CfC St. Moritz Taps Canton Network, Signaling a Decisive Institutional Shift in Digital Assets

ST. MORITZ, SWITZERLAND – April 09, 2026 – The exclusive Crypto Finance Conference (CfC) St. Moritz, a premier gathering for investors and decision-makers in digital assets, today announced Canton Network as its new main partner. The move, which elevates a successful multi-year collaboration, represents a significant milestone in the financial industry's accelerating march toward the institutionalization of blockchain technology.

This partnership replaces a four-year relationship with the Algorand Foundation and firmly aligns the influential conference with a network purpose-built to bridge the worlds of traditional and decentralized finance. It underscores a broader market shift away from speculative potential and toward the tangible, real-world utility demanded by the world's largest financial players.

A Partnership Rooted in Real-World Utility

The collaboration is framed by both organizations as a natural evolution grounded in shared values. CfC St. Moritz has carved a unique niche since its 2017 founding by curating an intimate, application-only environment. Each year, a maximum of 250 hand-picked Ultra-High-Net-Worth Individuals (UHNWIs), family offices, and institutional leaders convene in the Swiss Alps to forge connections and navigate the future of finance.

"We are proud to welcome Canton Network with Yuval Rooz, Eric Saraniecki and their team to CfC St. Moritz as our main partner," said Nicolo Stoehr, CEO of CfC St. Moritz. "What draws us to Canton Network is our shared values, their focus on building real-world solutions and applications, and their long-term approach to the industry. Qualities that strongly reflect what CfC St. Moritz stands for." Stoehr emphasized the conference's mission to unite those who are actively building the industry, not just talking about it, calling the deeper engagement with Canton a perfect fit for that vision.

Canton Network, co-created by Digital Asset, is a public, permissionless blockchain designed from the ground up for the stringent privacy, compliance, and scalability requirements of institutional finance. Its architecture enables secure synchronization and settlement across asset classes on a shared, interoperable infrastructure.

Yuval Rooz, Co-Founder and CEO of Digital Asset, who will return as a speaker, highlighted the conference's unique value. "Over the past three years, CfC St. Moritz has become a truly valuable forum for our team and me," he stated. "What makes it special is the quality of conversations – the kind that lead to new ideas, real business opportunities, and lasting relationships across the industry. We're proud to partner with CfC St. Moritz and to help convene the people and institutions driving the future of this market."

The Institutional Embrace of Blockchain

The significance of this partnership extends far beyond the Swiss Alps. It is a powerful indicator of the digital asset industry's maturation, fueled by the tangible adoption of blockchain by legacy financial giants. Canton Network is at the epicenter of this movement, having quietly amassed staggering momentum.

The network currently supports over $6 trillion in on-chain assets and processes more than 500,000 daily transactions, driven by activity from major banks and crypto exchanges. This is not hypothetical value; it includes more than $300 billion in daily repo volume and a significant portion of monthly repo activity.

This traction is built on a foundation of blue-chip partnerships. In a landmark collaboration, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is working to tokenize a portion of U.S. Treasury securities on the Canton Network. Similarly, J.P. Morgan plans to issue its JPM Coin deposit token natively on the network throughout 2026, creating a crucial liquidity bridge. The roster of participants reads like a who's who of global finance, with names like Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Morgan Stanley, BNP Paribas, and Citadel Securities actively involved in the ecosystem.

This deep institutional integration is precisely what makes Canton a strategic choice for CfC St. Moritz. The conference's elite attendees are no longer just exploring crypto; they are seeking secure, compliant, and scalable rails to move trillions of dollars in real-world assets (RWAs) onto the blockchain. Canton Network provides those rails.

Bridging Silos with a 'Network of Networks'

At its core, the Canton Network is designed to solve a fundamental problem that has plagued enterprise blockchain adoption: the creation of new digital silos. While private, permissioned ledgers offer security, they often recreate the fragmented infrastructure they were meant to replace. Canton's solution is a novel "network of networks" architecture.

This design allows independent applications and networks to connect and transact with each other atomically, without sacrificing privacy or control. It provides configurable on-chain privacy at a sub-transaction level, a critical feature for financial institutions that cannot broadcast sensitive trade data on a fully transparent public ledger. By combining the interoperability of a public network with the privacy controls of a private one, Canton offers a path to unify disparate financial ecosystems.

This technical foundation is what enables the tokenization of a vast array of RWAs, from government bonds and commercial paper to mortgage-backed securities. It facilitates what some analysts call an "AllFi" future, where the lines between Traditional Finance (TradFi) and Decentralized Finance (DeFi) blur into a single, integrated financial system.

A Strategic Shift in the Swiss Alps

The transition of the main partnership from the Algorand Foundation to Canton Network is perhaps the most telling aspect of the announcement. In his statement, Nicolo Stoehr graciously thanked Algorand for its four-year commitment, noting its crucial support during the uncertain times of the COVID-19 pandemic. "That commitment was not merely financial – it was a signal of trust in our mission," he said.

However, the industry has evolved dramatically since that time. The pivot to Canton Network reflects a strategic recalibration by CfC St. Moritz to align with the dominant trend of institutionalization. While general-purpose blockchains like Algorand played a vital role in building the industry's foundations, the current demand from capital markets is for specialized infrastructure that can operate within existing regulatory guardrails.

This high-profile partnership serves as a powerful market signal. For Canton Network, it solidifies its position as a leader in the institutional space. For CfC St. Moritz, it reinforces its status as the preeminent forum for the serious business of digital assets. The move demonstrates a clear-eyed focus on where the most significant growth and value creation in the industry are now happening: at the intersection of established financial power and next-generation blockchain infrastructure.