Post by Emnet Rios

Ten years ago, the idea that the world’s largest financial institutions could connect through a common infrastructure felt, at best, ambitious. Today, many of the most important institutions in global finance are building, transacting and innovating on the Canton Network. And today, Digital Asset is announcing a $355 million financing led by a16z crypto to help accelerate what comes next. Milestones like this are often described as overnight successes. They never are. They are built through years of skepticism, relentless execution, difficult tradeoffs, changing markets and the willingness to keep moving forward when many people are convinced you’re wrong. A special acknowledgment to my boss and friend, Yuval Rooz. For more than a decade, Yuval has carried a vision that many believed was too early, too difficult, or simply impossible. Through shifting industry narratives, regulatory uncertainty, competitive noise and no shortage of naysayers, he never stopped believing that we were building the foundational infrastructure for global finance. We are deeply grateful to our customers, partners, investors and every past and present member of the DA team who helped turn our vision into reality. The next chapter starts now. Also … let’s go Knicks.