Episode 6 of The Big Brain Podcast, hosted by The Block’s President Larry Cermak and MegaETH CSO Namik Muduroglu, was recorded with Wintermute founder and CEO Evgeny Gaevoy.
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In this episode of the Big Brain Podcast, Larry and Namik are joined by Dragonfly’s Tom Schmidt and Standard Crypto’s Alok Vasudev. They dive into current trends in venture capital within the crypto space, touching on how market conditions have evolved since 2021, the role of treasury companies, and the evolving regulatory landscape.
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00:00 Introduction
00:45 What Happened?
04:46 Understanding ADL
12:25 Transparency and Privacy on Hyperliquid
16:35 Circuit Breakers
19:16 Occam’s Razor
21:25 Assessing the Damage
25:24 Lessons learned
28:39 Looking Ahead
30:21 A Maturing Market
32:13 Dealing with Extreme Volatility
35:19 Impact on DeFi
37:28 Wintermute as the Crypto Villain
41:47 What else does Wintermute do?
44:11 Conclusion
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