On March 17, 2026, Moody’s, one of the three major global credit rating agencies alongside Standard & Poor’s and Fitch, launched its Token Integration Engine (TIE). The innovative TIE allows Moody’s to publish its credit analyses directly on the blockchain, providing real-time access within decentralized finance (DeFi) workflows. This advancement in Moody’s services also includes the operation of a node on the Canton Network, a prominent blockchain that features participation from major financial institutions such as JPMorgan, London Stock Exchange, and Goldman Sachs. Notably, the Canton Network processes significant daily transactions worth between 300 and 400 billion USD.
The Canton Network serves as the blockchain platform for Moody’s Token Integration Engine (TIE). The Canton Network is developed by Digital Asset and consists of institutional actors including JPMorgan, the London Stock Exchange, and Goldman Sachs. Those institutions are named participants on the Canton Network.
Moody’s operates a node on the Canton Network. The Canton Network handles an estimated daily throughput of 300 to 400 billion USD. The estimated daily throughput figure covers the network’s transaction volume. Moody’s node operation takes place within that network context.
The Token Integration Engine is designed to be independent of the network. Moody’s plans to extend TIE to other blockchains beyond Canton. The network independence and planned extension are described as aspects of TIE’s design.
In January 2026, Moody’s published a report predicting that blockchain would become a foundational infrastructure layer for the financial sector in that year. The report stated that as financial markets digitize, the need for independent and reliable risk analyses does not change. Moody’s said it is extending its analytical rigor to the infrastructure of digital markets. The report framed blockchain adoption as part of the financial sector’s infrastructure evolution.
Moody’s described the launch of the Token Integration Engine (TIE) as the concretization of that position. The company said TIE enables issuers of tokenized assets to have credit analyses accessible directly within their tools without intermediaries. Moody’s framed TIE as a way to make its credit analyses directly available in asset tokenization workflows.
Moody’s described the launch of the Token Integration Engine (TIE) as the concretization of its position that blockchain would become a foundational infrastructure layer for the financial sector. TIE publishes Moody’s credit notations directly on the blockchain in real time, making credit ratings accessible within DeFi workflows and available on the Canton Network alongside institutional actors such as JPMorgan, the London Stock Exchange, and Goldman Sachs.
