Validator Operators Approved: BlockPI Network, Tothemoon, Atlas Digital Labs, Meteor Lab pte ltd, Zenith Network, Assemble Asia, Validora, Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, Edel Limited, Maze2 SA, TradeTogether, Allsafe.uno, Term Labs, Devriesmod, EpochNode, Nodefleet, AllTimeHigh, ValidatorVN, MS Pay, ProValik, Crouton Digital, OriginStake, Openspace Capital (Ocular Fund), SDAX (Singapore Digital Asset Exchange), StakeUp, Hecto, FTP, luqui10, Tally.xyz, Perfect-nodes, Five Labs
Total approvals in this batch: 31
Congratulations on having your validator approved! We're very excited to have you spin up your validator node and join us online. 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 very large queue for deploying to MainNet, please wait for an allocation.
- This approval does not award any allocation for MainNet.
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High-Level Steps:
- Spin up your node on DevNet
- Share the fixed IP you'd like whitelisted on DevNet for your Validator node with your SV sponsor
- Request a DevNet onboarding secret - via API call (curl)
- Spin up your node on TestNet
- Share your fixed IP you'd like whitelisted on TestNst for your Validator node with your SV sponsor
- (Large waitlist) Spin up your node on MainNet
- Reach out directly to your SV sponsor to request a MainNet onboarding secret after you have an allocation
Socials:
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Name of Applying Institution: BlockPI Network
URL to website of Applying Institution: blockpi.io
Short description of Applying Institution: BlockPI is the top 1 infra provider in APAC. Started its validator business in 2017, BlockPI has 8 years of infra running experience and currently provides enterprise-level infra services including validator service, RPC service, dedicated node service, etc across 60+ networks. Partnering with over 300 well-known projects and developers communities in this industry, BlockPI works directly with more than 10 public blockchains as their official partner and serve millions of public users as well as over 50,000 registered users with high-performance infra services.
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.: BlockPI is among the most experienced node operators in this industry. We started our validator business since 2017, and has kept a perfect operating history for the last 8 years. Also, BlockPI has a huge user base and developer community, which all can be brought to the Canton ecosystem to facilitate Canton's further growth.
Sponsor: N/A
How did you hear about us?: One of your investors invite us to run a validator node and build on Canton
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: We will build our enterprise-level RPC nodes on Canton and serve all Canton users. More importantly, we will bring in a lot of outstanding developers from our community and well-known projects who are our existing partners to the Foundation. Last, APAC is our biggest market and we have a huge user base in APAC, we will help to promote Canton in APAC.
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Name of Applying Institution: Tothemoon
URL to website of Applying Institution: https://tothemoon.com
Short description of Applying Institution: We are a technology-driven crypto asset service provider building a global ecosystem for trading, custody, and staking of digital assets for both retail and institutional clients. Our platform combines cutting-edge infrastructure with a strong commitment to reliability, compliance, and innovation.
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 a regulated crypto asset exchange operating since 2017, with extensive experience in managing secure and high-performance blockchain infrastructure. We run our own validator and full nodes across several networks, including Solana, Polkadot, TON, and others, demonstrating our strong technical and operational capabilities.
Running our own Canton validators will allow us to align node security policies with our custody architecture, ensure low-latency operations for our clients, and maintain compliance across jurisdictions. By operating our own validators instead of relying on third-party operators, we can uphold our standards for security, transparency, and operational integrity while contributing our experience and infrastructure to strengthen the network’s stability and decentralization."
Sponsor: N/A
How did you hear about us?: Through industry partners and professional connections.
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: We plan to integrate Canton-issued assets into our trading and custody products, providing liquidity and staking options for users. Additionally, Tothemoon will develop developer tooling, and onboard new projects to the network, reinforcing Canton’s aim to bridge traditional finance and decentralized finance.
Country of Incorporation: Lithuania────────────
Name of Applying Institution: Atlas Digital Labs
URL to website of Applying Institution: https://atlasdigitallabs.com
Short description of Applying Institution: We are a blockchain infrastructure and digital asset research firm focused on institutional-grade Web3 networks and real-world asset tokenization.
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.: Our team has deep experience running secure validator and node infrastructure across multiple institutional-grade networks. We prefer to operate our own validator to ensure maximum control, compliance alignment, and uptime performance within the Canton ecosystem.
Sponsor: n/a
How did you hear about us?: Through industry partners and community updates from Digital Asset
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: We plan to support the network through validator infrastructure, technical feedback during test phases, and collaboration on RWA-focused use cases and institutional integrations.
