The Exchange: DeFi Trading from East to West | Full Video
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In this new webinar, The Block’s Director of Research Larry Cermak was joined by industry executives who explored the DeFi trading trends from East to West.
The panelists discussed the recent DeFi boom and their thoughts on developing trends, including:
- If the boom is sustainable in the long term
- Comparisons between DeFi and CeFi and if it makes sense comparing the two
- How DeFi has impacted liquidity
- How to distinguish tokens as either Ponzi schemes (memes) or legitimate projects
- How FTX evaluates listing governance tokens
- The rise in Ethereum transaction costs and whether or not the network has reached capacity
The Panelists:
Matthew Graham – CEO, Sino Global Capital
Andrew Kang – Managing Partner, Mechanism Capital
Kyle Davies – Co-founder, Three Arrows Capital
Flex Yang – CEO, Babel Finance
Sam Bankman-Fried – CEO, FTX & Alameda Research
You can watch the video in it's entirety below:
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