Thursday, July 16, 2026

Who Is Yuval Rooz and How He Put Wall Street on the Canton Blockchain

On July 14, 2026, DTCC took roughly 40 institutions including JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, and BlackRock live on Yuval Rooz's Canton Network. Here is who he is and how he built the rails.

  • Yuval Rooz, CEO of Digital Asset, has successfully launched the Canton Network, a private Layer-1 blockchain, enabling major financial institutions like JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, and BlackRock to tokenize US Treasuries and stocks through a DTCC pilot.
  • Canton's key innovation is 'configurable privacy,' addressing Wall Street's reluctance to use public blockchains by allowing private transactions among participants without exposing sensitive data to the wider network.
  • While the DTCC go-live marks a significant milestone for institutional adoption of tokenization, the article clarifies that it does not directly guarantee an increase in the price of Canton's native token, CC, emphasizing the distinction between network success and token performance.

Topics: Institutional adoption, Blockchain usage, Asset types, Banking depository pilots, Private enterprise ledgers, Tokenized us treasuries

Tags: #yuvalrooz #cantonnetwork #dtcc #tokenization #wallstreet #jpmorgan #goldmansachs #blackrock #ustreasuries #configurableprivacy

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