Canton, Meet Ethereum: ERC-20/CIP-56 Middleware is here
ChainSafe's ERC-20/CIP-56 Middleware is a high-fidelity translation layer that lets you deploy to Canton using your existing EVM workflows, MetaMask signatures, and infrastructure.
Don’t rebuild for Canton. Translate to it.
Building on Canton Network used to mean a 100% smart contract rewrite in Daml. For Ethereum teams, that’s a massive technical tax and months of lost momentum.
We’re ending that bottleneck.
Introducing the ChainSafe ERC-20 / CIP-56 Middleware: A high-fidelity translation layer that lets you deploy to Canton using your existing EVM workflows, MetaMask signatures, and infrastructure.
Canton, meet Ethereum
We’ve built a high-fidelity interoperability layer that functions as a professional interpreter between the EVM and Canton’s privacy-first architecture.
The middleware consists of two core components designed for institutional reliability:
The API Translation Layer
This is the "brain" of the operation. It generates the specific data required so that a wallet like MetaMask perceives it is communicating with a standard Ethereum node. When you sign a transaction in your wallet, the middleware translates the EVM command into a native Canton call in real time.
The Dedicated Relayer Server
To maintain total asset integrity, we deploy a bespoke, white-label bridge for each partner. This server acts as the central authority for your specific token, locking assets 1:1 on Ethereum and mirroring them as CIP-56 standard tokens on Canton.
We are ready to scope your engagement and start building immediately. Skip the rewrite and start integrating today.
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The problem: The Daml rewrite
Canton is the premier privacy ledger for the world’s largest financial institutions (G-SIBs), but it has been a silo. To tap into the $10 Trillion tokenization wave or settle against JPM Coin, you previously had to:
- Abandon your EVM stack for a total Daml rewrite.
- Spend months on technical debt before even launching.
- Retrain your entire team on a new VM.
The solution: High-touch, low-friction integration
We’ve been building custom dapps and complex smart contracts on Ethereum for 8 years. We aren’t just handing you a piece of middleware or a sign-in dashboard; we’re offering a bespoke co-development partnership to get you to market first.
ChainSafe holds supervalidator status on Canton Network and offers a dedicated infrastructure team that can help you deploy on Canton and navigate the ecosystem's privacy and security requirements.
Middleware specs:
- ERC-20 / CIP-56 mapping: Native translation between Ethereum standards and Canton’s institutional token standard.
- Supervalidator status: As a Canton Network Supervalidator, we provide the dedicated infrastructure to help you navigate specific privacy and security requirements.
- MetaMask native: Sign Canton transactions without switching wallets.
- Institutional rails: Immediate, native interaction with Canton-resident liquidity, including JPMD and DTCC settlement rails.
We specialize in high-complexity partnerships. Our goal is to handle the technical heavy lifting so your team can focus on the product, not the plumbing.
Fast-track stack: Middleware and Daml Autopilot
Most bridging solutions try to help you avoid Daml entirely. We help you master it at 10x speed.
Because we are a Supervalidator with a specialized AI context (the MCP Server), our middleware isn't a black box. It is part of a holistic development stack that allows you to write, validate, and translate complex Daml logic that traditional EVM-wrappers simply cannot replicate.
Evan Wells
While Autopilot handles the heavy lifting of writing and validating your custom Daml logic in record time, the middleware provides the production-ready plumbing to connect that logic to the world's most liquid markets. It’s the difference between learning a new language from scratch and having a professional interpreter.
Liquidity onboarding
This middleware allows institutions to lock standard ERC-20 assets (like USDC, EURC, or tokenized treasuries) on Ethereum and mirror them 1:1 as CIP-56 assets on Canton.
Unified wallet workflows
By translating ERC-20 commands to CIP-56, teams can manage Canton-resident assets using MetaMask and existing internal signing tools.
Accelerated market entry
Deploy your asset onto Canton today using your existing EVM logic and expertise, effectively skipping months of development latency and technical debt.
Claim your first-mover advantage
The window to be an early mover on the world’s most private institutional ledger is closing. We provide the support your team needs to move assets onto Canton without changing your internal security rules or retraining your staff.
Let’s discuss your project. We are ready to scope your engagement and start building immediately. Skip the rewrite and start integrating today.