The 'perpetual-ification' of all assets is coming onchain

Episode 45 of Season 6 of The Scoop was recorded with The Block's Frank Chaparro and Ostium co-founder Kaledora Fontana Kiernan-Linn.

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Kaledora Fontana Kiernan-Linn is the co-founder of Ostium — a startup that facilitates the trading of digitized commodities perpetual swaps.

In this episode, Kaledora discusses Ostium's integration of perpetual swaps with real-world assets, highlighting the maturation of digital asset trading.

The conversation also addresses technical and structural challenges in creating perpetual-like instruments, emphasizing the need for robust onchain data systems.

OUTLINE
00:00 Introduction
00:50 Ostium Overview
02:26 RWA Landscape
04:45 Post-Covid Market
06:17 Geopolitical Risk
08:17 Ostium Value Prop
13:04 RWA Perps
15:11 Ostium Architecture
26:50 Onchain Price Oracles
34:42 Price Data Innovations
37:19 Predictions

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