Went through the @ZenithFdn tweet today, and at the end they left some important questions which I am going to answer here
First is;
Why EVM compatibility matters for Canton ?
Canton is built around Daml, which is powerful for privacy, compliance, and institutional workflows.
But most DeFi developers, tools, and protocols are built around ETH and Solidity.
Well that's the idea @ZenithFdn is taking care of
EVM compatibility
Zenith brings an ETH compatible execution environment to Canton.
Developers can use familiar Solidity tools and existing DeFi standards without completely rebuilding their applications or learning Daml from scratch.
>> Real world asset and DeFi
Imagine an institution holding tokenized U.S. Treasuries on Canton.
Those assets could be used as collateral in an EVM based lending protocol, with the loan and updated positions settling atomically back on Canton.
No traditional bridge.
No separate reconciliation process.
>> Bringing DeFi to Canton
Lending markets, AMMs, yield vaults and structured products can operate through the EVM layer while interacting with Canton-native assets and private institutional workflows.
This creates a path toward institutional DeFi familiar DeFi infrastructure combined with Canton’s privacy and compliance environment.
>> Who is benefiting?
Institutions get access to programmable DeFi without leaving an environment designed for regulated activity.
Developers get access to Canton’s institutional capital and real-world assets without abandoning the Ethereum tooling they already know.
And with Zenith still approaching mainnet, the bigger opportunity is what happens when these two ecosystems can truly compose.
ETH’s developer ecosystem and Canton’s institutional infra are powerful combination.
