growth and decentralization.
Country of Incorporation: El Salvador
Sponsor: GSF
Name of Applying Institution: Silvana
URL to website of Applying Institution: https://silvana.one/
Short description of Applying Institution: Silvana is a Web3 infrastructure platform that transforms business data into provable, private digital assets using zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) and trusted execution environments (TEEs) - enabling next-gen applications in compliance, due diligence, tokenization, and more.
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: Digital Asset
How did you hear about us?: Igor Gusarov
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: Silvana sees strong synergistic potential with corporate clients in the Canton Network and is ready to adapt its solution for full compatibility.
Country of Incorporation: The United Arab Emirates
Sponsor: Digital Asset
Name of Applying Institution: K2F Labs
URL to website of Applying Institution: k2flabs.com
Short description of Applying Institution: We are a research-driven technology firm founded by engineers and traders from Google, D. E. Shaw, and DRW, focused on building and operating secure, high-performance infrastructure across emerging financial networks.
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: We’re building privacy-focused DeFi solutions around tokenized assets, decentralized exchanges, and new types of financial markets. For us, operating a validator is not just about uptime — it’s about being directly integrated into the network we’re developing on.Our team has experience at Google, D. E. Shaw, and DRW, and we’ve built systems that demand reliability, performance, and security. We prefer to run our own validator to ensure tight control over operations, participate actively in governance, and directly observe protocol behavior as it evolves.
This isn’t a passive role. Running our own validator keeps us aligned with the network’s growth and gives us the operational flexibility to move quickly as we build.
How did you hear about us?: Friend
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: We plan to contribute by building applications directly on Canton, particularly in areas where privacy, interoperability, and financial logic intersect. In parallel, we will introduce high-caliber developers and teams from our network—many with backgrounds in crypto, fintech, and institutional trading—to accelerate meaningful adoption and innovation within the ecosystem.
Country of Incorporation: United States
Sponsor: GSF
Name of Applying Institution: Noves
URL to website of Applying Institution: https://www.noves.fi
Short description of Applying Institution: Noves is the industry leader for accessing financial-grade blockchain data.
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: We operate significant infrastructure for our data systems and have an extensive background in running large-scale hosting operations.
How did you hear about us?: Emmett Burton
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: Deploy Noves financial data layer on Canton, so that dapps, institutions, custodians, and other orgs can access financial-grade onchain data for audit and reporting scenarios, accounting, tax, etc. This will include the ability to easily access historical balances, categorized transaction history, and more. We will potentially also build some sort of consumer-facing application for Canton, so that ecosystem users can interact with onchain data in a more user-friendly, easy-to-consume way.
Country of Incorporation: United States
Sponsor: GSF
Name of Applying Institution: CRYPTO FINANCE AG
URL to website of Applying Institution: https://www.crypto-finance.com/
Short description of Applying Institution: Custodian and broker part of Deutsche Borse Group
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: We operate validators for institutions as part of our infrastructure offering
How did you hear about us?: Sophia Roman
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: Integration into vault solution, plus application support later on
Country of Incorporation: Switzerland
Sponsor: Digital Asset
Name of Applying Institution: UTSA
URL to website of Applying Institution: https://utsa.gitbook.io/services/
Short description of Applying Institution: UTSA Validator is an infrastructure and community-building team supporting the Cosmos, Polkadot, Solana, and EVM ecosystems. We operate high-availability validators and public services (RPC, API, snapshots, explorers), while also maintaining educational resources, a community wiki, and localized content in Russian and English.
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: We currently support over 30 networks including Solana, Polkadot, Kusama, Atomone, Dymension, Dora, Nibiru, Realio, and others. Our infrastructure team is experienced in maintaining reliable, secure, and decentralized nodes.
We provide additional services including IBC relayers, public RPC/API endpoints, snapshots, statesync, and community support tools.
Operating our own validator gives us full control over performance, governance participation, and allows us to integrate directly with future dApps we plan to develop on Canton. It also aligns with our mission to strengthen decentralization by increasing the number of independent operators.
How did you hear about us?: From validator and infrastructure operator community discussions.
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: We aim to contribute to the Canton ecosystem by providing infrastructure, monitoring, and analytics tools, developing community resources, supporting validator onboarding, and promoting adoption through localized content, education, and outreach.
Country of Incorporation: Armenia
Sponsor: GSF
Name of Applying Institution: BitGo
URL to website of Applying Institution: https://www.bitgo.com
Short description of Applying Institution: Custodian
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: We are the most secure and trusted custodian in the world. BitGo has the second largest staking pool in the world after LiDo.
How did you hear about us?: Business Partnership; Canton reached out to BitGo
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: Building multisig wallets, trading, staking.
Country of Incorporation: United States
Sponsor: GSF
Name of Applying Institution: Pythagoras Investments
URL to website of Applying Institution: https://pythagoras.investments/
Short description of Applying Institution: hedge fund which has been trading crypto since 2014 and have $ 200 m AUM and 20 full time quants and developers
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: we plan to use Canton Network for projects which need privacy for our institution clients
How did you hear about us?: Ryan Trinkle of Obsedian is our consultant
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: build a project on Canton because of its privacy features
Country of Incorporation: Cayman Islands and BVI
Sponsor: GSF
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