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Canton $CC Super Validators - The Complete List (I think)
Major Financial Infrastructure (Weight 10):
- Broadridge - Processes $1.5T monthly repos already
- Tradeweb - $30T annual volume in fixed income/derivatives
- Circle - USDC issuer, $60B+ stablecoin
- Woodside AI - Major infrastructure player
- YZi Labs - Emerging infrastructure
- Zenith - Major player
- 7RIDGE - Founding member of Global Synchronizer Foundation, provides 7Trust identity/credentials solution
- Nasdaq - Stock exchange operator, approved Jan 2026 via CIP-0097, milestone-based weight program
Institutional Custody/Infrastructure (Weight 5-7.5):
- Fireblocks - $4T+ transacted through their platform
- BitGo - Institutional custody leader
- Ledger - Consumer + institutional custody
- Zero Hash - B2B crypto infrastructure
- Chainlink - Oracle/cross-chain infrastructure
- Zodia - Standard Chartered’s custody arm
- Taurus - Swiss institutional custody
- Blockdaemon - Institutional staking/infrastructure
- Talos - Institutional trading infrastructure
- Republic - Tokenization platform
- Hex Trust - Asian institutional custody
- Ubyx - Digital asset infrastructure
- Monstera - Infrastructure provider
Crypto Native Infrastructure (Weight 1-3):
- Copper (Weight 1) - Institutional custody/settlement
- Copper Clearloop (Weight 1) - Settlement infrastructure
- Deribit (Weight 1) - $1B+ daily derivatives volume
- Figment (Weight 1) - Major staking provider
- Kaiko (Weight 6.5) - Market data infrastructure
- Five North (Weight 3) - Infrastructure provider
- MPCH (Weight 1) - Infrastructure provider
- Kiln (Weight 1) - Staking infrastructure
- Dfns (Weight 1) - Wallet infrastructure
Compliance/Analytics:
- TRM - Blockchain intelligence
- Elliptic (Weight 0.5) - Compliance/AML
- Coin Metrics (Weight 1) - Market data and analytics
- Quantstamp (Weight 1) - Smart contract security
- Hypernative (Weight 1) - Security/monitoring
Interoperability (Weight 3-7.5 each):
- Chainlink (Weight 7.5) - Oracle/cross-chain infrastructure
- LayerZero (Weight 3) - Cross-chain messaging
- Wormhole (Weight 3) - Cross-chain bridge
Development/Operations:
- Obsidian (Weight 1) - Development tools
- IntellectEU (Weight 1) - Integration solutions
- Hexagate (Weight 1) - Infrastructure
- AngelHack (Weight 2.5) - Developer community
- Bitwave (Weight 1) - Accounting/tax infrastructure
Special Cases:
- LCV (Liberty City Ventures) - Major investor/operator
- IEU (IntellectEU) - Forgo SV minting rights
- Proof Group (Weight 1) - Infrastructure
- Lukka (Weight 1) - Data/infrastructure
- USDT0 (Weight Max 10, outcome-linked) - Tether integration
- Mesh (Weight Max 10, outcome-linked) - Infrastructure
- Bosphorus SV (Weight Max 6) - Regional validator
- Tharimmune (Weight 4) - First public Canton treasury company
New Validators Joining Canton:
Major Exchanges:
- Coinbase (3 separate validators) - Largest US crypto exchange
- Gemini (2 validators) - Winklevoss institutional exchange
- LBank - Major Asian exchange
Infrastructure:
- Solv Finance - Bitcoin staking/yield
- Exaion - Infrastructure provider
- Global Settlement - Settlement infrastructure
Other:
Sats Terminal, Humaine, Empireum, Coinversaa incorporated, Rho Labs, Newity, Ampersan, Waybridge, Boosty Labs, Ms Pay, Stableport, SV Nodeops, C7, 5nghost, NewMoney, KvarnX
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