December 16, 2024

YIELD TALKS: Hedge Fund Strategies Onchain for All with Neutral Trade

45 minutes

Jared and Jiang are Core Contributors at Neutral Trade.

In this episode of Yield Talks, we explore Neutral Trade, a protocol bringing hedge fund strategies onchain for anyone to access permissionlessly. Learn how their JLP-powered strategies have delivered sustainable double-digit real yields on assets such as USDC, SOL, ETH, and wBTC, and what’s next for the protocol.

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Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

1:32 - What is Neutral Trade?

3:50 - Background of Neutral Trade team

6:54 - What is JLP and how Neutral Trade strategies offers real yield?

14:08 - Partner mid-roll

16:45 - How does Neutral Trade earn double-digit real yields for USDC, SOL, ETH, and wBTC?

23:15 - Who/what executes Neutral Trade strategies onchain?

25:43 - What could hamper the performance of these JLP-based strategies?

31:38 - Mantle mid-roll

32:19 - Future Neutral Trade token and points program

33:37 - Would Neutral Trade ever tokenize a basis trade like Ethena?

34:20 - Will you ever incorporate AI agents creating strategies?

37:27 - Risks to using Neutral Trade

41:21 - Closing + New strategies coming

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🔗 Guest Links 🔗

► Neutral Trade Website: https://www.neutral.trade/

► Neutral on X/Twitter: https://x.com/TradeNeutral

► Jiang on X/Twitter: https://x.com/jiangjenga

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All opinions expressed by hosts and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and not necessarily those of Fourth Revolution Capital. Podcast guests and 4RC may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast. DeFi Dad is an investor in Neutral Trade. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. Do your own research. This is not a recommendation or endorsement to buy any token(s) related to any platform(s) discussed.

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