NEW YORK - September 4, 2025 - Fairmint, the company leading the modernization of private capital markets through tokenized stock infrastructure, announced the launch of Observer Nodes for onchain equity on the Canton Network.
The initiative delivers transparency, accountability, and regulatory visibility into equity moving onchain while preserving privacy. Traditionally, compliance in private markets relies on delayed filings designed for paper-based securities. Observer Nodes create a middle ground: privacy for compliant activity and meaningful observability for oversight.
Observers gain access to read-only automated tools directly from active nodes on the network, without permission to view personally identifiable information. They can flag potential violations while leaving ordinary compliant activity private. This preserves confidentiality while ensuring regulatory authorities can access material information during investigations.
“Observer Nodes represent the future of securities oversight. For the first time, observers can monitor onchain equity without compromising transaction confidentiality,” said Joris Delanoue, CEO of Fairmint.
The launch operationalizes recommendations from Fairmint’s regulatory framework submission to the SEC Crypto Task Force. It also helps advance non-custodial broker-dealer frameworks, where smart contracts enforce compliance without traditional custody requirements.
Allowing Observer Nodes transforms compliance from reactive enforcement into proactive monitoring. The technology implements protocol-level standardization with immutable audit trails and programmatic compliance enforcement, two of the core elements in Fairmint’s modernization roadmap for private markets.
“Fairmint’s Observer Nodes highlight the innovation that Canton was designed to unlock: oversight that is automated, transparent, and privacy-preserving,” said Yuval Rooz, co-founder and CEO of Digital Asset.
For more information about Fairmint, visit fairmint.com.
About Fairmint
Fairmint pioneers regulated DeFi infrastructure, bringing equity securities onchain. The company makes it easy to issue, manage, and transfer equity while maintaining full regulatory compliance.
About Canton Network
Canton Network is the first public, permissionless blockchain purpose-built for institutional finance, combining privacy, compliance, and scalability for regulated financial applications.
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