Country of Incorporation: Switzerland────────────
Name of Applying Institution: Meteor Lab pte ltd
URL to website of Applying Institution: https://meteorwallet.app/
Short description of Applying Institution: Leading non-custodial wallet on NEAR with more than 20k DAU
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 run a validator on Near Protocol with close to 100% uptime and more than 28k unique delegator.
Sponsor: N/A
How did you hear about us?: introduction through Teagon
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: We are exploring potential to build a wallet on Canton with focuses on niche such as pre-ipo companies index
Country of Incorporation: Singapore────────────
Name of Applying Institution: Zenith Network
URL to website of Applying Institution: www.zenith.network
Short description of Applying Institution: Zenith is a MiCA-compliant, RISC-V-based protocol for deploying Canton Virtual Blockchains (VBs). Virtual Blockchains are fully programmable blockchain environments deployed on Zenith as RISC-V programs, executed in RISC Zero’s zkVM, R0VM, and settled to Canton. Virtual Blockchains enable different runtime environments to run off-chain, with cryptographic proofs ensuring the correctness of state transitions and execution. In the case of an EVM-based VB, by compiling Reth to run within the R0VM, we achieve full compatibility with standard Ethereum tooling (e.g., Solidity, Hardhat, Remix, Metamask), while moving execution off-chain and still maintaining trustless security guarantees through ZK proofs.
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.: "Zenith extends Canton with a multi-VM execution environment, enabling participants to run different runtimes (EVM, SVM, MoveVM, etc.) inside Virtual Blockchains (VBs) that are directly interoperable with Canton subnets. Transactions initiated on Canton can span both Canton and VBs, triggering actions in the VB runtime with atomic transaction confirmations and subsequent ZKP-based settlement and finality.We would ideally have at least one node per major VB that scales across our ecosystem. We have half a dozen pilots currently, and will use our own node for testing purposes with the core Zenith Protocol."
Sponsor: DA
How did you hear about us?: A story for another day, over a beer, about events across 2015.
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: Zenith’s solution—encompassing the multi-VM runtime, composability, trust-minimized execution and settlement, ecosystem expansion, off-chain parallelization, and horizontal sharding—aims to further strengthen Canton Network’s position as a powerful "network of networks.”
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Name of Applying Institution: Assemble Asia
URL to website of Applying Institution: https://www.assemble-asia.com/
Short description of Applying Institution: Assemble Asia is an institutional multi cycle Digital Asset Treasury fund bridging Korea’s regulated digital markets with Cayman fund infrastructure, offering longterm exposure to the next wave of digital asset growth. With support from Randi Zuckerberg (former CMO of Meta) and a cross sector team from UPbit, Bithumb, Samsung, Bain, Bitmain, and public sector regulators (SEC, KFSS, KFSC, and Korea’s Ministry of Finance), we are launching a curated basket/index through in kind commitments of BTC, ETH, or leading altcoins into a Cayman master fund. Passive yield generation within the DAT compounds through US PubCo’s PPS spread, allowing long term holders to retain their tokens while turning idle holdings into active institutional capital. Investors receive US pubco shares representing ownership in the Korean DAT vehicle, managed by the fund under an institutional structure. The result is a capital efficient, yield accretive structure that bridges the advantages of private fund performance with public market liquidity.
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.: Assemble Asia plans to hold several hundred million in $CC token. As such, we will be looking to use our node to host apps to further our rewards, specifically through our licensed VASP entity (1 of 27) in Korea to buy, borrow, lend, borrow, stake, and model structured products for the $CC token.
Sponsor: DA
How did you hear about us?: Who hasn't heard of Canton?
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: DAT based treasury strategy to improve circulating supply dynamics, node infrastructure to host apps, invest into further ecosystem plays.
Country of Incorporation: Cayman Islands────────────
Name of Applying Institution: Perfect-nodes
URL to website of Applying Institution: https://perfect-nodes.com
Short description of Applying Institution: We are a professional validator and node-infrastructure team operating as Perfect-nodes. We run high-availability validators, public RPC/API, IBC relayers, and daily snapshot services across multiple networks. Our stack includes geo-redundant servers, strict security hardening, automated backups, 24/7 monitoring and alerting, and tested upgrade/rollback playbooks. We contribute dashboards, tooling, and documentation, and we commit to SLAs on uptime, incident response, and transparent operations.
