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      </style></head><body>SEC Form 3 
   <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><tr><td width="20%" colspan="2" valign="top" align="center" class="FormName">FORM 3</td><td rowspan="1" width="60%" valign="middle" align="center"><span class="FormTitle">UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</span><br><span class="MedSmallFormText">Washington, D.C. 20549</span><br><br><span class="FormTitle">INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES</span><br><br><span class="MedSmallFormText">Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</span><br><span class="MedSmallFormText">or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940</span></td><td rowspan="1" width="20%" valign="top" align="center"><table width="100%" border="1" summary="OMB Approval Status Box"><tr><td class="FormTextC">OMB APPROVAL</td></tr><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" summary="OMB Interior Box"><tr><td class="SmallFormText" colspan="3">OMB Number:</td><td class="SmallFormTextR">3235-0104</td></tr><tr><td class="SmallFormText" colspan="4">Estimated average burden</td></tr><tr><td class="SmallFormText" colspan="3">hours per response:</td><td class="SmallFormTextR">0.5</td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><tr><td rowspan="3" width="30%" valign="top"><span class="MedSmallFormText">1. Name and Address of Reporting Person<sup>*</sup></span><table border="0" width="100%"><tr><td><a href="/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&amp;CIK=0001802993">Zhang Nangeng</a></td></tr></table><hr width="98%"><table border="0" width="100%"><tr><td width="33%" class="MedSmallFormText">(Last)</td><td width="33%" class="MedSmallFormText">(First)</td><td width="33%" class="MedSmallFormText">(Middle)</td></tr></table><table border="0" width="100%"><tr><td><span class="FormData">28 AYER RAJAH CRESCENT #06-08</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="FormData"></span></td></tr></table><hr width="98%"><span class="MedSmallFormText">(Street)</span><table border="0" width="100%"><tr><td width="33%"><span class="FormData"></span></td><td width="33%"><span class="FormData"></span></td><td width="33%"><span class="FormData">S139959</span></td></tr></table><hr width="98%"><table border="0" width="100%"><tr><td width="33%" class="MedSmallFormText">(City)</td><td width="33%" class="MedSmallFormText">(State)</td><td width="33%" class="MedSmallFormText">(Zip)</td></tr></table><hr width="98%"><table border="0" width="100%"><tr><td width="33%" colspen="3"><span class="FormData">UNITED STATES</span></td></tr></table><hr width="98%"><span class="MedSmallFormText">(Country)</span></td><td rowspan="3" width="15%" valign="top"><span class="MedSmallFormText">2. Date of Event Requiring Statement
         (Month/Day/Year)</span><br><span class="FormData">03/18/2026</span></td><td valign="top" colspan="2"><span class="MedSmallFormText">3. Issuer Name <b>and</b> Ticker or Trading Symbol
      </span><br><a href="/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&amp;CIK=0001780652">Canaan Inc.</a>
     [ <span class="FormData">CAN</span> ]
   </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" width="30%" valign="top"><span class="MedSmallFormText">3a. Foreign Trading Symbol
		 <br></span></td><td valign="top"><span class="MedSmallFormText">5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
         (Month/Day/Year)</span><br></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" width="30%" valign="top"><span class="MedSmallFormText">4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
      </span><br><span class="MedSmallFormText">(Check all applicable)</span><table border="0" width="100%"><tr><td width="15%" align="center"><span class="FormData">X</span></td><td width="35%" class="MedSmallFormText">Director</td><td width="15%" align="center"></td><td width="35%" class="MedSmallFormText">10% Owner</td></tr><tr><td align="center"><span class="FormData">X</span></td><td class="MedSmallFormText">Officer (give title below)</td><td align="center"></td><td class="MedSmallFormText">Other (specify below)</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" align="center"></td><td width="35%" align="left" style="color: blue">Chief Executive Officer</td><td width="15%" align="center"></td><td width="35%" align="left" style="color: blue"></td></tr></table></td><td valign="top"><span class="MedSmallFormText">6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
      </span><table border="0" width="100%"><tr><td width="15%" align="center"><span class="FormData">X</span></td><td width="85%" class="MedSmallFormText">Form filed by One Reporting Person</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" align="center"></td><td width="85%" class="MedSmallFormText">Form filed by More than One Reporting Person</td></tr></table></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><thead><tr><th width="100%" valign="top" colspan="4" align="center" class="FormTextC"><b>Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned</b></th></tr><tr><th width="44%" valign="top" align="left" class="MedSmallFormText">1. Title of Security (Instr. 
      4)
   </th><th width="19%" valign="top" align="left" class="MedSmallFormText">2. 
      Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 
      4)
   </th><th width="11%" valign="top" align="left" class="MedSmallFormText">3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 
      5)
   </th><th width="26%" valign="top" align="left" class="MedSmallFormText">4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 
      5)
   </th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="left"><span class="FormData">Class A ordinary shares</span></td><td align="center"><span class="FormData">370,884,600</span></td><td align="center"><span class="FormData">D</span></td><td align="left"></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><thead><tr><th width="100%" valign="top" colspan="8" align="center" class="FormTextC"><b>Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned</b><br><b>(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)</b></th></tr><tr><th width="35%" valign="top" rowspan="2" align="left" class="MedSmallFormText">1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 
      4)
   </th><th width="9%" valign="top" colspan="2" align="left" class="MedSmallFormText">2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date 
      (Month/Day/Year)</th><th width="26%" valign="top" colspan="2" align="left" class="MedSmallFormText">3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 
      4)
   </th><th width="7%" valign="top" rowspan="2" align="left" class="MedSmallFormText">4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security
   </th><th width="8%" valign="top" rowspan="2" align="left" class="MedSmallFormText">5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 
      5)
   </th><th width="15%" valign="top" rowspan="2" align="left" class="MedSmallFormText">6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 
      5)
   </th></tr><tr><th width="4%" valign="bottom" align="center" class="MedSmallFormText">Date Exercisable</th><th width="5%" valign="bottom" align="center" class="MedSmallFormText">Expiration Date</th><th width="20%" valign="bottom" align="center" class="MedSmallFormText">Title</th><th width="6%" valign="bottom" align="center" class="MedSmallFormText">Amount or Number of Shares</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="left"><span class="FormData">American Depositary Shares</span></td><td align="center"><span class="SmallFormData">
                
