Brandon Mulvihill is the co-founder and CEO of Crossover Markets.
In this episode of The Scoop, Mulvihill discusses crypto's changing market structure and the role of Crossover as an execution-only trading venue.
OUTLINE
00:00 Introduction and Background
01:07 The Role of Crossover in the Market
04:04 FX & Crypto Trading Similarities
08:22 ECN vs. CLOB Differences
18:30 The Importance of Fee Compression
22:33 Crypto Flash Crashes
26:15 Crypto Market Structure Maturity
29:27 Institutional Credit
34:02 Closing Thoughts

A trading shop you've never heard is trying to overhaul crypto's market structure to lower fees

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Mike Cagney is the co-founder and CEO of Figure Markets.
In this episode, Cagney discusses the need for a 'marketplace of everything,' the potential for equity trading on the blockchain, and more.
OUTLINE
00:00 Intro
07:21 The 'Everything' Platform
12:16 Onchain Equities Trading
17:50 Institutionalization of Crypto
27:12 DeFi Lending
29:59 Rebuilding Crypto's Credit Markets
33:51 Wall Street Appetite for ATS
36:28 Regulatory Considerations
38:09 Closing Thoughts

Mike Cagney on bringing every market onchain

Soona Amhaz is the managing parter at Volt Capital.
In this episode, Amhaz delves into the evolving crypto venture landscape including: challenges for capital allocators, the rise of meme coins, and controversies in token distributions.
OUTLINE
00:00 Introduction
03:40 New Venture Verticals
10:30 Last Cycle's Winners
14:29 Mainstream Crypto Adoption
21:26 Macro Impact on Crypto VC
25:44 The 'Memecoin Meta'
30:21 Points vs. Tokens
38:09 Tokenomics Best Practices
42:19 Closing Thoughts

‘Don’t forget about’ last cycle's hot investment categories, says Volt Capital's Soona Amhaz

Michael Bentley is the co-founder and CEO of Euler Labs.
In this episode, Bentley reflects on last year's $200 million Euler hack and the recovery process and walks through the steps taken to enhance security in Euler V2.
Euler V2 is a modular and composable lending platform that allows users to create flexible and secure lending pools.

Euler co-founder reflects on $195m hack and how DeFi protocols are becoming more robust

Roshun Patel is a partner at the Web3 venture capital firm HackVC.
In this episode, Chaparro and Patel discuss the recent crypto market volatility and the trends shaping crypto's venture capital landscape.
OUTLINE
00:00 Intro
08:11 Market Volatility
25:57 Caution in the Funding Market
32:18 The Intersection of AI and Crypto
43:05 The Future of Tokenomics

A trading shop you've never heard is trying to overhaul crypto's market structure to lower fees

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