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 already run validators and public infra and have the people and tooling to keep them healthy—monitoring, backups, failover, and practiced upgrades.
Sponsor: N/A
How did you hear about us?: Twitter
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: We’re ready to support the ecosystem with marketing initiatives, actionable analytics/monitoring, and high-availability infrastructure.
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Name of Applying Institution: Validora
URL to website of Applying Institution: http://validora.net/
Short description of Applying Institution: We are a blockchain infrastructure company specializing in validator operations, network security, and protocol reliability. We focus on maintaining high uptime, transparent governance participation, and secure infrastructure management to support decentralized ecosystems.
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’ve been securing blockchain networks since 2021, operating high-performance validator nodes on Solana, NEAR, and The Graph with 99.9% uptime. Managing our own infrastructure ensures data accuracy, low latency, and full control over security. We prefer to validate directly to contribute to decentralization, network integrity, and ecosystem growth.
Sponsor: N/A
How did you hear about us?: We've hear about you from other professional validators, when interacted with broad validator community
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: We plan to actively support the Canton ecosystem by providing technical infrastructure insights and promoting validator best practices. Additionally, we aim to contribute by build tooling that improves network transparency, and help foster wider adoption of Canton-based applications.
Country of Incorporation: Ukraine, but currently located across Europe (Slovakia, Portugal, Albania────────────
Name of Applying Institution: Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange
URL to website of Applying Institution: www.adx.ae
Short description of Applying Institution: We are the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange located in Abu Dhabi, UAE. We are the biggest exchange in the country and the second biggest in the GCC region. We provide trading and post trade services to insititutions in the UAE and in the region. We mainly deal with Stocks, Bonds and ETFs and wish to explore the tokenization path of these securities
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 looking at options on various operators at the moment and we will be taking up the Node as a service option . We are already in talks with DfnS and Taurus for the same as well as some other operators like blackdaemon and luganode to name a few
Sponsor: Digital Asset
How did you hear about us?: The Canton network
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: We will build applications and introduce projects and devleopers to the foundation
Country of Incorporation: United Arab Emirates────────────
Name of Applying Institution: Five Labs
URL to website of Applying Institution: fivelabs.xyz
Short description of Applying Institution: FiveLabs is a blockchain boutique research & infrastructure provider.
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 solid 4+ years experience running multiple validator nodes for various networks. We want to add India based node to the network to extend decentralisation.
Sponsor: N/A
How did you hear about us?: X.com
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: We can do boutique research, build dashboards, tooling, and we are also incubating a RWA DApp which we could introduce to Canton.
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Name of Applying Institution: Edel Limited
URL to website of Applying Institution: https://edel.finance
Short description of Applying Institution: Borrow and lending platform for publicly tradable tokenized equities.
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.: Our parent company has deep experience in operating validators on EVM, Bittensor, Movement, Polymesh, and Peaq. We are building upon our EVM based borrowing and lending of tokenized equities.
Sponsor: N/A
How did you hear about us?: Parent Company (Saxon Limited)
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: We plan to expand our borrow/lending market on canton.
Country of Incorporation: British Virgin Islands────────────
Name of Applying Institution: Maze2 SA
URL to website of Applying Institution: Maze2.ch
Short description of Applying Institution: a web3 tech company, with strong knowledge in web2, devops, backend, frontend, full stack. We ran miners on bitcoin, validators on most large POS networks, and most recently on eigenlayer.
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 a strong knowledge in devops and web3. We believe that more decentralization of validators is better for the canton network.
Sponsor: N/A
How did you hear about us?: Through my business partner who is close to a supervalidator. They now validate the canton network, and suggested that we approach you.
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: Not decided yet.
Country of Incorporation: Switzerland────────────
Name of Applying Institution: TradeTogether
URL to website of Applying Institution: https://tradetogether.com/
Short description of Applying Institution: TradeTogether Pte. Ltd. is a Singapore-based digital asset manager, regulated under the Monetary Authority of Singapore framework. We specialize in Wealthtech solutions and regulated crypto services designed for Accredited Investors, Family Offices, and Institutions. Through our fund umbrella structure, we provide clients with secure custody, transparent risk management, and access to high-quality Web3 investment opportunities such as corporate digital bonds, staking strategies, and structured products. What sets TradeTogether apart is our focus on institutional-grade infrastructure, combining compliance, liquidity, and innovation to bridge traditional wealth management standards with the digital asset ecosystem.
