World Liberty Financial makes USD1 available on Canton Network
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World Liberty Financial makes USD1 available on Canton Network 25 August 2026US Reporter: Matthew Challis
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World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a DeFi protocol and cryptocurrency ecosystem, has made USD1 — its US dollar-pegged stablecoin issued by BitGo Bank & Trust — available on the Canton Network.
The stablecoin is natively issued on Canton and can be configured as a settlement option for institutions seeking to bring tokenised real-world assets (RWAs) onto the network.
WLFI says that USD1 can support collateralisation for derivatives and institutional lending, instant cross-border payments, 24/7 settlement, onchain asset issuance, funding, redemption, and cross-market, cross-institution financing.
The firm intends for its stablecoin to give Canton participants a dollar-equivalent leg that settles atomically alongside the asset in situations where an RWA — like sovereign debt — is subject to a slow settlement cycle.
Commenting on the initiative, Zak Folkman, co-founder and chief operating officer of WLFI, remarks: “Institutions have put trillions in US Treasuries and government debt onchain, but the dollar leg of settlements still runs on outdated infrastructure, creating a gap where the cost and the risk sit.
“Canton and native USD1 together allow real-world assets to access a dollar that settles alongside them with speed and privacy.”
Eric Saraniecki, co-founder and head of network strategy at Digital Asset, adds: “As more stablecoins become natively available on Canton, institutions gain greater flexibility in how they fund, settle, and move liquidity across applications and markets.”
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