Cryptocurrencies ecosystem in Canada

This post is about the cryptocurrencies ecosystem in Canada

All information in this post is the result of research and is NOT OFFICIAL. it's not an end, can serve only as a basic starting point if you are looking for information about the cryptocurrencies ecosystem in Canada

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Last update:14 jan 2025

1- Canada Cryptos in numbers

2- Advisory

3- Association

4- Canadian cryptos

5- Crypto exchange platforms

A- Exchange

B- Trading

C- Data analytics

D- Brokers

E- ATM

6- Education

7- ETF

8- Events

9- Governance

A- Regulator

B- Research

C- Bank of Canada

10- Holders - Corporate holder

11- investment

12- Marketing

13- Mining

14- News

15- Payments - Crypto Payments and crypto wallets

16- Platforms

A- Compliance

B- Security

17- Venture

18- Web3 development

1- Canadian Cryptos in numbers

2- Advisory

Collisionless

Provides:

• strategic advisory,
• crypto investigations,
• sales optimization,
• web3 education.

3- Association

Canadian blockchain association

canadian blockchain association is canada leading voice in blockchain innovation, education, and collaboration.

Canadian web3 council

Advocate for responsible public policy and trust framework to unlock the development and growth of web3 in Canada.

Chamber of digital commerce Canada

Promote the acceptance and use of digital assets and blockchain-based technologies through education and advocacy.

Fem T3ch

Educate, connect and empower women in web3.

icp north america

Collaborations, developer education, project incubation, seamless migration to the ICP.

NorthstarDAO

NorthstarDAO is mobilizing grassroots technology leaders, pioneers, builders, investors and creators united by a mission to promote the mainstream adoption of emerging technologies in Canada.

The blockchain association of canada

Grow and enhance the canadian blockchain community and ecosystem

The canada blockchain consortium

The canada blockchain consortium was founded to unite canada's diverse community of blockchain business owners, developers, adopters and those interested in exploring this technology's transformative potential.

Women in blockchain Canada

is a not for profit organization aiming to inspire women to become involved in blockchain technology through educational conferences, social networking and workshops.

Association	Work on
the blockchain association of canada	ecosystem
canadian blockchain association	think thank for blockchain
the canada blockchain consortium	ecosystem

4- Canadian Tokens

You can find the link to a post dedicated to Canadian Tokens

5- Crypto exchange platforms

You can find the link to a post dedicated to Cryptocurrency exchanges in canada

6- Education

Cryptoducation

Cryptoducation provides education and consulting services about bitcoin, blockchain, cybersecurity and privacy to individuals, entrepreneurs, small businesses and investors.

George brown college

Through a one-year blockchain development graduate certificate program provides an in-depth understnding of blockchain technology and its application.

HawkHacks

HawkHacks is the student-run hackathon of wilfrid laurier university that provide workshops about blockchain technology.

next decentrum

NAIT - Northern Alberta Institute of Technology

Provides education in blockchain for financial services.

The Wright Success

Provide live free workshops in crypto investment strategy.

Web3 academy

is a resource that helps 1000's of entrepreneurs, creators and businesses understand the role web3 will play in the future of internet.

7- ETF

Data in this section may be outdated by the time you are reading, for updated and official data please visit the link below

Toronto Stock Exchange

There is 33 cryptocurreny ETF traded in The Toronto Stock Exchange:

As of jan 15, 2025

Crypto ETF by asset under management

Crypto	AUM in CAD	%
Bitcoin	7,390,293,318	83.48%
Ethereum	1,388,464,706	15.68%
Multi-cryptocurrency	74,254,972	0.84%
Total	8,853,012,996	100%

4 Largest Crypto ETF by asset under management

Symbol	Fund Name	AUM in CAD
BTCC.B	Purpose Bitcoin ETF	1.876.518.000
BTCX.B	CI Galaxy Bitcoin ETF	1.132.352.490
BTCC	Purpose Bitcoin ETF	877.114.000
FBTC	Fidelity Advantage Bitcoin ETF	683.689.000

4 Largest Crypto ETF by average daily vol

Symbol	Fund Name	CAD
BTCC	Purpose Bitcoin ETF	2.556.654
BTCC.B	Purpose Bitcoin ETF	2.331.311
BTCX.B	CI Galaxy Bitcoin ETF	1.365.423
ETHX.B	CI Galaxy Ethereum ETF	1.149.607

Investment companies by cruptorurrencies AUM

Company	AUM	%
Purpose investments	3.976.568.532	44.92%
CI Financial	2.339.098.966	26.42%
Fidelity Advantage	1.172.436.800	13.24%
3iQ	907.814.278	10.25%
Evolve	457.094.420	5.16%

Management fees Data

Management fees	Company	%
Highest	Purpose investments	1.1%
Average		0.75%
Lowest	Evolve	0.0%

8- Events

Blockchain futurist conference

is canada's largest web3 event scheduled for may 13, 2025 in toronto. Blockchain futurist conference is about:

• Blockchain technology,
• crypto currency,
• AI,
• defi and tradfi,
• web3 regulation,

blockchainevents.ca

is an aggregate and a shared google calendar of the incredible blockchain and related tech communities and events across canada.

