E82: Make Ethereum Your Base Layer: EY’s Paul Brody on Leveraging Ethereum for Business

Beyond the Code · Nov 11, 2025 · 58m

EY’s Global Blockchain Leader Paul Brody joins Yitzy on Beyond the Code to peel back the curtain on how big companies really operate (“chaos on the inside”), why public blockchains beat private networks, and what it takes to ship serious enterprise workflows on Ethereum.

We trace Paul’s zig-zagging path—Nigeria during a coup, Apple’s textbook S&OP, a Samsung prototype with a young Vitalik—to EY’s privacy stack (Nightfall/Starlight) and his “pragmatic ETH-maxi” thesis. Also: the lore behind EY’s most coveted swag.

Paul on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pbrody/

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