Hex Trust, a leading digital assets financial service provider specialising in markets services, custody, and staking, has formally been added as a Super Validator on the Canton Network, advancing its mission of connecting global financial institutions to the digital asset ecosystem. This ratification elevates Hex Trust into the network’s primary governance body, establishing the firm as a central architect of the network’s future.
Canton Network is attracting major players, the likes of Goldman Sachs, Citadel Securities, BnP Paribas, BNY Mellon, Nasdaq, and DTCC, to its network for secure, interoperable digital asset management, custody, and settlement. As a public blockchain with configurable privacy, it is purpose-built for regulated finance, connecting traditional finance (TradFi) with DeFi by allowing institutions to transact with tokenised assets while controlling data visibility. Canton now secures over $6 trillion in tokenised real-world assets (RWAs) and processes hundreds of billions in daily transactions.
As a Super Validator, Hex Trust has not only joined an elite group of operators contributing to the network but has also assumed a fundamental role in its management and governance. Unlike standard validation, in this role, Hex Trust contributes infrastructure to the ‘Global Synchroniser’: the essential technology enabling private, atomic transactions between different blockchains.
- Direct Governance Power: Via the Canton Foundation, Hex Trust can contribute to governance actions such as major network changes, from economic adjustments to protocol upgrades. This ensures that the requirements of regulated institutions are represented at the core level of the network’s evolution.
- Architecting Interoperability: Via the Canton Foundation, Hex Trust will contribute to governance rules that allow traditionally siloed financial institutions to synchronise data and assets securely without compromising privacy.
- Network Integrity: Hex Trust provides critical infrastructure that maintains the security and operational reliability of the entire Canton ecosystem, ensuring a stable environment for RWA tokenisation.
“Becoming a Super Validator on the Canton Network is a definitive move to a leadership position in shaping the future of finance,” said Giorgia Pellizzari, Chief Product Officer & Head of Custody at Hex Trust. “Canton is shaping the next generation of financial market infrastructure, and by taking our place as a Super Validator, Hex Trust is now architecting the governance standards that will define it. We are not just validating transactions; we are governing the very rules of engagement for a regulated, interoperable on-chain economy. This ensures that as the network scales, it does so with the operational rigour and compliance that institutional treasuries demand.”
“Canton is where finance flows, and building the next generation of capital markets rails with Hex Trust strengthens our alignment on technological excellence and institutional-level governance,” said Melvis Langyintuo, Executive Director & Head of the Canton Foundation. “Hex Trust supports some of the world’s most sophisticated TradFi and DeFi institutions, and their role as a Super Validator strengthens the seamless atomic transaction synchronisation across products and assets across Canton, unlocking 24/7 markets, instant settlement, and true asset composability.”
About Hex Trust
Established in 2018, Hex Trust offers regulated institutional digital asset custody, staking and markets services to builders, investors and service providers. Get access to our comprehensive, secure and regulated suite of services built on our proprietary and fully integrated infrastructure.
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About the Canton Network
The Canton Network is the only public, permissionless blockchain purpose-built for institutional finance–uniquely combining privacy, compliance, and scalability. Governed by the Canton Foundation with participation from leading global financial institutions, Canton enables real-time, secure synchronization and settlement across multiple asset classes on a shared, interoperable infrastructure. The open-sourced network is powered by its native token, Canton Coin, and supports decentralized governance and collaborative application development. It’s the proven link between the promise of blockchain and the power of global finance, making finance flow the way it should. Learn more at: canton.network.