Introducing The Canton Network Series: A 5-Part Exploration of the Canton Network’s Vision for the Digital Asset Industry
The Tie Research
The Canton Network Series [Part 3 of 5]
By Tommy Schreiner
June 30, 2025
Part 3: The Privacy Imperative for Stablecoin Payments
As stablecoin adoption surges toward $5 trillion in annual volume, a fundamental contradiction has emerged: the very transparency that enables on-chain auditability now exposes users, companies, and financial institutions to unprecedented levels of data leakage and surveillance. In our latest report, The Privacy Imperative for Stablecoin Payments, we examine how Canton is redefining the role of privacy in stablecoin infrastructure—and why foundational privacy is the key to unlocking the next wave of institutional and enterprise-grade adoption.
Key Insights from the Report:
- Overcoming the “Venmo” Problem - at Institutional Scale: Public chains make stablecoin transactions visible in the same way Venmo used to - viewable to all by default. Without privacy controls, your payment transactions become a lasting digital fingerprint—publicly accessible, tied to your wallet, and traceable forever. For retail users, this was a problem; in the corporate and institutional world, it’s a threshold issue.
- The Privacy Spectrum: Complex or Configurable? Canton provides a configurable privacy model built directly into the protocol, enabling general-purpose, scalable privacy that is already proven to work at institutional scale.
- A Call to the Industry: As blockchain infrastructure decisions solidify, the imperative is clear: privacy isn’t a niche feature—it’s a requirement for scaling real-world financial operations on-chain. The Canton Network is proving that privacy, compliance, and composability are not mutually exclusive—they are the foundation of institutional-grade digital finance.
To explore how Canton is solving the privacy challenge and transforming the stablecoin landscape, download the full report below.
This report is for informational purposes only and is not investment or trading advice. The views and opinions expressed in this report are exclusively those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of The Tie Inc. The author may be holding the cryptocurrencies or using the strategies mentioned in this report. You are fully responsible for any decisions you make; the Tie Inc. is not liable for any loss or damage caused by reliance on information provided. For investment advice, please consult a registered investment advisor. The Tie Inc. provides services to Digital Asset (US) Corp. In addition, The Tie Inc. operates as a founding super validator of the Canton Network and as such is eligible to mint and hold Canton Coin rewards based on the utility it provides to the Canton Network and its participant
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