At the DAT Summit Hong Kong, EDENA Capital Partners introduced what it called the world’s first artificial intelligence-driven “master rail” for sovereign and state-linked assets, a platform designed to automate the issuance, verification and settlement of large-scale public projects.
The company formally launched its “Autonomic Financial OS” before an audience of roughly 300 policymakers, regulators and blockchain executives. Attendees included H.E. Nico Barito, Special Envoy of the President of Seychelles for ASEAN and founder of Blue Institute; Dr. Sultan Najamuddin, Speaker of the Senate of Indonesia; Charles Ng, Senior Advisor at Invest Hong Kong; Philip Kaddaj, chief executive and co-founder of Cantor8; Reni Achkar, chief marketing officer at Cantor8; Alex Gluchowski, chief executive and co-founder of Matter Labs; and Marco Cora, director of the ZKsync Foundation.
In a keynote titled “The Autonomic Revolution,” EDENA’s chief executive, Wook Lee, described what he called a “Structural Migration” from legacy financial systems to real-time digital infrastructure secured by a network of technology partners and sovereign regulators.
“We are witnessing the final days of manual finance. EDENA is not merely building a platform; we are architecting the sovereign-grade master rail for the next century of global capital,” Mr. Lee said. “With the Autonomic Financial OS, transparency is no longer a policy—it is a mathematical certainty. By unifying the world’s elite technology forces with sovereign visionaries, we are forging a real-time, high-integrity gateway for state-linked assets to flow into global liquidity at an unprecedented scale.”
Building a digital rail for public capital
EDENA says the system is intended to function as an intelligence layer for capital markets, automating settlement processes that are often manual and fragmented. The company said more than $100 billion in potential energy infrastructure and strategic national projects are already being prepared to become “Autonomic-ready.”
The platform is being developed in collaboration with a group of technology firms. Canton Network will provide privacy and interoperability for digital securities. Cantor8 is tasked with building infrastructure to allow institutions to interact with blockchain systems. ZKsync will supply zero-knowledge settlement tools intended to enable confidential transactions while proving compliance and ownership. Chainlink will provide external data verification and cross-chain connectivity. Athena Dynamics will focus on infrastructure security and threat analytics.
Yuval Rooz, co-founder and chief executive of Digital Asset, whose firm developed Canton Network, framed the initiative as part of a broader shift in institutional finance.
“Bringing $100b of sovereign assets onto Canton is just the beginning of where institutional finance is heading. As sovereign-grade assets move onchain in a compliant manner, with configurable privacy, we are seeing a new level of capital efficiency and global access being unlocked,” Mr. Rooz said. “This isn’t about digitizing assets for the sake of innovation. It’s about upgrading the financial market infrastructure that underpins them. This demonstrates how real-world sovereign markets can operate with the speed of blockchain while preserving the controls and protections institutions require.”
Philip Kaddaj, chief executive of Cantor8, described the development as part of a larger migration of institutional capital.
“A capital pool measured in the trillions of dollars is coming onchain and Canton is the place where this is happening,” Mr. Kaddaj said. “ With flexible privacy, composability and compliance built into its architecture, it is the only chain of choice for governments wanting to enter into this new age. Cantor8 is the gateway – quickly becoming the go-to infrastructure layer through which the world’s biggest institutions can tap into the benefits of Canton with ease. The client tells us what controls and features they need – we make them a reality. This lets institutions and governments leverage blockchain without needing to understand how to build on it.”
Alex Gluchowski of Matter Labs, the company behind ZKsync, emphasized security concerns.
“As AI-driven threats begin to outpace the security of traditional financial infrastructure, the world requires an ‘incorruptible’ foundation that does not rely on human trust. By anchoring EDENA’s Autonomic OS on ZKsync, we are providing the zero-knowledge architecture necessary to protect sovereign-scale wealth. This alliance ensures that T+0 settlement is achieved with absolute privacy and mathematical integrity, creating a resilient rail that is immune to the systemic vulnerabilities of legacy finance.”
Ken Soh, Group CIO of BH Global Corporation and chief executive of Athena Dynamics, added, “Protecting the master rail of sovereign wealth requires a paradigm shift in security. Athena Dynamics is proud to bring our critical infrastructure protection expertise to the EDENA Autonomic OS, ensuring the highest level of behavioral analytics and threat prevention.”
Sovereign pipeline
EDENA said it is entering the market with an initial pipeline of more than $20 billion in sovereign-linked projects. In Indonesia, the company said it is working with the Ministry of Investment, known as BKPM, on energy infrastructure and other national projects. It is also pursuing joint ventures across the Middle East and Africa aimed at migrating sovereign energy assets and infrastructure onto its digital system. In South Korea, EDENA said it is focusing on regulated domestic assets and large-scale infrastructure projects.
H.E. Nico Barito described the initiative as a step toward greater oversight of public capital.
“Our collaboration with EDENA through the Blue Institute and the BLUE BANK represents a transformative step for Blue Natural Capital. By utilizing the Autonomic Financial OS, we are ensuring that sovereign investments are managed with unparalleled transparency,” Mr. Barito said.
The initiative reflects a growing push by blockchain companies to position digital infrastructure as a backbone for public finance. Whether sovereign governments will fully embrace such systems at scale remains to be seen, but the launch signals an intensifying effort to bring state-linked capital markets onto blockchain-based platforms.