Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Canton Foundation (F/K/A Global Synchronizer Foundation)

Notice is hereby given that, on April 7, 2026, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), Canton Foundation (f/k/a Global Synchronizer Foundation) (“Canton Foundation”) has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership. The notifications were filed for the purpose of extending the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, Bitwave, Miami, FL; Finoa Consensus Services GmbH, Berlin, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY; Gevulot Oy, Helsinki, REPUBLIC OF FINLAND; RedStone, Baar, SWISS CONFEDERATION; Zodia Custody, London, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND; Stats Labs Inc., Mercer Island, WA; Dedge Security S.L., Madrid, KINGDOM OF SPAIN; Tharimmune, Inc., Red Bank, NJ; CaviarNine Limited, Tortola, THE VIRGIN ISLANDS; and Cosimo Fund, Chicago, IL, have been added as parties to this venture. Also, BitAlpha, Inc., Miami, FL, has withdrawn as a party to this venture. No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned activity of the group research project. Membership in this group research project remains open, and Canton Foundation intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership. On September 18, 2024, Canton Foundation filed its original notification pursuant to section 6(a) of the Act. The Department of Justice published a notice in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on October 11, 2024 (89 FR 82632). The last notification was filed with the Department on December 22, 2025. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on February 23, 2026 (91 FR 8527). Suzanne Morris, Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.