Rotate
Treasury rotation
Move large positions between Canton-native assets and stablecoins without moving the public market.
The Protocol
Three layers between intent and finality.
Block trades still run on infrastructure built for retail. Clavius replaces it layer by layer.
01
Intent
Counterparties define structured intent across liquidity tiers before any order exists. Nothing is shown to the wider market.
Removes information leakage: intent is never broadcast ahead of execution.
02
Discovery
Your order reaches only the tiers you choose. Midpoint execution strikes against signed Chainlink Data Streams.
Removes slippage: large orders never move a public book against themselves.
03
Settlement
One Canton-native atomic swap, built to the CIP-56 standard. All legs move, or none do.
Removes settlement risk: no delays, no custodial exposure, no counterparty trust.
Use Cases
Where Clavius fits in your stack.
Match
OTC execution
Fill large client orders against firm quotes from the liquidity tiers you select, settled on Canton.
Settle
Treasury settlement
Move cash and tokenised assets between verified institutional counterparties, with Canton-native finality.
Three patterns, one protocol, each settled atomically on Canton.
Discovery
Two ways to discover. One way to settle.
Both instruments are routed privately to the liquidity tiers you select. There is no public order book, and nothing reaches the wider market.
Settlement
All legs settle, or none do.
Settlement is atomic. Base, quote and fee move in one indivisible step on Canton Network, directly between allocations the parties themselves own. There is no half-settled state, and nothing passes through Clavius.
Midpoint execution strikes at the mid of an independent reference price: both sides approach the middle from their own side of the market, and the trade executes where they meet.
Settlement is built to the CIP-56 standard for Canton-native assets: finality on chain, custody untouched.
Base
The asset leaves the seller's own allocation.
Quote
Payment, net of fee, leaves the buyer's.
Fee
Settles in the same indivisible step. All three legs, or none.
The Measure
Against the current workflow.
Bilateral discovery
- Clavius
- Yes
- Typical OTC desk
- Manual
- DEX block tools
- No
- CEX OTC
- Manual
Non-custodial
- Clavius
- Yes
- Typical OTC desk
- No
- DEX block tools
- Yes
- CEX OTC
- No
Atomic settlement
- Clavius
- Yes
- Typical OTC desk
- No
- DEX block tools
- Partial
- CEX OTC
- No
Discovery privacy
- Clavius
- Yes
- Typical OTC desk
- Partial
- DEX block tools
- No
- CEX OTC
- Partial
Institutional-grade rails
- Clavius
- Yes
- Typical OTC desk
- Yes
- DEX block tools
- No
- CEX OTC
- Yes
Security & Posture
Custody never sits with Clavius.
Non-custodial by design
Clavius never holds participant funds. All settlement is atomic, participant to participant, with Canton-native finality.
Built to the CIP-56 standard
Atomic settlement follows Canton Improvement Proposal 56, the framework for non-security digital assets with on-chain finality.
Jurisdiction-aware
Every participant completes KYB and sanctions screening before any workflow opens; availability varies by jurisdiction.
Questions
Asked before the first trade.
Is Clavius an exchange or a custodian?
Neither. There is no public order book, and Clavius never holds participant funds. Trades settle atomically, participant to participant, between allocations the parties themselves own, with Canton-native finality. Nothing passes through Clavius.
Who sees my trading intent?
Only the counterparties you choose. You define structured intent across liquidity tiers before any order exists, and your order is routed only to the tiers you select. Nothing reaches the wider market.
How is the price determined?
Two ways. Midpoint execution strikes at the mid of an independent reference price, executed against signed Chainlink Data Streams. An RFQ returns live, firm quotes from the liquidity tiers you select, held open for a defined window; you accept the best quote and it binds.
What happens if the other side fails to deliver?
Settlement is atomic on Canton Network, built to the CIP-56 standard. Base, quote and fee move in one indivisible step. All legs settle, or none do; there is no half-settled state.
Who can participate, and what does onboarding involve?
Clavius is built for institutional counterparties: funds, market makers and treasuries whose orders are too large for lit venues. Every participant completes KYB and sanctions screening before any workflow opens, and availability varies by jurisdiction.
What can we trade?
Canton-native assets and stablecoins across supported pairs: rotating treasury positions, filling OTC client orders, and moving cash and tokenised assets between verified institutional counterparties.
What does it cost, and how do we start?
The testnet is open now at app-testnet.clavius.io. Founding cohort terms, locked in for the cohort, are shared on request; write to contact@clavius.io. Cohort members get direct access to the founders and the protocol engineering team, and shape midpoint and RFQ semantics and discovery routing before public launch.
Access
The founding cohort
A small group of trading desks onboarding ahead of public launch. The terms reflect it:
- Lower fee rates, locked in for the life of the cohort.
- A direct line to the founders and protocol engineers, not a support queue.
- A hand in shaping execution and discovery routing before public launch.