What is Canton?
A privacy-enabled blockchain for institutional finance — tokenized assets, atomic settlement, and DAML smart contracts. Backed by DTCC, Goldman Sachs, Broadridge, and 45+ Super Validators.
Learn Canton Network
Independent, unofficial educational hub for Canton Network, DAML smart contracts, and the institutional blockchain ecosystem — open source and maintained by the community. Some materials are aggregated or refreshed using editor-assisted workflows, including AI agents and automation, which may introduce errors or omissions. Always verify against official documentation.
Bitcoin (BTC) --
Canton Coin (CC) --
CC / BTC -- sats / CC
Implied from CoinGecko USD prices — not an on-chain pair.
Implied sats per CC (USD cross) Pre-rendered at each site build from CoinGecko (longest available range vs BTC USD) · EMA-smoothed curve · markers: Raw high / Raw low (unsmoothed implied series) and latest data (series end, build-time; label right-aligned on chart). Live BTC/CC row above refreshes in the browser.
Chart SVG is generated at build time. Run `npm run chart:build` locally, or `npm run build`, then refresh.
Who is this for?
Developers, researchers, and teams who want a structured entry point into Canton before reading primary sources.
Governance via CIPs
Canton evolves through Canton Improvement Proposals (CIPs) — covering tokenomics, Super Validator onboarding, standards, and protocol upgrades.
Active community
98,000+ Discord members, ongoing governance votes, and a Protocol Development Fund open to external builders.
Latest updates
View all news →Digital Asset raises $355M to scale Canton Network infrastructure
PRNewswire (June 11, 2026): Digital Asset (DA), creator of Canton, closed a $355 million funding round led by a16z crypto—with participants including Citadel Securities, HSBC, BNP Paribas, Broadridge, Apollo Funds, CME Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Hanwha Investment & Securities, Tradeweb, S&P Global, Polychain, and others. DA plans to expand Canton ecosystem offerings, deepen developer and institutional engagement, and support tokenization, collateral mobility, settlement, and regulated workflows. CEO Yuval Rooz and a16z crypto GP Ali Yahya are quoted; FT Partners advised on the transaction.
Grayscale files spot Canton Coin ETF (Form S-1 with SEC)
Grayscale Investments filed a preliminary Form S-1 (June 5, 2026) for a spot ETF holding Canton Coin (CC) directly—the trust would track CC via an index price, with BitGo as custodian. The filing is not yet effective (no ticker or fee disclosed) and notes concentration risk: the 100 largest CC wallets held ~89% of circulating supply per the prospectus. Verify status on SEC EDGAR before treating as a tradable product.
Mastercard adds Canton to multi-chain stablecoin settlement options
Mastercard announced expanded settlement capabilities—including intraday, weekend, and holiday card settlement using regulated stablecoins (USDC, PYUSD, RLUSD, and others) across supported networks including Canton, Ethereum, Solana, Base, Arbitrum, Polygon, Tempo, and XRPL. Official press release dated June 3, 2026; Canton Network also amplified the institutional 24/7 settlement framing on social channels.
Daily automated refresh
Each day at 20:00 China Standard Time (GMT+8), GitHub Actions runs a full build and deploy (runs may start up to about an hour later). Build-time refreshes below; narrative pages still follow the repo until you edit them or run the Cursor Skill.
- Home: implied sats/CC chart (CoinGecko → static SVG) and live price row logic in the browser
- CIPs: “hot topics” list from the public cip-discuss feed (Jina reader; optional Groups.io API key)
- News: “Last updated” timestamp from the build clock
- Site-wide: every static HTML route is regenerated on deploy
Help maintain this site
This site is open source and includes a Cursor AI Skill that auto-scans for Canton updates. Clone the repo, open in Cursor, and ask the Agent to refresh content — or edit manually and open a PR.
GitHub repo ↗Install the Skill (run in terminal):
git clone https://github.com/HashClawAI/canton-edu.git && cd canton-edu && npm install Then open the canton-edu folder in Cursor — the Skill at .cursor/skills/ is auto-detected.
Example commands for the Cursor Agent:
Scan for Canton updates and refresh the siteAdd recent Canton news to the News pageCheck for new CIPs and update the CIPs pageFind new Canton ecosystem projects and add them Or edit manually:
Fork → edit src/i18n/translations.ts (EN + ZH) → npm run build → open a PR