What is Quant (QNT)? How Overledger and Fusion connect 74 networks for banks

Quant is a British technology company that connects banks and public authorities to blockchains without obliging them to commit to a single chain. The product behind it is called Overledger, supplemented since June 2026 by the Fusion Rollup, which according to the company brings 74 networks together in a shared execution environment. The associated token carries the ticker QNT. The name became widely known most recently through a mandate from a US clearing house. This article takes a step back and explains what the technology actually delivers, where its limits lie and what role the token plays in it. For the current price there is a separate Quant price prediction; here the subject is the substance behind it. What Quant is and what banks use the network for Quant does not build a blockchain of its own. That is the most important sentence about this project, and it is often skimmed over. The company sells an intermediate layer that connects existing networks to one another. The need for it arises from a practical problem. A bank working with digital assets today deals with several networks at once: public ones such as Ethereum or Bitcoin, permissioned ones such as Hyperledger Fabri...