The OMFIF Podcast The importance of privacy in capital markets
Jun 10, 2025
Zain Saidin, CEO of Tassat and expert in private blockchain solutions for finance, shares insights on the significance of privacy in capital markets. He discusses the delicate balance between transparency and confidentiality in trading, specifically how private blockchains cater to trusted counterparties. The conversation also delves into the potential of tokenizing real-world assets, the transformative impact of stablecoins on treasury management, and the innovative trends shaping the future of digital asset settlements.
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Private Blockchains Boost Privacy
- Private permission blockchains use a smaller, known set of participants allowing for privacy in transactions.
- They trade the public blockchain's decentralization for confidentiality that financial institutions require.
Blockchain Enables Instant Settlement
- Blockchain enables instant settlement on digital assets, facilitating faster transactions than traditional banking.
- Private blockchains retain this speed but add privacy, avoiding exposure of trading behaviors inherent in public chains.
Tokenizing Real-World Assets Challenges
- Real-world assets like art or real estate can be tokenized for fractional trading, but settlement still needs to be in currencies.
- This highlights the challenge of synchronizing asset ownership transfer with monetary payment in tokenized markets.