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.: The idea is to expand our Blockchain network outside of Ethereum / Polygon / Solana
Sponsor: N/A
How did you hear about us?: With our network and Investors
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: Build application and bring capital
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Name of Applying Institution: Allsafe.uno
URL to website of Applying Institution: N/A
Short description of Applying Institution: We are a team of professional validators with over 4 years of experience.
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.: "Our participation as a Validator in the Canton Network is grounded in deep technical expertise and a commitment to the principles of decentralization. With years of experience building and maintaining Web3 infrastructure, we specialize in secure node operations, blockchain protocol development, and distributed systems engineering.Our team has successfully deployed and managed validators across a range of networks, consistently achieving high uptime, data integrity, and operational resilience. By running our own validator, we ensure full control over performance, monitoring, and security, eliminating reliance on third-party intermediaries.
Beyond simply maintaining infrastructure, we actively contribute to the growth and sustainability of the Canton ecosystem—enhancing reliability, transparency, and governance participation. Our mission is to help strengthen the network’s foundation while setting new standards for accountability and technical excellence within the decentralized infrastructure landscape."
Sponsor: N/A
How did you hear about us?: x.com
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: We aim to actively strengthen the Canton ecosystem by connecting it with developers, innovators, and projects while also building native applications on top of Canton itself. Leveraging our extensive experience development and blockchain infrastructure, we plan to create forward-thinking tools, integrations, and real-world use cases that showcase the full potential of the network. Our contribution goes beyond technical integration — we are dedicated to cultivating a thriving and collaborative developer community. Through education, open-source initiatives, and hands-on support, we want to accelerate adoption, inspire innovation, and position Canton as a foundational layer for the next generation of interoperable, enterprise-grade blockchain solutions.
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Name of Applying Institution: Term Labs
URL to website of Applying Institution: Term.finance
Short description of Applying Institution: Defi lending protocol focused on fixed rate, fixed term loan
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.: Our team has built and run critical infrastructure for large firms like Bloomberg and web3 businesses.
Sponsor: N/a
How did you hear about us?: Bitsafe suggested we apply and deploy Term’s lending protocol
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: Build lending applications and vaults
Country of Incorporation: BVI────────────
Name of Applying Institution: Devriesmod
URL to website of Applying Institution:
Short description of Applying Institution: We are a technology company focused on blockchain infrastructure and node validation services, supporting decentralized networks through reliable uptime and secure operations.
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.: "At Devriesmod, we have hands-on experience operating blockchain validator and RPC nodes across multiple networks. Our infrastructure is designed for high availability, security, and compliance with best practices in decentralized operations.
We prefer to operate our own validator within the Canton Network to maintain full control over configuration, monitoring, and security standards. Running our own infrastructure also allows us to directly contribute to the reliability, diversity, and decentralization of the network."
Sponsor: N/A
How did you hear about us?: From community updates and official announcements.
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: Devriesmod plans to contribute to the Canton ecosystem by maintaining a reliable validator infrastructure and supporting network decentralization. In addition, we aim to collaborate with developers and projects exploring enterprise blockchain use cases, sharing technical feedback and helping expand the ecosystem through research and participation in community initiatives.
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Name of Applying Institution: EpochNode
URL to website of Applying Institution:
Short description of Applying Institution: We are a validator that runs a Solana node and various Cosmos projects.
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 love setting up and maintaining nodes ourselves. It's part of our life, and we do it with love and great responsibility.
Sponsor: N/A
How did you hear about us?: I learned from my friends
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: I would like to launch my own app, but I am also willing to help others in this endeavor. And of course, be a validator
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Name of Applying Institution: Nodefleet
URL to website of Applying Institution: https://nodefleet.org/
Short description of Applying Institution: Nodefleet.org it's a specialized web3 RPC / staking and infrastructure/development company were we currently run around 50+ Blockchain nodes and processing around 500m+ request per day supporting 3 main geographic regions for main deping projects and private exchanges, foundations, games and dapps. We currently support a big number of traffic for POKT, LAVA, DRCP, DIN (INFURA) and have currently active grants were we are supporting ecosystem infrastructure and critical development such as archive nodes, faucets, NFT marketplace and snapshot system for story protocol, PASG network, pokt.work. Our staking service has 8m+ usd in TVL across eth, pokt, lava, SQD among others Currently building the Web3 AI and infrastructure Gateway.
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 managed around 50+ blockchain nodes and currently managing 8m USD in TVL value across 5 different chains.
