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Chain Reaction Host Tom Shaughnessy hosts SBF, the CEO of FTX and Alameda Research. The two cover SBF's journey in creating Alameda Research, engaging in arbitrage, and why @ProjectSerum on @solana goes way beyond being a DEX 🚀

Thank you to our sponsor Crypto.com for making this happen! Visit bit.ly/cryptodelphi for more information!

Show Notes

(2:58) – (First Question) - When did SBF get involved in Crypto

(3:36) – Alameda, a non-traditional internal Quant Fund

(6:40) – Where does Alameda’s alpha come from

(11:26) – Moving fast in a limited information environment

(17:48) – The future of launches with figureheads

(21:56) – Future of Alameda

(24:13) – The thinking behind Serum

(30:17) – Serum and Scaling

(32:40) – Creating killer apps without a community

(35:07) – Goal for Serum/Serum core purposes

(39:44) – Serum much more than a DEX.

(42:34) – Composability, one of the most important things in DEFI

(43:59) – Ethereum vs Serum

(45:06) – Serum launchment on a short period of time

(47:20) – Making Money or Building

(49:00) – SBF biggest competitor

Resources:

Guest’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/SBF_Alameda
Serum’s Website: https://projectserum.com/
FTX’s Website: https://ftx.com/en
Alameda’s Website: https://www.alameda-research.com/
Tom's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Shaughnessy119
Delphi Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDelphi

Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://youtu.be/fubeSokngY8
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Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for the Chain Reaction Podcast, and our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product or service.

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