            </span><span class="FootnoteData"><sup>(1)</sup></span></td><td align="center"><span class="SmallFormData">
                
            </span><span class="FootnoteData"><sup>(1)</sup></span></td><td align="center"><span class="FormData">Class A ordinary shares</span></td><td align="center"><span class="FormData">34,524,525</span></td><td align="center"><span class="FootnoteData"><sup>(1)</sup></span></td><td align="center"><span class="FormData">D</span></td><td align="left"></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><span class="FormData">Class B ordinary shares</span></td><td align="center"><span class="SmallFormData">
                
            </span><span class="FootnoteData"><sup>(2)</sup></span></td><td align="center"><span class="SmallFormData">
                
            </span><span class="FootnoteData"><sup>(2)</sup></span></td><td align="center"><span class="FormData">Class A ordinary shares</span></td><td align="center"><span class="FormData">311,624,444</span></td><td align="center"><span class="FootnoteData"><sup>(2)</sup></span></td><td align="center"><span class="FormData">I</span></td><td align="left"><span class="FormData">By Flueqel Ltd.</span><span class="FootnoteData"><sup>(3)</sup></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" width="100%"><tr><td class="MedSmallFormText"><b>Explanation of Responses:</b></td></tr><tr><td class="FootnoteData">1. Each American Depositary Share is convertible at any time, at the holder's election, into 15 Class A ordinary shares of the issuer. The American Depositary Shares have no expiration date.</td></tr><tr><td class="FootnoteData">2. Each Class B ordinary share is convertible into one Class A ordinary share of the issuer at any time, at the holder's election, and has no expiration date.</td></tr><tr><td class="FootnoteData">3. Flueqel Ltd. is a company incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, which is indirectly wholly owned by a trust of which the reporting person is the beneficiary.</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0"><tr><td width="60%"></td><td width="20%"><u><span class="FormData">/s/ Nangeng Zhang</span></u></td><td width="20%"><u><span class="FormData">03/18/2026</span></u></td></tr><tr><td></td><td class="MedSmallFormText">** Signature of Reporting Person</td><td class="MedSmallFormText">Date</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" class="MedSmallFormText">Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" class="MedSmallFormText">* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, 
                  <i>see</i>

                  Instruction 
                  5

                  (b)(v).</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" class="MedSmallFormText">** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations 
                  <i>See</i>

                  18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" class="MedSmallFormText">Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, 
                  <i>see</i>

                  Instruction 6 for procedure.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" class="MedSmallFormText"><b>Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.</b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" class="MedSmallFormText"><b>* Form 3: SEC 1473 (03-26)</b></td></tr></table></body></html>
