Company
U.S. blockchain software company behind the Canton Network, a privacy-focused public blockchain for institutional finance, and the Daml smart-contract language.
Meritz Securities and the Canton Foundation signed an MoU on Oct. 15 to explore tokenized Korean debt, collateral and cross-border liquidity. The release describes exploratory work with no completed transaction, and how far it goes depends on Korea's regulators.
Reality
The FSA, Ministry of Finance and Bank of Japan want a development plan by early 2027 for real-time settlement of stocks and government bonds. Everything reported so far traces to one Nikkei story.
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3 publishersReality
At least six overseas blockchains signed payment and tokenization deals with Korean banks, brokerages and asset managers in the 93 days to Sept. 23. Many are still memorandums or pilots, and Shinhan Asset Management alone works with three of the networks, so Korean buyers are keeping their options open.
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Hanwha's tokenized securities platform runs on Avalanche now, while the Korean law that makes ledger records a securities register starts on February 4, 2027, and starts with private placements rather than listed stock.
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A live conversion of eligible Treasuries and equities into digital twins put real repo trades through more than 30 firms, with one OCC-regulated custodian holding the tokens and an October 2026 launch still to reach.
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