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title: "The weekend revolution: collateral is finally working overtime"
description: Find out how onchain collateral and stablecoins enable 24/7 financing on Canton, with insights from the institutions doing the trades.
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# [The weekend revolution: collateral is finally working overtime](https://www.canton.network/blog/the-weekend-revolution-collateral-is-finally-working-overtime)

 Written by [Barnaby Nelson](https://www.canton.network/blog/author/barnaby-nelson) | Feb 16, 2026 2:00:02 PM

6:45 pm on a Friday, the financial world effectively goes into hibernation. While 24/7 trading has been a reality for years, post-trade operations - the settlement and collateral movement - still takes the weekend off. That just changed.

A series of foundational trades took place in [July](https://www.canton.network/canton-network-press-releases/digital-asset-complete-on-chain-us-treasury-financing) and [October](https://www.canton.network/canton-network-press-releases/the-canton-networks-industry-working-group-demonstrates-next-phase-of-onchain-u.s.-treasury-financing) 2025. Some of the biggest institutions - including Bank of America, Citadel Securities, and Goldman Sachs - successfully executed live repo transactions of onchain US Treasury bills against stablecoins. Not a simulation; real cash and securities onchain, moving between regulated institutions on the Canton Network.

On the other side of the pond, Lloyds executed a [market-first purchase of tokenized Gilts with tokenized deposits](https://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/media/press-releases/2026/lloyds/lloyds-tokenisation.html), and LSEG launched its digital settlement platform (DiSH) on Canton, putting it to work in [another industry-first](https://www.canton.network/canton-network-press-releases/canton-industry-working-group-showcases-expanded-24/7-global-collateral-mobility).

### Why does this matter? And why now?

The timing is critical. Our global markets are fighting against a "manual burden" that creates a massive drag on performance. **58% of market participants are currently struggling with collateral management and margining issues**. We are essentially trying to run a high-speed digital economy on legacy systems that require human intervention to move assets.

When volatility hits - as we saw during the Silicon Valley Bank crisis - liquidity crises are now measured in minutes, not days. If your collateral is stuck in a manual settlement queue over a weekend, you are exposed. These trades prove we can finally move assets "at the time and pace that markets move".

**The data: unlocking the frozen trillions**

To understand the momentum here, you have to look at the sheer scale of the opportunity being unlocked:

- **The 120-hour bonus:** by enabling 24/7 collateral mobility, we are effectively adding 120 hours of financing activity to the week - a 170% increase in the time assets can be deployed to earn yield.
- **Massive new liquidity:** there is currently over **USD 268 billion** in stablecoin holdings that have been largely immobile for institutional use due to privacy concerns. The transactions on Canton demonstrated how "sub-transaction privacy" can finally bring that liquidity onto the balance sheet.
- **Interest earnings growth: **Tokenizing collateral is expected to increase interest earnings by **$346M a year for Tier 1 firms**, and multiple millions for smaller firms.
- **Efficiency gains:** in the US alone, automating these processes could save the industry **USD 54 million** annually in operational costs.

### The bigger picture** **

We are looking at a path toward mobilizing **USD 243 trillion** in new collateral by making traditional assets as liquid and transferable as digital ones.

> “Liquidity crises are now measured in minutes, not days. If your collateral is stuck in a manual settlement queue over a weekend, you are exposed. These trades prove we can finally move assets "at the time and pace that markets move."

### The momentum is strong

The industry case for change is no longer a theoretical debate - it’s an operational mandate. For years, the knock on blockchain in finance was that it was a solution looking for a problem. But when you look at the "burning carry" problem - where firms lose income because their collateral is stuck in non-yielding cash over the weekend - the problem is very real and very expensive.

The true value revealed in these trades isn't just the speed; it's the **privacy**. Institutional players have been rightfully hesitant to put their strategies on public ledgers where everyone can see their moves.

By proving that you can have atomic, 24/7 settlement *while* keeping your sensitive inventory data private, the Canton Network has removed one of the biggest roadblocks to adoption.

When **29% of banks and brokers are already planning to use tokenized collateral by 2026**, you know the momentum has shifted. The goal is simple: making a bond act like a bond, just faster and cheaper. The financial "weekend" is becoming a thing of the past. It’s time our collateral started working as hard as we do.

### Find out more

Get the report based on research and interviews with the industry practitioners now making this a reality.

**Download the report: *****Treasuries on-chain: An industry case for change**** *[**here**. ](https://thevx.io/campaign/treasuries-on-chain-an-industry-case-for-change/)

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