Ethglobal

is building the most valuable community in web3 and provide many products:

• hachathons,
• conferences,
• summits,

ETHToronto

is an ethereum hackathon organized by untraceable events since 2014.

Untraceable

Provide events and marketing for the web3 community, solutions include:

• event management,
• event marketing,
• event technology,
• conferences and expos,
• hachathons,
• community events,

9- Governance

Fintrac

Fintrac is canada's financial intelligence unit, AML and anti-terrorist financing supervisor. its mandate is to facilitate the detection, prevention and deterrence of money laundering and the financing of terrorist activities, while ensuring theprotection of personal information under its control.

canadian securities administrators

CSA is the umbrella organization of canada's provincial and territorial securities regulators whose objective is to improve, coordinate and hormonize regulation of the canadian capital markets.

Canadian investment regulatory organization

CIRO is the pan-canadian self-regulatory organization that overseas all investment dealers, mutual fund dealers, and trading activity on Canada's debt and equity marketplaces.

Canadian investor protection fund

CIPF provide protection within prescribed limits to eligible clients of member firms suffering losses if clients property comprising securities, cash, and other property held by such member firms is unavailable as a result of the insolvency of the member firm.

10- Holder

sol strategies

sol strategies is the only publicly-traded company offering exposure to solana staking.

defi technologies

DEFI is bridging the gap between traditional capital markets and decentralized finance. the company generates revenues through the issuance of exchange traded products.

bigg digital assets

operates and invests in businesses (crypto tradig, metacerse, security) that support and enhance a more interconnected internet and digital asset ecosystem.

11- investment

3iq corp

3iq is a digital asset manager pioneering institutional grade digital asset investments for forward-thinking institutions.

blockstation

blockstation is a holistic, blockchain-driven platform for the entire lifecycle of tokenization, listing, trading, clearing and settlement of digital assets and securities wthin the regulated capital marketplace.

Blossom Social

is a social media focusing on investment, where community members can discuss:

• stocks,
• ETFs,
• Taxes,
• personal finance,
• market news,

Figment

Provide staking solutions to institutional clients.

Purpose Unlimited

is an investment firm providing:

• wealth management,
• asset management,
• retirement solutions,
• SMB financing solutions,

wonderfi

wonderfi is engaged in the development and acquisition of technology platforms to facilitate investments in the emerging industry of digital assets.

with CAD28M revenue in 2023, wonderfi owns, operates, incubates, and invest across the global digital asset ecosystem.

12- Marketing

fractl

Provide marketing for web3 startups.

MMH Technology Group

is a one stop shopfor:

• digital marketing,
• public relations,
• data systems,
• technology develoment,
• strategy and execution,
• investor relations,
• communication,
• conferences and events,

for technology and distributed ledger technology companies.

13- Mining

Company	Revenue
bitfarms	146.4
Hive digital technologies Ltd	114.5
DMG	19.4
CathedraBitcoin	7.6
Neptune digital assets corp	1.6
Publicly traded companies total Mining revenue	$M 289.4

A- mining - containers

cryptotherm

digital shovel

helps businesses scale crypto-mining operations with turn-key mobile units. With low energy cost, and high security, they help businesses with managed and unmanaged miner hosting.

upstream data

Provide bitcoin mining technology and infrastructure:

• power systel load balancing,
• modular loadcenters,

B- mining - data centers

incryptmining.com

mining colocation

Provides hosting solutions for cryptocurrency mining at affordable prices with:

• best-in-class deployment timelines,
• energy efficiency,

lod

Provides:

• bitcoin miners,
• data centers,
• cloud computing,

C- mining - energy

heatcore

Provides integrated energy and mining systems.

pow.re

D- mining - hardware

ascxchange

epic blockchain

Provides:

• fleet enhancement,
• mining rigs,
• blockchain chips,

E- mining - rigs

bitfarms Ltd

is a global, vertically integrated company that builds and manages data center infrastructure for bitcoin mining and AI/HPC

CathedraBitcoin

Cathedra bitcoin inc develops and operates digital infrastructure assets across north america.

DMG

DMG provides:

• data center infrastructure,
• software and services,

Hive digital technologies Ltd

Specializes in building and operating cutting-edge data centers.

Neptune digital assets corp

is a technology and cryptocurrency leader that works to accelerate the growth of digital assets and innovation. The company produce income through:

Provides:

• cruptocurrency staking,
• bitcoin mining,
• decentralized finance,

F- mining - software

lincoin technologies inc

luxor

LUXOR provides solutions for scaling mining infrastructure. Their products include:

• a globally distributed mining pool,
• hashprice derivatives,
• a request-for-quote ASIC marketplace,
• firmware,
• a bitcoin mining analytics platform,

14- News

BetaKit

betakit is the publication of record for canadian startup and tech innovation news, providing trusted and accessible business journalism. Their team and coverage spans the country, offering breaking news in-depth reporting across a variety of formats.

blockchain north

is a media company commited to informing, educating and inspiring canadians about the bllockchain revolution, Their content spans:

• interviews,
• daily news,
• weekly newsletter,
• media collaborations,

OCrypto Canada

ocryptocanada give peopleknowledge to become aware and catch up in the cryptocurrency industry.

