Prime Highlight
- Digital Asset received major strategic backing from BNY, iCapital, Nasdaq, and S&P Global, signaling rising institutional confidence in its Canton Network.
- The investment supports the shift toward an “AllFi” future, where traditional and decentralized finance operate together on a unified, privacy-enabled infrastructure.
Key Facts
- The Canton Network already supports over $6 trillionin on-chain assets and involves more than 600 global institutions.
- It is the only public, permissionless Layer-1 blockchain designed with configurable privacy, regulatory compliance, and real-world asset scalability.
Background
Digital Asset, the company behind the Canton Network and a leader in privacy-enabled blockchain technology, has received strategic investment from BNY, iCapital, Nasdaq, and S&P Global. The new backing reflects the rapid shift of global markets toward an “AllFi” future, where traditional finance and decentralized finance work together on a unified digital infrastructure.
The investment adds to Digital Asset’s growing momentum following recent funding achievements. It also shows the strong institutional confidence behind the Canton Network, which is currently the only public, permissionless Layer-1 blockchain built with configurable privacy, regulatory compliance, and the capacity to support large-scale real-world assets. Today, the network underpins over $6 trillion worth of on-chain assets and includes participation from more than 600 institutions across both TradFi and DeFi.
The four new partners come from key areas of global finance, including asset servicing, wealth management, market infrastructure, financial data, and digital asset technology. Their involvement strengthens Canton’s role in the next phase of market infrastructure, where decentralization must work together with privacy, legal certainty, and strict compliance.
Digital Asset CEO Yuval Rooz said institutions now recognize the need for blockchain systems built specifically for regulated markets. He added that the new investment marks an important step in building interoperable, privacy-enabled markets on a global scale.
Leaders from BNY, iCapital, Nasdaq, and S&P Global agreed and stressed the need to modernize financial systems. They suggested improving real-time settlement, tokenizing alternative investments, updating post-trade processes, increasing transparency, and strengthening risk management.
Canton Network is expanding into bonds, stocks, money market funds, commodities, repos, mortgages, and insurance products. With more support from institutions, the network aims to change how real-world assets are moved and settled on-chain.
