Making Markets
Michael Safai: High Frequency Crypto Trading - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.35]
This is Eric Golden, and my guest today is Micha...
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Sep 30 2022 50m
Chapter 1 2 mins
[First question] Pivoting away from law and winding up in cryptoChapter 2 1 min
A thumbnail sketch of Dexterity and what a proprietary capital firm isChapter 3 3 mins
The juxtaposition between TradFi and DeFi in high frequency tradingChapter 4 2 mins
How non-standardization is as much an opportunity as it is challenging for buildersChapter 5 1 min
Whether or not he plans on managing money for outside capitalChapter 6 1 min
A high level overview of running a market neutral firm in the crypto spaceChapter 7 55 sec
What a retail trader would need to take advantage of their arbitrage strategyChapter 8 1 min
Strategies to deploy to reduce volatility in crypto at a microstructure levelChapter 9 37 sec
How much large firms are trading against each other and their market structuresChapter 10 1 min
What perpetuals are and trading them as a securityChapter 11 1 min
How he’d interpret Ethereum’s negative funding rate during the mergeChapter 12 1 min
Whether he’s seeing traditional firms trying to get into and staying in cryptoChapter 13 2 mins
Top data and indicators to get a sense of the healthiness of a marketChapter 14 1 min
His high level thoughts on web3, NFTs and new mainstream assetsChapter 15 2 mins
Pros and cons of a centralized exchange versus a DEXChapter 16 1 min
Thoughts on the code is law versus trading philosophyChapter 17 1 min
Some crazy stories from his early days of trading on DEXsChapter 18 1 min
The level of difficulty to getting alpha today compared to in the early daysChapter 19 1 min
The different game of trading on DEXs versus centralized exchangesChapter 20 43 sec
How to find an edge when everyone’s cards are face upChapter 21 1 min
His approach to diligence and analyzing an investment firm like his to invest inChapter 22 1 min
What good regulation would look like to minimize public skepticismChapter 23 1 min
How he looks to recruit talent and managing a global workforceChapter 24 47 sec
Staying on top of all of his teams and what’s going to happen next for DexterityChapter 25 1 min
Managing risk in automated systems when unexpected events occurChapter 26 2 mins
Where we are in the cycle of standardization and what it means for finding returnsChapter 27 1 min
Binance shifting to a single stablecoin affecting liquidity for market neutral firmsChapter 28 1 min
Leverage six months ago compared to today and what it means going forwardChapter 29 1 min
What he’s most excited to see built over the next six months and six years