Sponsor: NA
How did you hear about us?: By ethen and beezy
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: By offering infrastructure services Archive nodes on tesntet/ public snapshots, faucets and explorer/analytics dashboard development
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Name of Applying Institution: AllTimeHigh
URL to website of Applying Institution: https://vagif.pro
Short description of Applying Institution: We are an independent validator and infrastructure provider focused on decentralized ecosystems, operating validator nodes and Relayers across AI and DeFi 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.: I have extensive experience operating validator nodes in decentralized networks such as Bittensor-based subnets, Cosmos, EVM, and Solana. I manage secure Linux infrastructure, maintain 24/7 uptime monitoring, and contribute to ecosystem education and documentation. I prefer to run a dedicated validator to ensure transparency, data reliability, and independent participation in the Canton Network.
Sponsor: N/A
How did you hear about us?: Through validator community discussions on X (Twitter) and Discord, and the Canton Network documentation
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: I plan to contribute by raising community awareness and developing educational materials for new validators. I also have a Telegram channel with an engaged community and strong reach, where I will promote educational content related to the project. Additionally, I have a YouTube channel, where I will publish videos dedicated to the Canton project. I look forward to the opportunity to serve as a validator and contribute actively to the ecosystem.
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Name of Applying Institution: ValidatorVN
URL to website of Applying Institution: https://validatorvn.com
Short description of Applying Institution: We are a verified staking provider with an AA Rating on https://www.stakingrewards.com/, we have 4-year experience in the industry with participation in over 70 chains and are now validating on +25 chains both mainnet and testnet. We are capable of offering services such as RPC, IBC and related solutions with deep familiarity in the Cosmos SDK, Tendermint, and GETH-based Ethereum stacks.
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.: "ValidatorVN follows a well-defined operational process for upgrades and maintenance to ensure maximum uptime and security (audited by Staking Rewards), our DevOps team, led by engineers with 2–5+ years of experience, is proficient in Linux system administration, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana, Tenderduty), and automated alerting with tools like Alertmanager and Uptime Kuma:Proactive Monitoring: We closely monitor upgrade announcements from project teams via GitHub, Discord, Slack and governance proposals. We run all Cosmos SDK validators under Cosmovisor with auto-download and restart configured. We prepare and test the new binary in advance, ensuring it's placed correctly in the expected upgrade directory.
Monitoring and Alerts: We use Prometheus, Grafana, and custom alerting (via Alertmanager, Uptime Kuma, and Discord/webhook integrations) to monitor node health, sync status, and upgrade success in real-time.
Scheduled Maintenance: Weekly tasks include log rotation, pruning, binary cleanup, disk space monitoring, and security patching. We also audit firewall rules and SSH access regularly.Infrastructure Reliability
ValidatorVN ensures reliable network connectivity and uptime through a combination of robust infrastructure, geographic redundancy, and active monitoring:
Dedicated Bare-Metal Servers: We host our primary nodes on high-performance bare-metal servers with stable bandwidth and low latency, located in trusted data centers such as Worldstream, AWS, Velia, Heztner, OVH.
Sentry Architecture: All validators are protected behind multiple sentry nodes with HSM of Horcrux to prevent direct exposure to the public internet, mitigating risks from DDoS attacks and RPC abuse.
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Sponsor: N/A
How did you hear about us?: Twitter
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: We plan to contribute to the Canton ecosystem by providing reliable, high-performance infrastructure, including RPC services and validator support, to help developers and users interact seamlessly with the network. In addition, we aim to build and maintain an ecosystem page that showcases projects, developers, and tools within Canton—helping to improve visibility, accessibility, and engagement across the ecosystem.
