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.
