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Know what’s real in tokenised markets.

Independent research, data and training on tokenised markets, from a data governance practitioner with more than 16 years inside multinationals across Europe. Every claim is sourced and tiered as confirmed, announced or speculated.

New deep dive: Who keeps Canton’s numbers honest?
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The method

How to read a claim

Confirmed

On the record from a primary source.

Announced

Said by the party, not yet shown.

Speculated

A reasoned guess, labelled as one.

Every piece names its sources, and corrections stay visible. How we vet projects   Disclosure and conflicts

What we do

Research, data and training, cut from one record

For professionals

Training that gets you into the room

Paths for strategic, tactical and operational roles, from first principles to data, privacy and governance.

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For institutions

Research and advice you can defend

Briefings, research and onboarding for teams assessing tokenised assets, with every claim graded.

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For data teams and builders

The Catalogue

A graded record of who is building what, and where every number comes from. Data licensing is in development.

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Standing instruments

Kept, maintained and corrected in public

Most coverage is a feed of announcements. These are the three things we keep.

Instrument 01

The Quadrant

Pre-token Canton projects placed on two axes: what a team has verifiably built, and how far it has gone toward a token. Seven binary checks, each linked to a public source.

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Instrument 02

The Catalogue

An annotated shelf of outside research on Canton and tokenised assets, each entry scored on source rigor and tagged for the independence it discloses.

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Instrument 03

The Primer

Now You Know: short video explainers on how the network actually works, one mechanism per issue, in plain language.

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The registry

60 project pages, gaps stated plainly

Independent pages per project, each with a visible last-verified date. Low placements are shown on the same terms as high ones.

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Built by someone who governs data for a living

Founded by Mac Sibanda, a data governance practitioner with more than 16 years inside multinationals across Europe, a serial founder and an active investor in this market since 2020.

Why The Golden Record exists

The Sunday Letter

Every Sunday from 15 November: the week on the Canton Network in one read, with every claim marked confirmed, announced or speculated.

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