Hashchain

Provides news, analysis, and opinions on the overall condition of the blockchain ecosystem.

15- Crypto Payments and crypto wallets

AML incubator

is a group of specialized legal and compliance experts with-edge technology dedicated to making regulatory obstacles easier to overcome.

Shake pay

is a money app that allows users to pay friends, buy and earn bitcoin, and send money effortlesly.

coinpayments

Provide a secure and trusted crypto payment gateway.

phaze

Phaze is a secure payments distributed SDK that enables enterprises to issue digital gifts cards, cash cards, and prepaid mobile top-ups.

blockcat technologies

Tabby Pay is a smart contract that's built to prevent user error. If a user send ether to the wrong wallet, he can cancel the payment and his ether will be returned.

16- Platforms

oneLedger

is a distributed consensus protocol company creating a blockchain that will act as a bridge between enterprises and other chains.

peer ledger

peer ledger provides supply chain traceability solutions.

paycase

Paycase financial is the leading value network that merges traditional finance and crypto finance.

blocklab

Situated in the heart of northern labrador, the company take full advantage of the cool, dry climate, Mother nature's own cooling system, and sustainably-sourced hydroelectric power to carry out bitcoin mining in an energy-conserving manner with absolutely no cooling costs.

eos network

EOS is a highly performant and scalable network, designed for building web3 applications that meet the demands of everyday users.

coinchange financials inc

Coinchange is a leading stablecoin technology platform, it offers superior returns on stablecoins without the need for extensive traning or integration.

nectr tech

nectr tech is a financial automation startup proving an API and an app for money sending.

T-rize group

T-rize is operating in the tokenization of real world assets business.

Alt 5 sigma

is a fintech, providing next generation blockchain-powered technologies for tokenization, trading, clearing settlement, payment and safe keeping of digital assets

Build your blocks

is a smart contract solutions and security firm.

Bitaccess

Provides software services to power fintech businesses core infrastructure, compliance, security and support services.

alessa inc

Provides SaaS KYC, AML and fraud prevention solutions for financial and corporates.

complyadvantage

an industry-leading and trusterd SaaS-based risk intelligence platform that unites global inteligence to beat financial crime.

Compliance and security

A- Compliance

Certik

is a pioneer in blockchain security, utilizing best-in-class formal cerification and AItechnology to secure and monitor blockchain, smart contracts, and web3 apps.

phantom compliance

is a compliance expert providing:

• regulatory and operational compliance,
• corporate services,
• payment services,
• audits,
• organizational training,

elliptic

Provides crypto compliance solutions globally by using blockchain analytics for financial crime compliance.

mwvc megawatt canada

is building products and services to support the future infrastructure of high capacity computing, and pairing renewable green energy with blockchain and artificial intelligence.

nebula ai

is a pioneering technology company that specializes in integrating AI with decentralized computing and blockchain technology. It provides:

• decentralize computing,
• data center solutions,
• hordware design,
• web3 OS,

B- Security

Blockchain intelligence group

Blockchain intelligence group specialize in cryptocurrency investigation and risk management and provides:

• track and trace,
• monitoring,
• address watch,
• KYC, AML,

17- Venture

Aventus Ventures

decentral

is an innovation hub for disruptive and decentralized technologies, working with numerous projects, incubators, and accelerators programs to provide guidance to start-ups.

FutureMoney Group

invest in frontier technologies in the digital economy

mavennet

is a venture creation and technology consulting services that specalize in:

• data management,
• digital identity,
• blockchain,
• artificial intelligence,

mlg blockchain

MLG blockchain is a global consulting and development firm that builds solutions using blockchains and smart contract technology.

Quantum leap labs

is a web3 accelerator program and residency program providing services like:

• Tokenomics,
• Marketing,
• Legal setup,
• Design,
• Pitch craft,

18- Web3 development

ChainSafe

is a leading blockchain research and development firm, specializing in protocol engineering, cross-chain interoperability and web3 gaming.

Chainsafe provide products and services like:

• gaming solutions,
• decentralized storage,
• files encryption,
• software engineering,
• solidity audits,

next decentrum

Provides technology-powered solutions that combine transformative design, ai driven, and data-focused strategies.

northern block

facilitates digital transformation through self-sovereign iddentity SSI technologies, standards and priciples.

finnovate.io

is building web, mobile and blockchain apps.

fazezero

Provides a full suite of blockchain solutions:

• strategy,
• custom development,
• smart contracts,
• DeFi,
• tokenization,
• Security,

blockX labs

is a software developer which specializes in providing professional private and public blockchain solutions and developer tools.

capital blockchain

delivers customized blockchain platform for tokenized assets and security token offerings.

Status: in progress