Capital Markets / Collateral
Capital Markets on Canton: Collateral Mobility
Canton Network enables global collateral mobility—movement of securities, deposits, and collateral across borders, counterparties, and use cases in real-time.
Summary
Traditional capital markets fragment collateral into regional silos. Canton eliminates these silos, enabling collateral to move instantaneously across borders.
What happened
January 2026 Canton transactions demonstrated cross-border collateral transfer between European and U.S. participants using U.S. Treasuries, European bonds, and tokenized deposits.
Business goal
- Enable cross-border collateral deployment in minutes
- Support collateral rehypothecation for multiple simultaneous uses
- Reduce collateral reserves through optimization
Impact
- Same collateral can serve multiple purposes simultaneously
- Estimates suggest $2-3 trillion in global collateral reserves could be optimized
- Network effects increase with each additional institution