The Parsec Podcast

Jon Itzler comes on the pod to give a deep dive into Farcaster, Fantasy Top, and Friend Tech. The macro speculation thesis and what the success stories in Social have gotten right and whats needed for the next level of success. Links Itzler's Twitter

Spreek comes on for our weekly roundup * ETH ETF progress, grayscales actions * FriendTech & Fantasy.Top * Market Dispersion * Musings on Future narratives Links * Listeners get 5% off parsec (promo code: parsec-pod) *Spreek's Twitter disclosure: this is an educational podcast nothing said on here by hosts or guests is financial advice DYOR - on parsec preferably ;)

Dan from Pendle comes on the show to discuss their recent explosive growth Topics Links pendlependle parsec layouts

Sam from Spark joins us to discuss all things Maker and its upcoming endgame We Discuss * Early days of Maker * SubDaos * Token Split * Spark growth Links - Sam's Twitter - Spark

Z aka Split Capital comes on the pod to discuss FTX claims and the broader market We discuss * Evolution of FTX claims * What caused the recent repricings * Profile of buyers and bankruptcy game theory * Wealth effect of FTX claims being sold * Exchange landscape and what DEXes can do better * & More! Links * Melting Crypto Winter * Zaheer's twitter

Walt From Cyber Fund comes on to discuss Newly Launched Celestia We discuss: * What data availability is * How Celestia competes with Ethereum * Comparisons to Bitcoin ethos Links: * Walts Twitter * Celestia

On today's episode we brought on Steve from @tradeparadigm to discuss * Option market activity surrounding the big move * Infamous whale call seller * BTC vs ETH vol * Future of crypto options Steve's Twitter Trade Paradigm

Mag from Skip comes on to discuss Skips work with dydx and Skips custom MEV stack We discuss: * dydx's new chain and the associated MEV attack vectors * Skips solution to these * Social slashing pros and cons * Pokemon streaming Links * Skip Website * Skip dydx dashboard * Listeners get 5% off parsec (promo code: parsec-pod)

Brought back Spreek to discuss all recent crypto events * FTX clawbacks * Real World Assets (Maker) * Friend Tech * Onchain Telegram Bots / Rollbit Links *Listeners get 5% off parsec (promo code: parsec-pod) * Spreeks twitter

Guy and Conor from Ethena come on and discuss the soon to launch ethena stablecoin USDe We discuss the 4 pillars of a stablecoin and how ethena is approaching: * What trade is ethena executing * Decentralization/Custody of Assets * Managing risk across exchanges * Funding rate dependence/history * stETH as the collateral choice Links * ethena twitter

We talk intents with Hart: * Harts experience trading treasuries & the unique market structure there * Intents ~= Market Making * Potential use cases beyond trading * Bridging and Harts project Across * Crosschain Intent systems & their Capital Efficiency Links: * Hart's Thread we discussed * Across * Paradigms Intents Primer

Even though its been quiet out there, we bring Spreek on to discuss all the recent events in crypto and what might be next. We discuss * AI narrative * Worldcoin * Multicoin fiasco * Memecoin Frenzy * FTX 2.0? * Are oracles on the way out? * Genesis / DCG debt problems * GameFi might be next Links * Listeners get 5% off parsec (promo code: parsec-pod) * Spreek disclosure: this is an educational podcast nothing said on here by hosts or guests is financial advice DYOR - on parsec preferably ;)

Shanghai was a success, but whats next? EigenLayer team joins us to explain Restaking. We discuss * What is Restaking? * Eigenlayer marketplace * Use cases of ETH security Links * Listeners get 5% off parsec (promo code: parsec-pod) * EigenLayer * Sreeram's Twitter * Calvin's Twitter disclosure: this is an educational podcast nothing said on here by hosts or guests is financial advice DYOR - on parsec preferably ;)

Join us this week as we attempt to navigate the stablecoin chaos with "Yevman" from Swapglobal We discuss * Prime Brokerage in crypto * Crypto Swaps and who trades them *Tether Shorts *Counterparty and Exchange risks Links * Listeners get 5% off parsec (promo code: parsec-pod) * https://swapglobal.com/ disclosure: this is an educational podcast nothing said on here by hosts or guests is financial advice DYOR - on parsec preferably ;)

Is the bull market back? Spreek joins us to discuss the latest in crypto narratives We discuss * Polygon Burn rate * Trade Rotations (cartel,canto,AI,china) * Blur * Arbitrum *GMX / Casinos *Paxos rugged Links * Listeners get 5% off parsec (promo code: parsec-pod) *Spreek's Twitter disclosure: this is an educational podcast nothing said on here by hosts or guests is financial advice DYOR - on parsec preferably ;)

Jito Labs cofounders come on the show to discuss Solana MEV and how Jito is tackling redistribution of MEV via jitoSOL We discuss: * comparison of Jito to EVM MEV auctions like Flashbots * Long tail Solana MEV and searcher shenanigans * Competitive landscape of MEV on Solana * Solana's future Links: * Jito: jito.wtf * Buffalu Twitter * Seg Twitter *Listeners get 5% off parsec (promo code:parsec-pod) disclosure: this is an educational podcast nothing said on here by hosts or guests is financial advice DYOR - on parsec preferably ;)

Gearbox is a novel lending protocol built on top of credit accounts. We chatted with Ilgiz, Mikael, and Jared from the gearbox team. We discussed * Gearbox's goal of becoming a prime broker * How the protocol provides efficient leverage * Risk framworks and how to scale the protocol * Potential for synthetic assets Links * Gearbox *Mikael *Ilgiz *Jared *Listeners get 5% off parsec (promo code:parsec-pod) disclosure: this is an educational podcast nothing said on here by hosts or guests is financial advice DYOR - on parsec preferably ;)

Danijel from Thales joins us to discuss their innovative AMM approach to prediction markets. We discuss *Overtime Markets (Thales sports AMM) *Toxic Flow *Prediction Vaults *World Cup winners Links * Thales * Overtime * Daniel Twitter *Listeners get 5% off parsec (promo code:parsec-pod) disclosure: this is an educational podcast nothing said on here by hosts or guests is financial advice DYOR - on parsec preferably ;)

Doug Colkitt, an experience HFT and MEV searcher lays out his theory on Alameda's downfall and how FTXs toxic flows and liquidation engine played a role in the insolvency. We also discuss Dougs new AMM project Crocswap Links * Doug's original Thread * Crocswap twitter * Listeners get 5% off parsec (promo code: parsec-pod) disclosure: this is an educational podcast nothing said on here by hosts or guests is financial advice DYOR - on parsec preferably ;)

Spreek joins us to discuss the FTX collapse and what it means for crypto's future, recorded November 9th We discuss * Possibilities of a bailout * How this could have happened? * Contagion Links * Listeners get 5% off parsec (promo code: parsec-pod) disclosure: this is an educational podcast nothing said on here by hosts or guests is financial advice DYOR - on parsec preferably ;)