Kaledora Fontana Kiernan-Linn is the co-founder of Ostium — a startup that facilitates the trading of digitized commodities perpetual swaps.

In this episode, Kaledora discusses Ostium's integration of perpetual swaps with real-world assets, highlighting the maturation of digital asset trading.

The conversation also addresses technical and structural challenges in creating perpetual-like instruments, emphasizing the need for robust onchain data systems.

OUTLINE

00:00 Introduction

00:50 Ostium Overview

02:26 RWA Landscape

04:45 Post-Covid Market

06:17 Geopolitical Risk

08:17 Ostium Value Prop

13:04 RWA Perps

15:11 Ostium Architecture

26:50 Onchain Price Oracles

34:42 Price Data Innovations

37:19 Predictions

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