Canton goes live with bridgeless atomic swaps to Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and TRON

Arqitech has completed the first Canton Token Standard V2 atomic swaps on the @CantonNetwork MainNet, marking a significant step in bridgeless cross-chain settlement for institutions. The transactions allow institutions to exchange Canton Coin (CC) directly on-chain for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and TRON assets in a secure, all-or-nothing manner, without handing control of assets to any middleman and without using bridges or wrapped tokens.

What the V2 Standard Changes

Arqitech collaborated with Digital Asset on the Canton Token Standard CIP-0112, now known as V2, which was approved by the Canton Foundation (@CantonFdn) in June 2026. The standard introduces committed allocations, an irrevocable lock until a defined settlement deadline, giving the Canton leg of a cross-chain HTLC the same timelock guarantees institutions expect from native chain settlement. The standard now underpins advanced institutional uses such as trustless atomic swaps and regulated real-world asset settlement.

Arqitech's Atomic Swap Protocol is built so that every participant signs their own transactions, whether through enterprise key-management systems or their own private nodes. Validator nodes only prepare and submit instructions that have already been signed, keeping full custody with participants at every step.

Institutional Counterparties Already Active

Earlier live swaps on Canton MainNet took place between Arqitech, MPCH, Pixelplex, and sFOX, with each institution exchanging Canton Coin for USDC. Every party retained full control of its private keys within its own wallet, demonstrating that regulated institutions can complete secure, atomic cross-chain transactions while maintaining custody of their assets.

Arqitech's deployment is live on Canton MainNet, and the atomic swap capability is set to open to customers in the coming weeks. Brian Wasserman, CEO of Arqitech, said: "Our Atomic Swap Protocol delivers native on-chain swap interoperability, liquidity and settlement rails, while meeting the same custody, audit, and risk standards institutions require."

The development adds to a broader build-out on Canton. Arqitech provides banks, asset managers, hedge funds, and prime brokers with direct API access to trustless swaps, DEX aggregation across 32-plus chains and 20-plus DEXs, privacy-enabled settlement on Canton Network, and regulated real-world asset pathways, all while clients retain custody.

Sources:
Arqitech Deploys Canton Token Standard V2 in its Atomic Swap Protocol (GlobeNewswire, July 28, 2026)
Institutional Execution of Full Featured HTLC Multi-Chain Swaps with Canton (GlobeNewswire, July 23, 2026)