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Name of Applying Institution: MS Pay
URL to website of Applying Institution: https://www.ms-pay.io/
Short description of Applying Institution: we are a global payments firm with multiple licences looking to adopt the use of canton for settlement and further build on the 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 are a global payments firm with multiple licences looking to adopt the use of canton for settlement and further build on the network
Sponsor: James pollock / digital asset
How did you hear about us?: cumberland
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: we plan to use canton to run payments and to further build our tech stack into the canton ecosystem to run our global payments firm across stables
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Name of Applying Institution: ProValik
URL to website of Applying Institution:
Short description of Applying Institution: I’m a private validator that validates networks such as Mina and Solana
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.: "I am an independent validator with experience running nodes in networks such as Mina and Solana. I prefer to operate my own validator to maintain full control over reliability, performance, and security instead of relying on third-party operators.An example of my past validation in the Mina Protocol: https://minascan.io/mainnet/validator/B62qoJuLTSJt6fqkk2N2yntcPKSEb45C8HWKr24Wi7atzCzgeXjg5oN/blocks"
Sponsor: N/A
How did you hear about us?: From Twitter
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: I plan to share my technical knowledge, attract new developers (I have many friends who are developers), and also invest funds in the project 🙂
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Name of Applying Institution: Crouton Digital
URL to website of Applying Institution: https://crouton.digital/
Short description of Applying Institution: Crouton Digital has been active in the blockchain space since [year, e.g., 2017/2021], supporting both testnet and mainnet operations. 2017 as service provider (crypto-fiat operations with EU license, 2021 as a node operator) We participated in more than 150 testnets since then and gained trust as a genesis validator with foundation delegations in multiple projects. So we can say that we have huge experience in different ecosystems as a node operator, we are one of the biggest relayers in the Cosmos ecosystem and we provide web services and endpoints for all projects where we are involved. Also we provide NaaS, and private + public RPCs. Our mission is to assist projects in their early stages with our expertise and infrastructure, located in unique geolocations, helping them achieve their goals. In the long run, we aim to build long-term partnerships with projects as a reliable operator. Currently we support 40+ networks as a node operator. We managed to obtain a VSP certificate (verified staking provider) with highest possible grade AAA from https://www.stakingrewards.com showcasing our excellence in uptime and security. (that proves our track record in uptime, security, and professionalism) Also we have an EU VASP license. You can ask for personal recommendation about our team from 0G (zero gravity), Sahara AI, Somnia, GenLayer, Namada, Penumbra, Celestia, Story Protocol, Cosmos Hub (Hypha team, p-ops ), Akash, Coreum.
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.: "Crouton Digital is a trusted European-based validator and infrastructure provider with over five years of experience supporting 40+ mainnet networks. We have a proven track record of uptime, performance, and security, and have successfully participated in numerous testnets and mainnets across multiple ecosystems. Our team operates bare-metal servers in unique geolocations, ensuring decentralization, redundancy, and network resilience. We also provide dedicated RPC services, explorers, dashboards, and tooling to support projects’ infrastructure and community needs.
We work directly with project foundations, striving to fulfill their needs both technically and socially, including supporting their in-person events during conferences as co-sponsors. We are audited by third parties and have received the highest possible AAA grade for performance and security. Additionally, we maintain strong relationships with several VCs and KOLs, including Coin Metrika, Contribution Capital, Ledger, Wintermute, and Rakkar.
Combined, these factors make us confident that we would be a valuable addition to the Canton Network as a node operator and partner, helping you achieve your goals efficiently and reliably.
Why we prefer to operate directly:
Operating the validator ourselves allows us to maintain full control over performance, security, and reliability, ensuring consistent service to the network. This also enables direct collaboration with the Canton team, faster implementation of upgrades, and proactive contributions to the ecosystem. Working directly allows us to leverage our expertise and infrastructure fully (unique geolocation and high-throughput infra) , rather than relying on third-party operators where communication, responsiveness, and customization may be limited."
Sponsor: N/A
How did you hear about us?: During KBW conference and also from dedicated community channels.
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: Infrastructure Support: Operate reliable validator nodes and provide dedicated RPC services (public or private, with high throughput), snapshots, and archival nodes to ensure network stability and performance. Our infrastructure is hosted in a unique geolocation (Latvia), and all our servers are bare-metal. Ecosystem Tools: Build monitoring dashboards (example available), integrate the Canton network into our universal explorers(https://explorer.dev.crouton.digital/), and contribute to code improvements and other technical enhancements. Community Engagement: Create technical blog posts and guides (https://crouton.digital/services/mainnets/storyprotocol), and support the network during in-person events as a co-sponsor, drawing from our previous experience at KBW (co-sponsored Story Protocol Origin summit, and Sahara AI Connect Party). Partnerships & Collaborations:As a well-known company in crypto space we can leverage our large database of clients and contacts—including other project foundations, core developers, whales, and VCs—to identify potential collaborations and strategic partnerships.
Country of Incorporation: Latvia────────────
Name of Applying Institution: OriginStake
URL to website of Applying Institution: https://originstake.com
Short description of Applying Institution: OriginStake is a professional blockchain validator and infrastructure provider operating since 2021, managing over $100M in delegated assets across major PoS networks including Story Protocol, Namada, Casper, Celestia, Near, 0G, Monad, and others. We specialize in high-availability validator infrastructure, multi-region RPC endpoints, and security-driven DevOps systems, consistently ranked AA+ by StakingRewards for reliability, governance, and sustainability.
