Canton Network Creator Snags Strategic Investment from Wall Street Giants

Finance Share Share this article Copy link X icon X (Twitter) LinkedIn Facebook Email Canton Network Creator Snags Strategic Investment from Wall Street Giants BNY, Nasdaq, iCapital and S&P Global invested in Digital Assets, powering blockchain infrastructure for tokenized real-world assets. By Krisztian Sandor | Edited by Aoyon Ashraf Dec 4, 2025, 9:12 p.m. Digital Asset CEO Yuval Rooz (Digital Asset, modified by CoinDesk) What to know : Digital Asset, the blockchain firm behind Canton Network, received strategic backing from BNY, Nasdaq, iCapital and S&P Global. The investment signals growing demand for regulated, interoperable blockchain infrastructure among legacy financial firms. The Canton Network now supports over $6 trillion in onchain assets across 600 institutions. Digital Asset, the blockchain firm behind the Canton Network (CC), said Thursday that it has secured strategic investments from four major traditional financial players, as Wall Street's crypto embrace continues. The investors in this round were BNY, a financial services firm overseeing $57 trillion in client assets, exchange operator Nasdaq, financial intelligence firm S&P Global and iCapital, a fintech firm backed by BlackRock, Blackstone and JP Morgan. The company did not disclose the size of the investment in the press release. STORY CONTINUES BELOW Don't miss another story. Subscribe to the Crypto Daybook Americas Newsletter today . See all newsletters Sign me up By signing up, you will receive emails about CoinDesk products and you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy . The investment underscores the growing support of legacy financial firms for blockchain infrastructure built specifically for regulated markets. The Canton Network was designed to enable institutions to issue and trade tokenized real-world assets, such as bonds, loans, and funds, on a shared ledger while maintaining privacy and compliance with legal requirements. It combines features of public blockchains, such as decentralization, with the safeguards required by traditional finance. “Institutions across the financial ecosystem recognize the necessity of blockchain infrastructure purpose-built for regulated markets," Yuval Rooz, CEO of Digital Asset, said in a statement. " The latest investment comes on the heels of Digital Asset's $135 million funding round in June, which was led by major firms including BNP Paribas, TradeWeb, Goldman Sachs, DRW, and Citadel Securities. Canton currently boasts $6 trillion of assets onchain with over 600 institutions participating across the ecosystem, the firm said. Read more: Canton Network Activity Surges as Exchanges Join Validators: Copper Research Digital Asset Nasdaq BNY Mellon S&P More For You Protocol Research: GoPlus Security By CoinDesk Research Nov 14, 2025 Commissioned by GoPlus What to know : As of October 2025, GoPlus has generated $4.7M in total revenue across its product lines. 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