Canton is an L1 blockchain with unique smart contract technology that allows network participants to confidently exchange data and value. It supports real-time synchronization of assets and data, ensuring privacy and compatibility with institutional standards.Key FeaturesPrivacy: The first open blockchain network with privacy designed for regulated institutions. Provides unlimited connections while maintaining data confidentiality.Decentralization: Balances the decentralization of a public blockchain with the privacy and control requirements of financial markets. Allows assets and data to be moved between applications in real time with guaranteed privacy, without losing trust or dependence on central intermediaries.Interoperability: Decentralized interoperability backbone through Global Synchronizer, eliminating connection compromises.Areas of applicationFinancial markets: Synchronized markets, asset tokenization (including institutional tokenized assets with privacy).Connections: Data and value exchange between participants, applications, and leading institutions in capital markets, payments, and institutional crypto.Tokenization: Launching private, interoperable applications and tokenized assets for rapid scaling.