Perpetual futures have been a cornerstone of crypto trading for years. Now one project wants to bring them to stocks and commodities, with a privacy layer that institutional players actually care about.

Edel Finance announced plans to launch Edel Markets, a private, on-chain perpetual futures exchange built on the Canton Network. The platform is targeting a Q3 2026 go-live date and will offer perpetual contracts on equities and commodities, not just the usual crypto tokens.

What Edel Markets is actually building

Edel Markets will feature an on-chain orderbook combined with what it calls “privacy-preserving execution and settlement.” Your trades get recorded on a blockchain for transparency and auditability, but the details of your positions and strategies aren’t broadcast to every participant on the network.

Canton Network, the blockchain Edel chose as its foundation, was designed specifically with institutional privacy concerns in mind. Edel Finance isn’t just a tenant on Canton, either. The company operates as a validator on the network, giving it a deeper integration with the infrastructure layer.

The platform also integrates with Edel Lending, the company’s existing protocol for securities lending and collateral management within the Ethereum ecosystem. That integration could allow traders to use tokenized securities as collateral for their perpetual futures positions.

Canton Network and the institutional blockchain bet

Canton Network positions itself as a privacy-focused institutional blockchain built for enterprises and financial institutions that need compliance-friendly infrastructure with granular control over who sees what data.

The EDEL token and market context

The EDEL token launched in November 2025 and carried a market cap of approximately $8.5 million by late May 2026.

The broader trend Edel is riding, tokenized real-world assets, has been gaining serious momentum. Major financial institutions have been experimenting with tokenized bonds, money market funds, and equities throughout 2025 and into 2026. Adding a derivatives layer on top of tokenized assets is a logical next step, and Edel is positioning itself to capture that specific intersection.