USDCx Goes Live on Canton Network, Unlocking Private, Cross-Chain USDC Settlement

The Canton Network has officially gone live with USDCx, a USDC-backed stablecoin powered by Circle’s xReserve.

The launch marks the first integration of Circle’s new reserve framework and gives institutions a way to access cross-chain USDC liquidity while retaining privacy, atomic settlement, and interoperability across Canton’s regulated ecosystem.

With USDCx now available through Canton apps and service providers, businesses gain a settlement asset built for private, multi-party workflows, without relying on third-party bridges or fragmented liquidity. The launch positions Canton as a leading environment for next-generation financial infrastructure.

A New Settlement Standard: USDCx Arrives With 1:1 Backing and Interoperability

At the core of the rollout is Circle’s xReserve, a reserve ledger that holds USDC backing USDCx at a strict 1:1 ratio. This ensures that every USDCx token is fully redeemable and synchronized with the broader USDC ecosystem across supported chains.

Unlike stablecoins locked behind siloed bridges, USDCx is designed to be fully interoperable with USDC. That means liquidity moves seamlessly across environments, without added layers of trust or complex bridging mechanisms.

Circle describes USDCx as “USDC-backed digital cash with configurable privacy.” Canton delivers that privacy at the chain level, allowing participants to transact using confidential settlement channels while maintaining compliance and auditability.

This makes USDCx a significant upgrade over traditional stablecoin models, especially for enterprises that require precise control, confidentiality, and real-time settlement.

Canton Becomes the First Chain to Integrate xReserve

Canton is the first blockchain to integrate directly with Circle’s xReserve and launch USDCx as an onchain settlement asset. It’s a major milestone for the network, which has spent the last two years building a privacy-enabled, interoperability-first ecosystem aimed at institutions, financial markets, and enterprise-grade blockchain adoption.

Canton specializes in privacy-preserving execution, atomic settlement, and multi-app composability. Those features are central to the rollout:

USDCx behaves like USDC, but with the privacy, control, and deterministic settlement that only Canton’s architecture provides.

The integration shows how Circle is positioning USDC for enterprise-grade adoption, while Canton positions itself as the modular financial infrastructure layer connecting global markets.

Why USDCx Matters: Settlement, Privacy, and Cross-Chain Cash

The arrival of USDCx brings several major advantages to the Canton ecosystem:

1. Atomic Settlement Across Asset Classes

Canton’s architecture allows USDCx to settle against tokenized assets with atomic guarantees. This applies to tokenized:

•  bonds
•  repos
•  alternatives
•  wrapped Bitcoin
•  DeFi instruments

Institutions can execute across asset classes 24/7 with deterministic finality and “need-to-know” privacy.

2. Privacy-Preserving Payments

USDCx enables confidential onchain payments, including:

•  corporate payroll
•  B2B payouts
•  cross-border treasury flows

Payments become instantaneous, programmable, and private, solving one of the biggest barriers to institutional blockchain adoption.

3. Interoperable Digital Cash for Multi-Party Workflows

USDCx is not a siloed asset. It’s powered by the Canton Token Standard, meaning it works across apps, assets, and networks within Canton and maintains interoperability with USDC on other supported blockchains.

This enables multi-party finance workflows such as:

•  clearing and settlement
•  collateral mobility
•  OTC trade settlement
•  escrow and fund administration

All with synchronized liquidity to USDC elsewhere in the ecosystem.

Unlocking 24/7 Markets and Real-Time Collateral Mobility

The broader vision behind USDCx is the transition to always-on markets, where financial institutions operate without the constraints of traditional settlement rails.

USDCx supports:

•  round-the-clock settlement
•  instant collateral movement
•  real-time risk management
•  automated clearing between multiple participants

Canton’s unique design lets every application maintain privacy while still sharing a synchronized global state where necessary, a critical requirement for real-time financial operations.

The result is an environment where assets, liquidity, and counterparties can interact without exposing sensitive data or relying on intermediaries.

Institutional Adoption Begins: Apps and Participants at Launch

USDCx is live today, with support across multiple Canton-native applications, wallets, and ecosystem participants. Launch partners include:

•  Bron Wallet (@bronwallet)
•  CertiK (@CertiK)
•  Cantor8t (@cantor8t)
•  Dfns (@dfnsHQ)
•  DRW Trading (@DRWTrading)
•  Digital Asset (@digitalassetcom)
•  G20
•  HydraX
•  IMC Trading (@IMCTrading)
•  QCP Group (@QCPgroup)
•  Send (@Send)
•  Temple (@temple_ny)
•  Canton Loop (@canton_loop)

The mix spans trading firms, market infrastructure providers, crypto security leaders, custodians, and enterprise blockchain developers. It signals a coordinated move toward institutional-grade digital cash, running on a privacy-first chain.

USDCx Enables a New Architecture for Onchain Finance

The launch of USDCx on Canton is more than a new token. It’s a shift in how institutions interact with stablecoins and settlement networks.

The combination of:

•  audited reserves
•  cross-chain USDC interoperability
•  privacy-preserving execution
•  atomic settlement
•  multi-party composability
• creates a settlement layer that both enterprises and market participants can use at scale.

USDCx introduces the kind of digital cash needed for tokenized markets to operate globally, without exposing sensitive flows or sacrificing regulatory expectations.

It’s the type of system institutions have been waiting for: programmable, private, synchronized, and built for full lifecycle financial operations.

A Step Toward Global, Private Onchain Markets

With USDCx now live, Canton and Circle have opened the door to a new settlement model, one where digital cash moves across chains, across applications, and across markets without bridge risks or privacy leaks.

It pushes onchain finance closer to a world where:

•  settlement never closes
•  collateral moves instantly
•  payments remain private
•  multi-party trades finalize atomically
•  liquidity stays unified across networks

The move signals a clear direction for institutional blockchain adoption: privacy, interoperability, composability, and compliance, without sacrificing the speed and programmability of crypto.

USDCx is the first step. The global onchain financial stack is beginning to take shape.

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