Paul Brody

Paul Brody is the Founder and CEO of Nightfall Networks, a blockchain technology company focused on building robust privacy systems for enterprise users.


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Opinion

Every blockchain transaction is a gift to your competition

As AI Agents reshape commerce, and make every business an open book, companies will need to figure out what data actually needs to be kept secret – and protect it ferociously – in order to thrive.

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Opinion

4 predictions for privacy in 2026

Led by Zcash, the privacy space had a breakout year in 2025. What’s coming next?

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Opinion

Will Interest Payments Make Stablecoins More Interesting?

The restriction on paying interest to stablecoin users looks easy to circumvent, argues EY’s Paul Brody. So why not just let stablecoin providers pay interest the same as any bank would?

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Opinion

Your Company Probably Doesn’t Need Its Own L2

According to EY’s Global Blockchain Leader Paul Brody, only companies that can aggregate significant transaction volume into the network, and whose customers can't make their own direct connection to Ethereum, would benefit from creating their own layer 2.

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Opinion

Tokenized Stocks Aren’t Working (Yet)

On-chain stock trading today is inferior to traditional markets. But we can bet advantages will emerge before too long, says EY’s Paul Brody.

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Opinion

Ethereum Has Already Won: Paul Brody

As the project celebrates its tenth anniversary, Paul Brody, EY’s Blockchain Lead, bets the blockchain will still be preeminent for decades to come.

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Opinion

The Future of Money Is Streaming Now

Stablecoins will allow companies to shift to a financial streaming model that could free up trillions in capital for new investment, says Paul Brody.

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Opinion

The Dark Times Are Here. Where Is Bitcoin?

Bitcoin was created for a moment like this. But so far it is missing its mark, says Paul Brody, head of blockchain at EY.

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Opinion

Bitcoin Is the Asset, Ethereum Is the Platform

But it is the Layer 0 that matters, says Paul Brody, head of blockchain at EY.

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Opinion

Go Fast, Get Rekt

Three rules as companies finally adopt blockchain tech for real. By Paul Brody, EY.

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