Yuval Rooz on Canton Network
From Canton: The World's Most Ambitious Blockchain Network Feat. Yuval Rooz (CEO, Digital Asset) · · Blockchain Won't Save The World
“I think that what Canton said is, 'Well, that depends on the application, not on the network, right?' So, again, if you take Bitcoin, Bitcoin is an application. It's a use case. It's an asset class. And that use case says, 'Well, all parties to the ledger need to know about this asset class and about all account balances in a pseudo anonymous way.' But, Anthony, if you and I created an application to issue you know, poker chips for our, you know, weekly poker game well, it's just all that we care is that the eight players that play every week on a Sunday night would know about our account balances. The rest of the world doesn't need to know about it.”
On , Yuval Rooz, CEO & Co-Founder at Digital Asset, spoke about Canton Network during Canton: The World's Most Ambitious Blockchain Network Feat. Yuval Rooz (CEO, Digital Asset) on Blockchain Won't Save The World.
About Yuval Rooz
Yuval Rooz, CEO and co-founder of Digital Asset, has been discussing the Canton Network's design and tokenomics in several interviews. In an August 2023 appearance, Rooz described Canton as a network that allows applications with different privacy models to compose transactions, contrasting it with public chains where all participants see the same data. He stated that Canton does not believe in a model where validators must charge gas fees, and he argued that networks without real-world utility will eventually fail. In April 2026, Rooz explained that the Canton Network is researching multiple burn models for its CC token on private subnets, stating that charging the same rate as the global synchronizer would make certain use cases uneconomical. He said the goal is to incentivize users to put as much activity on the ledger as possible. Rooz also described CC tokenomics as resembling a "decentralized company" where network revenue is used to buy back and burn tokens. He stated that most blockchain tokenomics derive value from speculation, and he argued that the Canton Network's focus is on generating activity rather than promising price appreciation. In a debate, Rooz defended Canton's permissioned features, stating that public verifiability is coming but that issuers of real-world assets will retain control over their data. He also noted that Morgan Stanley began offering crypto exposure in late 2025.