Ep. 702 The Hidden Friction Keeping Traditional Markets from Going Fully Digital with Yuval Rooz
CRYPTO 101
Bryce Paul & Brendan Viehman
4.3 • 841 Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Bryce Paul interviews Yuval Rooz, co-founder and CEO of Digital Asset, discussing the transformative potential of digital assets and the Canton Network. They explore how institutional players are integrating blockchain technology into mainstream finance, aiming to revolutionize asset management, settlement, and regulatory clarity. The conversation highlights the friction in today's financial markets due to settlement delays and reconciliation, and how the Canton Network's architecture is designed to bring capital markets on chain. Additionally, they discuss the role of major institutions like BNY Mellon and NASDAQ in using Canton for settlement and custody.
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00:00 - Introduction and guest overview
01:20 - Yuval Rooz's background and journey into crypto
02:20 - The thesis that all assets will become digital and live on-chain
05:00 - The inefficiencies and settlement delays in traditional markets
10:08 - The architecture and naming inspiration behind Canton Network
15:04 - How institutions are leveraging Canton for settlement, custody, and tokenized assets
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Crypto 101 podcast presented by Gemini, your bridge to the future of money. |
| 0:10.2 | All right, everybody, welcome back to another episode of the Crypto 101 podcast. I'm your host, |
| 0:20.2 | Bryce Paul, very excited for today's episode. |
| 0:24.2 | I'm joined by the co-founder and CEO of Digital Asset, which is the company behind the creation |
| 0:29.4 | of the Canton network. Yval Ruse, Yvall, welcome to the show and how are you doing? |
| 0:34.8 | It's great to be here, Rice. Yeah, no, we're going to have a lot of fun. |
| 0:38.5 | We're going to dive into all the exciting things that you've been working on for a very long time, |
| 0:43.8 | which just seemed to be boiling up quite of a lot of excitement over the course of the past few months. |
| 0:50.3 | But before we dive into Canton Network and everything you've been building, let's just get the audience acquainted with a little bit of who you are, who they're listening to right now. |
| 0:58.8 | What were you doing before you got into building blockchain and crypto-related projects? |
| 1:05.2 | Sure. So quickly, my background is I started electrical engineering and math. |
| 1:11.6 | And from there, I started my career at Citadel, the hedge fund. |
| 1:16.6 | I worked there for a bit of time. |
| 1:18.6 | And from there, I moved to DRW, where I was a trader and also helped start their venture arm. |
| 1:28.3 | When I started the venture arm is when DRW started looking into crypto. |
| 1:34.0 | That was kind of in the years of 2012 to 14. |
| 1:37.9 | And then I left DRW, which by the way, owns Cumberland Mining, |
| 1:42.5 | which is one of the largest market makers in the space. |
| 1:46.2 | I love to start digital asset. |
| 1:48.8 | Awesome. |
| 1:49.7 | And I mean, digital asset, it's a great name. |
| 1:52.8 | You guys must have been early because now, I mean, that's the name of the whole sector, right? |
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