In a bold bet on blockchain’s role in reshaping global finance, Digital Asset has locked in $135 million in strategic VC funding to supercharge the adoption of its flagship Canton Network, a next-gen Layer-1 blockchain built to bridge the gap between institutional security and decentralized innovation.
Announced Tuesday, the funding round is not just a financial boost — it’s a validation from both Wall Street and the crypto world that Canton’s model of privacy-enhanced, compliance-ready blockchain may be the long-awaited solution for mainstream asset integration on-chain.
Canton Network: A Collision of Transparency and Confidentiality
Built and operated by Digital Asset, the Canton Network stands apart from conventional blockchains by providing configurable privacy and institutional-grade compliance at scale — an industry first for a public, permissionless Layer-1 network. Often cited as the Achilles’ heel of blockchain adoption in finance, the tension between openness and secrecy is precisely what Canton aims to resolve.
“This funding milestone validates the inevitability of what we envisioned years ago,” said Yuval Rooz, co-founder and CEO of Digital Asset. “Canton is already powering numerous real-world assets, and this capital accelerates the future we always knew was possible.”
