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Visa approved as Super Validator on Canton Network, enabling institutional on‑chain payments and stablecoin support

1h agoMar 25, 2026, 7:30 PMNewsroom AI

Visa announced it has been selected as a Super Validator on the Canton Network, marking the first time its legal and compliance teams formally approved a blockchain governance proposal; Visa was granted the highest Super Validator Weight of 10 three days after submitting its application [1] [2].

The Super Validator role gives Visa a vote in Canton governance and commits the company to help financial institutions bring payments, settlement, and treasury operations onchain — including supporting stablecoin payments — while preserving privacy on the institutional network [1] [3] [2].

Canton is a privacy‑enabled, permissionless Layer 1 blockchain purpose‑built for institutional finance and protecting bank privacy; Visa’s participation expands its push into privacy‑focused infrastructure for banks [1] [3] [4].

Visa is the first major payments company to join Canton as a Super Validator, signaling a continued corporate move into institutional blockchain payments and privacy‑focused infrastructure [2] [3].

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