In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Laurent Benayoun, CEO of Acheron Trading, a financial services company that builds liquid markets for digital assets.
Join them as they discuss:
- The rise of crypto-backed ETFs and their impact on the market
- The shift from trading pairs against Bitcoin to stablecoins like USDT and USDC
- Acheron Trading's role in providing essential liquidity to the crypto market
- The importance of staying ahead of evolving blockchain technologies and liquidity models
- Emerging trends in decentralized finance, including EVM-based models and Layer 2 solutions
- The uncertain future of crypto regulations and their potential implications
- And much more!
Laurent joined Acheron Trading after the acquisition of HedgeTech. He is passionate about algorithmic trading strategies and market microstructure. In addition, Laurent serves as a peer reviewer for the Journal of Quantitative Finance, an expert for Alumni Ventures, an interviewer for the Master of Finance at Princeton, and a mentor for the Harvard Blockchain Incubator.
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Previous guests include: Rusty Matveev, Chief Strategy Officer at Calaxy; Andrew Lawrence, CEO and Co-Founder of Censo; Zac Townsend, CEO and Co-Founder of Meanwhile; Jesper Johansen, CEO and Co-Founder of Northstake; Tama Churchouse, COO of Cumberland Labs; Holly Wood of Boson Protocol; Sid Powell of Maple Finance; Chad Barraford of THORChain; and many others.
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