Why Canton

Canton is an enterprise-grade network designed for secure and scalable financial applications. Cantex builds on Canton because it offers:

• Privacy where it matters
  Transaction details are only visible to the parties involved, giving users control over what they share and with whom.
• Native settlement
  Trades and transfers settle natively across Canton’s synchronised domains with guaranteed finality and predictable outcomes.
• Performance and reliability
  Canton is engineered to handle high-value activity and consistent throughput, making it suitable for both everyday retail users and more advanced traders.
• Configurable counterparty models
  Cantex will support different levels of counterparties, whether fully KYC verified, pseudonymous or mixed. Users and institutions can choose the counterparties they want to interact with, creating a flexible trading environment that can accommodate a wide range of use cases.

This combination allows Cantex to provide a trading experience with user-held keys, privacy, configurability and performance, suitable for all types of users. See Custody and Infrastructure for the full custody statement.