Temple Digital Group Becomes Part of the Eterna Capital Portfolio

We are excited to officially announce our recent investment into Temple Digital Group.

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT here.

Institutional adoption of digital assets has been hindered by fundamental infrastructure gaps — legacy trading systems lack the privacy requirements that capital markets demand, while public blockchains cannot natively support the compliance frameworks institutions require. Temple is uniquely positioned to solve this with its privacy-focused trading platform built on Canton Network, delivering 24/7 markets with institutional-grade compliance and seamless connectivity to the broader digital asset economy. By bridging traditional finance infrastructure with blockchain innovation, Temple is paving the way for institutions to participate fully in digital asset markets.

We’re excited to announce our participation in Temple’s $5M seed round led by Paper Ventures, with participation from YZi Labs, CMT Digital and other prominent investors. This funding will help the company expand its product lines to support additional assets, financial instruments, and integrations across blockchain networks.

Temple’s approach sets a new standard in the institutional trading infrastructure space. By leveraging Canton’s privacy-preserving architecture, Temple eliminates the trade-offs that have plagued institutional digital asset adoption. Key highlights of their solution include:

• Privacy-First Design: Canton’s architecture enables transaction privacy unavailable on public blockchains — a critical requirement for institutional capital markets.
• Institutional Features: Automated order routing, all-to-all liquidity, and post-trade reporting mirror traditional electronic trading systems.
• Blockchain Innovation: Instant settlement, tokenization capabilities, and non-custodial wallets bring the benefits of DLT to institutional workflows.
• Built-in Compliance: Native compliance features designed to meet institutional regulatory standards from the ground up.

Evan Varsamis, CEO and co-founder of Temple: “We see an incredible opportunity to develop new financial primitives with and for large institutions ready to participate in digital asset markets. We want Temple to be a core trading engine for use cases that have traditionally been inaccessible on decentralized networks.”

Temple’s leadership team — Evan Varsamis (CEO) and Dan Simerman (CSO) — brings deep experience in digital assets, trading systems, and decentralized networks. The duo sees Canton as “An Open Institutional Network” where anyone can access and build technology for the new financial system.

Digital Asset, Canton’s parent company, recently raised $135M in strategic funding led by DRW Venture Capital and Tradeweb Markets. Canton is already conducting trillions in monthly volume from products launched by major partners including Goldman Sachs, Broadridge, and BNP Paribas, providing Temple with access to the world’s largest financial institutions.

Temple is positioned to become the foundational trading infrastructure for institutional DLT within Canton’s ecosystem. The market opportunity is significant, with real-world asset tokenization projected to reach $100bn by 2026, requiring compliant trading infrastructure that can meet institutional privacy and regulatory requirements — precisely what Canton and Temple are built to deliver.

We’re proud to support Temple in this journey and look forward to witnessing its transformative impact on institutional digital asset markets.

About Temple Digital Group

Temple Digital Group is an infrastructure development company building a privacy-focused technical stack to trade capital markets on the Canton Network.

For more information, visit https://templedigitalgroup.com/ or follow Temple on LinkedIn and X.

About Eterna Capital

Eterna Capital is a venture capital firm dedicated to advancing Web3 technologies and the decentralized web. We invest in visionary entrepreneurs pioneering breakthroughs across this emerging landscape, aiming to drive innovation and long-term value creation. By empowering these innovators, Eterna Capital plays a vital role in shaping the future of the decentralized internet while offering our investors strategic access to this transformative ecosystem.

For more information, visit www.eternacapital.com or follow us on LinkedIn, X and Bluesky.

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