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.: "OriginStake maintains one of the most experienced validator infrastructures in the industry, combining deep DevOps expertise, multi-region redundancy, and proven reliability across 10+ blockchain networks.
Our team manages 24/7 uptime, automated monitoring, and secure upgrade workflows for mission-critical nodes.
We prefer to operate our own validator because direct participation ensures accountability, transparency, and faster contribution cycles to network stability.
Our in house infrastructure is specifically designed for compliance, scalability, and operational resilience, making us well-positioned to independently support the Canton validator layer."
Sponsor: N/A
How did you hear about us?: We heard about the Canton Network from validator communities and peer operators while exploring networks that emphasize privacy and secure interoperability.
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: We plan to contribute by: operating high-reliability validator nodes with redundant global infrastructure; providing monitoring, analytics, and DevOps tooling for Canton validators; building dashboards and RPC endpoints to support ecosystem transparency; onboarding developers and enterprises into the network through community initiatives; and collaborating with the Foundation on testing, feedback, and network upgrades.
Country of Incorporation: Vietnam────────────
Name of Applying Institution: Openspace Capital (Ocular Fund)
URL to website of Applying Institution: https://www.openspacecapital.com/ ; https://www.ocular.vc/
Short description of Applying Institution: Openspace Capital is investing in Southeast Asia with Active Intelligence. We are a multi-strategy asset manager with a long-established specialist focus on our region. Since 2014, our platform has expanded from Early Stage to Growth Stage, Web3 (Ocular), Credit (Onyx) and Listed Growth (Orbit) investment strategies. Our local teams are based across our 6 regional offices and bring investment and specialist expertise to our portfolio companies, including some of Southeast Asia’s largest venture-backed companies.
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 believe we are well-qualified to operate Canton Network validator nodes due to our robust blend of technical expertise, financial industry experience, and regional presence. As a leading Southeast Asia-focused asset manager with a dedicated crypto fund, we have been active in the blockchain space since 2014 with 50+ investments, giving us a wide network bridging crypto innovation with real-world finance. We also have a deep understanding of the Southeast Asian fintech landscape and strong relationships with regional institutions and corporates – this TradFi background ensures we can uphold the network’s regulatory and security standards."
Sponsor: NA
How did you hear about us?: Melvis (Head of Ecosystem at Canton)
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: we plan to leverage our resources and community to add substantial value. We will actively introduce and onboard promising developers, startups, and projects from our portfolio to build on Canton, effectively creating synergies between traditional finance use-cases and Canton’s network. For example, we can encourage projects in areas like digital asset tokenization, on-chain financing, or stablecoin payment solutions (where our region leads in adoption) to utilize Canton’s privacy-preserving, interoperable ledger. Additionally, as long-term investors, we are prepared to incubate and even invest in applications that expand the Canton Network’s utility. By being hands-on validators and community advocates, we aim to help grow Canton’s presence in Southeast Asia’s financial markets, foster innovation on the platform, and collaborate closely with the Canton Foundation to ensure the network’s ongoing success.
Country of Incorporation: Singapore────────────
Name of Applying Institution: SDAX (Singapore Digital Asset Exchange)
URL to website of Applying Institution: https://www.sdax.co/
Short description of Applying Institution: regulated financial technology based in Singapore. We tokenized different investments to our users. Currently we running our own node in Besu
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.: "1. Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)-licensed with institutional-grade infrastructure, reflecting SDAX’s commitment to rigorous operational and compliance standards.
2. Infrastructure compliant with MAS TRM and ISO-27001 standards.
3. Proven experience running permissioned blockchain networks on Hyperledger Besu,
4. Capable of maintaining node uptime, log observability, and event reliability with SRE-grade practices.
5. Continuous vulnerability scanning and SOC2-aligned audit trails.
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Sponsor: Digital Asset;
How did you hear about us?: Digital Asset
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: Exploring different way to contribute e.g running Canton community for institutions in Singapore OR building app in Canton
Country of Incorporation: Singapore────────────
Name of Applying Institution: StakeUp
URL to website of Applying Institution: https://stakeup.tech
Short description of Applying Institution: StakeUp is a staking provider with more than four years of experience, starting in 2021. Our validator is active in over 50 different 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 operate as validators and node infrastructure providers across many networks. Our setup ensures security, timely upgrades, backups, and 24/7 monitoring. We want to run Canton ourselves to keep full control, maintain security, and be an active part of the network.
