Eric Saraniecki is a blockchain and financial technology professional, entrepreneur, and strategist known for co-founding Digital Asset and Cumberland Mining. He focuses on developing digital asset infrastructure for institutional finance. He serves as Head of Network Strategy at Digital Asset, where he leads the development and adoption of the Canton Network. ^{[1] [7]}

Career

Saraniecki is a co‑founder of Digital Asset, where he serves as Head of Network Strategy, overseeing the development and adoption of the Canton Network and related blockchain initiatives. Before founding Digital Asset, he built a trading desk at DRW focused on illiquid commodity markets and co‑founded Cumberland Mining, a major crypto-asset liquidity provider. Throughout his career, Saraniecki has been involved in advancing blockchain infrastructure, digital asset adoption, and institutional integration, participating in multiple panels and interviews discussing topics such as stablecoins, privacy in crypto, and the intersection of traditional finance with decentralized networks. ^{[2] [4]}

Interviews

Canton Network

In a September 2024 interview on The TIE podcast, Saraniecki discussed the Canton Network, a public-permissioned blockchain designed for institutional adoption. He provided an overview of the network’s six-year development timeline, highlighting its main net launch in July and its ability to function as either a connectivity zone for subnets or as primary infrastructure. Saraniecki emphasized that privacy is a key differentiator, enabling secure management of real-world assets while supporting applications such as repo lending, mortgage origination, and other financial services. He also detailed Canton's decentralized governance model, which allows each subnet autonomy over its rules and compliance, and explained how the network facilitates interoperability between subnets without compromising privacy. Additionally, Saraniecki addressed Canton's approach to community engagement, user control, and regulatory compliance, and highlighted initial use cases, including a tokenized money market fund and a white-label stablecoin platform, with future opportunities aimed at building a stablecoin economy and on-chain derivatives markets. ^[8]

Digital Asset

In an April 2024 interview on the Future of Finance podcast, Saraniecki and Yuval Rooz, co-founders of Digital Asset, discussed the development of their blockchain platform and the DAML smart contract language designed for asset tokenization. Rooz explained that Digital Asset was founded in 2014 with the vision of fully digitizing assets across both traditional and non-traditional markets, while Saraniecki highlighted the three versions of DAML—Enterprise, Hub, and Finance—emphasizing deployment flexibility without loss of functionality. They addressed challenges in interoperability between ledgers and described how the Canton Network facilitates coordination across applications, citing pilot projects and real-world implementations such as Broadridge’s tokenization of treasury securities and Germany’s D7 initiative. The conversation also covered engaging global custodians, extending applications beyond finance into sectors like insurance and real estate, and the importance of working with regulators to create supportive frameworks. Additionally, Saraniecki outlined the potential role of wholesale central bank digital currencies in streamlining capital market transactions and integrating with existing systems. ^[5]

Panels

Crypto Adoption

In November 2025, Saraniecki participated in a panel on The Empire Pod alongside Mike Belshe, Shaul Kfir, Don Wilson, Justin Peterson, Caroline Pham, and Eli Ben-Sasson, discussing developments in institutional finance and blockchain adoption. The panel explored the impact of regulatory changes that have accelerated technology adoption, highlighted Trade Web’s historical trading volume of $3.2 quadrillion USD, and examined the growing role of cryptocurrency as an institutional asset class. Saraniecki discussed stablecoins and their increasing relevance for treasury trading, while Justin Peterson described Trade Web’s partnership with the Canton Network to support real-time U.S. treasury financing with enhanced privacy. The conversation also covered projections for stablecoin market growth, the expected innovation by traditional financial firms by 2026, and the potential of stablecoins to transform banking, emphasizing competitive dynamics and the broader evolution of the financial landscape. ^[9]

Digital Asset Fundraising

In June 2025, Saraniecki participated in a Tokenized panel with Simon Taylor (Sardine), Cuy Sheffield (Visa), and Alonso de Gortari (Mysten Labs), where they discussed the evolving role of stablecoins and their integration with traditional capital markets. The panel addressed Digital Asset’s $135 million fundraising, the growing institutional interest in digital assets, and the importance of privacy in driving adoption. Participants explored stablecoins as an emerging asset class, their interoperability with existing financial systems, including FIServ’s FIUSD launch, and the potential for stablecoins to improve cross‑border payments and currency conversion in emerging markets. The discussion also highlighted the need for seamless user experiences and effective on‑ and off‑ramps to facilitate broader adoption. ^[6]