
Episode #56
How Canton Unlocks Institutional DeFi with Ethereum
Zenith Brings Ethereum to Canton Today we're joined by Norbert Vadas, Head of Product at Zenith, to explore how Ethereum compatibility is coming to Canton and what that means for institutional finance. In this episode we're discussing: What Zenith is building on Canton Canton’s privacy-first architecture DAML and Canton smart contracts Why EVM compatibility matters Bridging Canton assets into Ethereum CIP-56 assets explained Unified liquidity for institutional assets Bringing DeFi to Canton Rollup-inspired architecture State management and scalability Institutional adoption and real-world assets Mainnet roadmap and what's next And much more—enjoy! — Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (00:51) What is Zenith? (04:04) Norbert's background (06:02) Why build Zenith? (08:22) Understanding DAML (12:45) Why EVM compatibility? (17:14) CIP-56 assets explained (27:43) How Zenith executes (39:13) RWA lending example (42:15) Bringing DeFi to Canton (45:58) State growth & scalability (50:14) Who is using Zenith? (56:46) What's next? (1:01:28) Mainnet roadmap (1:03:24) Outro — Guest links: https://x.com/NorbertVadas https://x.com/ZenithFdn https://www.linkedin.com/company/zenithfoundation Follow the co-hosts: https://x.com/hildobby https://x.com/0xBoxer https://x.com/sui414 Follow the Indexed Podcast: https://x.com/indexed_pod — The Indexed Podcast discusses hot topics, trendy metrics and chart crimes in the crypto industry, with a new episode every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month, brought to you by wizards @hildobby @0xBoxer @sui414. Subscribe/follow the show and leave a comment to help us grow the show! — DISCLAIMER: All information presented here should not be relied upon as legal, financial, investment, tax or even life advice. The views expressed in the podcast are not representative of hosts' employers views. We are acting independently of our respective professional roles.