Sponsor: N/A
How did you hear about us?: Twitter, other validators.
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: We’ll contribute with reliable operations—stability, security, and timely updates. We can also provide supporting tools and content: dashboards, bots, guides, and community info/support.
Country of Incorporation: Ukraine────────────
Name of Applying Institution: Hecto
URL to website of Applying Institution: https://hecto.finance
Short description of Applying Institution: Hecto is building the first tradable index of pre-IPO companies on the blockchain (SpaceX, OpenAI etc). RWA use case on Canton, backed by physical share holdings in the underlying companies. Leverages super app CC rewards to create a liquidity flywheel for the index.
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 believe we qualify to operate a Validator in the Canton Network because our team combines deep technical expertise in blockchain infrastructure with a long track record of active participation in early-stage networks and ecosystem development.Since 2017, we have operated and maintained validator and node infrastructure across multiple leading networks, including EigenLayer, Solana, Namada, Axelar, Mina, and others. Our operations follow strict DevOps procedures, real-time monitoring, and security standards to ensure maximum uptime and reliability.
We prefer to run our own Validator rather than delegate this to an external operator because we want to contribute directly to the Canton ecosystem, both technically and strategically."
Sponsor: n/a
How did you hear about us?: Ultan Miller (Saxon) & Igor Gusarov
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: Through our project Hecto, we plan to contribute to the Canton ecosystem by building one of its flagship real-world asset (RWA) applications — a tokenized index of pre-IPO companies. Hecto will demonstrate Canton’s institutional-grade capabilities in compliance, privacy, and asset tokenization, while driving adoption among both retail and institutional investors. In addition, our model directly supports the Canton token economy: we will redirect our CC rewards into liquidity pools instead of selling them, creating organic demand for CC and strengthening network stability.
Country of Incorporation: The United States of America────────────
Name of Applying Institution: FTP
URL to website of Applying Institution: https://ftptech.xyz
Short description of Applying Institution: We are a team of validators/tech ambassadors, providing reliable infrastructure to support and scale web3 startups effectively, along with building essential tools tailored for their communities
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.: "Because we not only provide high reliability (99.8%+ avg uptime) and responsiveness - but also support projects' ecosystem by tech contributions, our community education, social contributions, etc.
We also have rich tech web3 experience since the end of 2021 and were selected in the active sets of such successful startups as: Monad, Story Protocol, Espresso, Celestia, etc "
Sponsor: N/A
How did you hear about us?: Twitter
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: Yes, that exactly what I did in Monad, built 4 onchain apps, 1 of them went viral for 40k users, and introduced a decent game studio of my friends to their eco. So the plan for Canton is to first of all join the testnet active set and see what the lack, e.g monitoring tools, snapshots, guides, etc. Second thing is get familiar with the eco, catch the vibe and try building a useful app to bring new users onchain
Country of Incorporation: Poland────────────
Name of Applying Institution: luqui10
URL to website of Applying Institution: https://luqui10.com/
Short description of Applying Institution: company who not only protect your digital assets, but also help them prosper in the digital world
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 would like to help develop the Canton ecosystem in South America and have a good network in the region. We have experience of running secure node infrastructure at scale and running our own validator allows us to focus on security, latency and tooling for optimal results.
Sponsor: N/A
How did you hear about us?: One of our consultants wrote a report about RWA and Canton was included within it
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: We will help Canton grow in South America by onboarding developers and ecosystem contributors and by outreach within our local networks. We will also work on the localization of applications into Portuguese Our goal is to be a long-term contributor to Canton and to also help our trusted partners become part of the innovation which is the global synchronizer.
Country of Incorporation: Brazil────────────
Name of Applying Institution: Tally.xyz
URL to website of Applying Institution: Tally.xyz
Short description of Applying Institution: We are the primary infrastructure provider for governance in the EVM ecosystem. We power teams like Uniswap DAO, Arbitrum, ZKsync, Wormhole and many others.
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.: When we consider expanding into new ecosystems we want to understand the technology as deeply as possible.
Sponsor: N/a
How did you hear about us?: Our investors
How do you plan to further contribute to the Canton ecosystem?: We would build applications ideally around the operation and governance for tokenized protocols.
Country of Incorporation: United States (Delaware)