CopperCasts

In this episode of CopperCasts, we’re joined by Eric Saraniecki, Co-Founder of Digital Asset and a core architect behind the Canton Network. Explore the rapidly shifting landscape of institutional blockchain adoption, with a spotlight on Canton’s unique approach to interoperability, privacy, and scalable composability across financial markets. This conversation comes at a pivotal moment, as regulators, banks, and market infrastructures begin deploying real-world assets and high-value financial workflows onto blockchain rails.

This episode unpacks why Canton believes the long-term destination for finance is public, not private, networks and why data privacy, deterministic settlement, and sovereign control are essential for institutions to operate on-chain. We dive into the shortcomings of legacy enterprise blockchains, the limits of L2s and siloed subnets, and how Canton enables cross-application composability without compromising governance or regulatory requirements.

The conversation also explores tokenized treasuries, institutional stablecoin usage, the rise of privacy-native DeFi applications, and the incentive design behind Canton Coin. A forward-looking discussion on what’s next for tokenization, how network effects are forming around Canton, and how a new financial architecture may emerge that operates as seamlessly and openly as the internet itself.

In this episode of CopperCasts, we’re joined by Anestis Arampatzis, Co-Head of Centaur Markets, the crypto structured-products and derivatives desk within DV Trading. Explore the rapidly evolving landscape of digital asset markets, with a spotlight on volatility, options, and how institutional desks are navigating a new market regime. This conversation comes just as Bitcoin slipped below 100k amid widespread deleveraging and shifting liquidity dynamics across both crypto-native and TradFi venues.

The episode unpacks the drivers behind the recent selloff, the impact of ETFs on volatility and price discovery, and why Bitcoin has quietly become the global weekend macro hedge. We also dig into execution, stablecoins, tokenised money-market collateral, and what truly differentiates institutional risk management from retail.

The discussion then moves into the future of market structure—derivatives adoption, the role of offshore liquidity, tokenisation, and emerging inefficiencies across altcoin options and funding markets. A forward-looking view on where institutional crypto trading is heading, and how volatility, models, and behaviour are evolving across the digital asset ecosystem.

In this episode of CopperCasts, we’re joined by Pedro Birmann, CEO at Quadra and Gideon Hyams, Director at STS Digital.
The discussion focuses on the evolving landscape of crypto options trading, focusing on the rise of multi-dealer RFQ platforms, the role of governance in market making, and the impact of infrastructure like Copper on trade lifecycle and pricing.
They explore the challenges and opportunities in the crypto market, including liquidity dynamics, the importance of identifying quality tokens, and the future of real-world asset tokenization.
The conversation also touches on the need for standardization in legal frameworks and the competitive landscape between traditional finance and crypto.

In this episode of CopperCasts, we’re joined by Kean Gilbert, Head of Institutional Relations at Lido.

Discover the evolving landscape of crypto, with a spotlight on liquid staking and Lido's role in the ecosystem. This timely conversation comes as the U.S. SEC issued a landmark clarification that liquid staking is to be treated as custodial function not as a securities offering. This episode unpacks the advantages of liquid staking, Lido’s unique position in the market, and how institutions are approaching staked ETH deployment.

The conversation also navigates operational hurdles, governance structures, and the regulatory outlook for staked ETH ETFs. Exploring what’s next for Lido, emerging innovations in DeFi, and shifting institutional dynamics across digital assets.

In this episode of CopperCasts, we are joined by Colin Cunningham, Head of Tokenization and Alliances at Chainlink Labs for a conversation on how to unify the financial system fabric.