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Institutional Yield Strategies Are Finally Coming to DeFi And They're Simpler Than You Think
In this episode of the GigaBrain Podcast, host João Simões sits down with Andrei Anisimov and Monica Quaintance, founders of HyperSurface, to explore how covered calls and cash-secured puts sophisticated yield strategies once exclusive to Wall Street are now accessible, transparent, and fully on-chain for everyday crypto holders.

Pratik Kala, Head of Research and Portfolio Manager at Apollo Crypto, joins the pod to break down what's really moving markets. From the Iran-US ceasefire volatility and oil's structural shift, to why Hyperliquid's 99% buyback model is the most credible thing to happen to crypto tokenomics in years. Pratik unpacks Apollo's thesis on HYPE, their battle-tested approach to on-chain market-neutral risk management, and why RWAs need Wall Street pedigree — not just crypto-native optimism. A masterclass in institutional crypto thinking.

Jasper, Co-Founder and CTO of SEDA, joins the Open Interest podcast to break down how SEDA's bespoke Oracle infrastructure powers Dreamcash — HyperLiquid's breakout equities perp market.

The conversation covers SEDA's origin story (plasma research → DeFi products → Oracle infrastructure), and dives deep into the technical challenge of pricing 24/7 perpetual markets against assets that don't trade around the clock. Jasper explains the four-pillar Oracle methodology: session awareness, cost-of-carry futures-to-spot conversion, self-referencing EMA pricing during closed hours, and staleness fallback. The episode also explores pre-IPO market pricing, the reflexive relationship between Oracle quality and liquidity depth, SEDA's token burn mechanics, and Jasper's long-term vision of SEDA becoming a credibly neutral truth-settlement layer for autonomous AI agents.

In this episode of Open Interest, host Abishek Kannan, CEO of Liquid Labs sits down with Anton Feingold, Institutional Lead at Glassnode, and Chris Beamish, Analyst at Glassnode, to explore how on-chain Bitcoin data translates into real trading edge. The conversation covers how institutions — from macro hedge funds to high-frequency quant desks — consume Glassnode's data, demystifies core metrics like MVRV, NUPL, SOPR, and cost basis distribution, and offers a candid read on where Bitcoin sits in the current cycle.

Purpose-Built Trading Infrastructure Is Reshaping DeFi And Centralized Exchanges Should Be Nervous

In the first episode of Open Interest, a new series under GigaBrain Podcast, host Abishek Kannan sits down with Robert Sagurton, founder of Fogo, to explore why specialized blockchain architecture designed for trading will outcompete generalized layer-ones and how physical infrastructure has b