About this episode
Most blockchains weren’t built for banks.They were built for ideology.In this episode, we sit down with Yuval Rooz, Co-Founder & CEO of Digital Asset, to explain why public, fully transparent blockchains break real financial markets — and why Canton Network was designed differently.We go deep into how banks, institutions, and regulators actually think about privacy, collateral, governance, and risk. From FTX-style black boxes to verifiable on-chain finance, this conversation explains what institutional adoption really requires — and why Europe and Wall Street are moving this way.This isn’t DeFi hype.This is how finance actually moves on-chain.We explore:Why banks will never use most public blockchainsThe hidden problem with “trustless” financePrivacy vs transparency (and why both matter)How black-box systems like FTX really failedWhy zero-knowledge breaks down in financeCanton’s approach to privacy-enabled smart contractsHow institutions like DTCC and Nasdaq participateTokenomics designed for real economic activityWhy RWAs need a different blockchain architectureWhat institutional crypto looks like in Europe vs the US? Follow Yuval & CantonX (Yuval): https://x.com/YuvalRoozX (Canton): https://x.com/CantonNetwork
