October 19, 2020

Eric Chen: Injective, The Decentralized Derivatives Exchange Protocol

34 minutes

Chain Reaction Host Tom Shaughnessy hosts Eric Chen, the co-founder of Injective Protocol. The two discuss Eric's journey creating a fully decentralized derivatives exchange, competition, scaling and much more.

Show Notes

(1:57) – (First Question) How Eric Chen got involved with Crypto

(7:16) – The need of Derivatives products/What does Injective Protocol offer

(10:26) – Contracts for Differences (CFD)

(11:36) – Institutional or Retail focus

(13:37) – What is Injective Protocol competing for

(16:40) – Injective Protocol status

(17:20) – The evolution of Injective Protocol products

(20:45) – Exploring the Injective Protocol architecture

(21:29) – Achieving Scalability

(21:55) – The use of Injective Protocol token

(24:02) – Insights about the process for token holders

(25:18) – The battle between CEFIs and DEFIs for derivatives

(28:03) – Why haven't we had an Injective before

(29:56) – What does decentralized derivative exchange have that Injective wants

(31:33) – Insights about starting Injective as anonymous founders

Resources:

Guest’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/ericinjective

Guest’s Website: https://injectiveprotocol.com/

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