1. Summary
This CIP proposes that TreasurySpring Management (Jersey) Limited (TreasurySpring) be admitted as a Super Validator applicant with a maximum earnable SV reward weight of 4. The application uses a milestone-based representative-SV structure, with rewards initially escrowed and unlocked only when the objective milestones for on-chain RWA outstanding and cumulative issuance volume set out in this CIP are met. Earned weight is thereafter subject to the perpetual sustainment requirements set out in this CIP.
The proposal is focused on sustained, production-scale native FTF issuance on Canton. Qualifying RWA may be represented through local party IDs or external party IDs, allowing TreasurySpring to bring substantial value and recurring issuance activity onto Canton.
External-wallet functionality and broader transaction utility remain important parts of TreasurySpring's product roadmap. These capabilities are expected to be developed separately as the application and ecosystem mature, with any associated incentives arising through applicable application activity or a future proposal rather than the deliverables under this CIP.
TreasurySpring's value proposition is that it can bring billions of dollars of natively issued, high-quality treasury assets on-chain under a legally robust, privacy-preserving register model that is uniquely suited to Canton.
2. Motivation
TreasurySpring is a cash investment platform and vertically integrated regulated fund manager with over 1000 onboarded clients across the UK, EU, US and other countries. TreasurySpring's bankruptcy-remote Jersey issuing vehicles issue Fixed-Term Fund Shares (FTFs). Each FTF is linked to a single underlying asset with a specific maturity date and provides pass-through exposure to cash-equivalent, high-grade fixed-income products including government bills and bonds, supranational paper, and reverse repo transactions with major investment banks, including tri-party and CCP-cleared structures. TreasurySpring's issuance is multi-currency, with most issuance concentrated in USD, EUR, and GBP.
TreasurySpring currently has more than 550 live FTFs in issuance and offers access to over 120 different counterparties. It offers FTFs with maturities as short as 1 day up to 1 year in multiple currencies. If client behaviour remains similar to today and a material and growing proportion of FTFs are represented on Canton, TreasurySpring expects daily minting and burning activity.