The Breakdown Privacy & Institutional Crypto's [Redacted] Future | The Breakdown
Mar 26, 2026
Catherine Gu, Solana product lead building privacy modules for enterprise; Eric Svarnicki, Canton Network co-founder enabling on-chain privacy and composability for institutions; Janik Schrade, Archeum CEO focused on encrypted execution for confidential computation. They discuss institutional privacy needs, tradeoffs between privacy and composability, encrypted execution, compliance-friendly disclosures, and pragmatic paths to adoption.
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Major Corporates Are Building On Solana
- Solana is attracting big corporates like Visa, Mastercard, Pfizer and JP Morgan to the network.
- Catherine Gu points to a growing roster of FIs on Solana, motivating enterprise-grade privacy features.
Institutions Treat Privacy As A Spectrum
- Institutions view privacy as a spectrum from hiding amounts to full anonymity, not a binary choice.
- Catherine Gu explains institutions may need confidentiality (hide amounts), anonymity (hide identities), or total secrecy combining both for use cases like private loan pools.
Privacy Needs Fine Grained Contextual Controls
- Privacy configuration must be fine-grained and contextual, changing by workflow step and participant needs.
- Eric Svarnicki stresses composability: intermediate steps or multi-leg transactions can't leak data even if final outputs are disclosed.