On March 27, 2026, LayerZero went live on the Canton Network. This makes LayerZero the first interoperability protocol operating directly on the institutional blockchain. The integration allows institutions on Canton to route tokenized real-world assets across more than 165 public blockchains. Previously, Canton-based assets had no direct path to external liquidity pools. This partnership changes that without requiring institutions to give up privacy or compliance standards.
LayerZero is now live on Canton.
— Canton Network (@CantonNetwork) March 26, 2026
Onchain assets can now move between 165+ public blockchains and Canton with institutional-grade privacy, control and composability.
$95B+ in assets across 750+ applications can now access Canton infrastructure.pic.twitter.com/t8XPXdTuaY
What Is Canton Network?
Canton Network is a privacy-enabled blockchain built for institutional financial applications. Digital Asset developed the network and launched it in 2023 with backing from Goldman Sachs. Today, the network includes roughly 400 ecosystem participants. These include Deutsche Börse Group, BNP Paribas, DTCC, Broadridge, CBOE Global Markets, and ASX. Microsoft also supports the network as a technology partner. Canton focuses on compliant tokenization of bonds, equities, funds, and U.S. Treasury instruments. Unlike public blockchains, Canton preserves confidentiality and auditability at the protocol level, meeting standards that regulated financial institutions require.
How LayerZero Works
LayerZero is a non-custodial omnichain interoperability protocol. It uses independent oracles and relayers to pass verified messages between blockchains. Importantly, the protocol never holds user assets at any point. Instead, it verifies transactions through a dual-entity system. Oracles deliver block headers as proof of transaction inclusion on the source chain. Relayers then submit those proofs to the destination chain for on-chain verification. This design removes centralized intermediaries, which is critical for institutions requiring auditability and regulatory alignment. LayerZero currently secures more than $75 billion in assets and has processed over $200 billion in historical transaction volume.
What the Integration Enables
The integration opens three concrete pathways for Canton institutions. First, external stablecoins can fund primary purchases of Canton-based tokenized assets directly from public chains. Second, Canton-native instruments can access trading venues across public blockchains for secondary market activity. Third, institutions can settle transactions atomically across previously siloed systems. For example, a digital bond and its corresponding payment can settle simultaneously on different chains. These use cases are not theoretical. Canton participants including BNP Paribas, DRW, Goldman Sachs, QCP, and Tradeweb have already tested the network’s infrastructure in live conditions.
The Scale Behind the Network
Canton’s existing activity gives this integration real weight. Broadridge runs its Distributed Ledger Repo (DLR) platform on Canton. That platform processes between $300 billion and $400 billion in U.S. Treasury repo transactions every day. Additionally, DTCC partnered with Digital Asset in late 2025 to tokenize DTC-custodied U.S. Treasury securities directly on Canton. The network now represents $6 trillion in real-world assets and processes roughly $350 billion in daily volume. Connecting that scale of activity to 165+ external blockchains marks a substantial expansion of how institutional liquidity can move across the digital asset ecosystem.
A Broader Shift in Tokenized Finance
This integration arrives alongside a wave of regulatory developments. The European Central Bank confirmed in March 2026 that banks can use tokenized collateral in Eurosystem credit operations. The SEC recently approved Nasdaq’s proposal to trade and settle tokenized stocks on-chain. Meanwhile, NYSE is collaborating with Securitize on tokenized securities infrastructure. These developments signal that tokenized markets are moving past pilots and into production at scale. Canton’s LayerZero integration positions the network as a connecting layer between institutional rails and public blockchain liquidity, at the exact moment regulators are clearing the path forward.
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