Settlement / Multi-Asset
Multi-Asset Settlement on Canton Network
Canton Network enables simultaneous settlement of different asset types—equities, bonds, currencies, commodities—on unified infrastructure.
Summary
Traditional infrastructure maintains separate settlement systems for different asset classes. Canton provides single settlement network for all institutional assets.
What happened
A single smart contract can execute multi-asset settlement atomically—selling Treasury bonds while acquiring equity exposure and receiving euros in one transaction.
Business goal
- Consolidate multiple settlement systems into unified infrastructure
- Enable complex multi-asset transactions in single execution
- Reduce operational coordination across asset classes
Impact
- Currency swaps with embedded collateral management enabled
- Manual coordination errors become impossible
- Institutions offering unified settlement gain competitive advantage