At the Global Synchronizer Foundation (GSF), we’re on a mission to bring seamless interoperability to the financial world. As the governance body behind the Global Synchronizer, we ensure a transparent, neutral, and secure foundation for financial institutions, blockchain networks, and technology partners to connect to the Canton Network.
But we’re not doing this alone. The strength of GSF comes from the incredible founding members who are shaping the future of interoperability with us. These industry leaders bring deep expertise, technical innovation, and a shared vision for a more connected and efficient financial ecosystem. Founding members play an active role in supporting the operations, governance, and continued development of the Global Synchronizer. Today, we’re thrilled to highlight these Premier, General, and Associate founding members of the GSF ecosystem.
Premier Founding Members:
7RIDGE: A specialized growth equity firm that invests in transformative technologies within financial services.
Broadridge: Broadridge is a global technology leader that powers investing, governance, and communications for clients. Broadridge’s technology and operations platforms underpin the daily trading of more than $10 trillion of securities globally.
Cumberland: Cumberland, DRW’s digital asset arm, provides spot and derivatives liquidity to institutions participating in cryptoasset markets while also building the underlying technology necessary to enable institutional adoption of blockchain technology.
Digital Asset: A pioneer in blockchain technology, enhancing financial markets with privacy-enabled solutions that improve market flow, efficiency, fairness, and resilience; creator of the technology behind the Canton Network.
Euroclear: A global provider of financial market infrastructure services, specializing in the settlement of securities transactions and the safekeeping of assets.
IntellectEU: A technology company specializing in digital assets and payments, offering solutions in blockchain, artificial intelligence, and financial messaging, providing innovative infrastructure, consulting, and integration services.
Liberty City Ventures: A venture capital firm investing in companies that are leveraging blockchain technology to create new business models and drive innovation.
Obsidian Systems: A technology firm providing consulting and development services focused on blockchain infrastructure and decentralized applications.
SBI Digital Asset Holdings: A subsidiary of SBI Holdings, focusing on digital asset-related businesses, offering an end-to-end digital value chain including tokenization, listing, and custody services.
Tradeweb: A global operator of electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities, and money markets, providing innovative trading solutions to financial institutions.
General Founding Members:
Bitwave: Bitwave is the #1 finance platform for helping businesses track, manage, and report on digital assets. Bitwave automates crypto accounting workflows, simplifies on-chain payments and enables regulatory compliance for finance teams.
Calastone: A global funds network connecting the world’s leading financial organizations, enabling the frictionless trading of mutual funds.
EquiLend: EquiLend is a global financial technology firm offering Trading, Post-Trade, Data & Analytics, RegTech and Platform Solutions for the securities finance industry.
Kaleido: A full-stack platform that provides digital assets, tokenization, and blockchain infrastructure and tools for enterprises, developers, and global business ecosystems—powering the future of finance, CBDCs, and interconnected financial networks.
LendOS: A modern, cloud-based enterprise commercial lending platform for loans of all sizes – private, club, or broadly syndicated..
MPCH: A company specializing in enhancing blockchain interoperability and security, contributing to the development of secure network infrastructure and key management solutions.
Taurus: A company offering enterprise-grade infrastructure solutions for digital assets, including custody, tokenization, and trading technologies.
Associate Founding Members:
Global Blockchain Business Council: is the trusted non-profit association for the blockchain, digital assets, and emerging technology community. Founded in 2017 in Davos, Switzerland, GBBC comprises more than 500 institutional members and 283 Ambassadors across 124 jurisdictions and disciplines.
These founding members collaborate under the GSF to promote the development and governance of the Global Synchronizer, ensuring interoperability and synchronization across the Canton Network.