Indexed Podcast

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!
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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
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https://x.com/ZenithFdn
https://www.linkedin.com/company/zenithfoundation

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