GigaBrain

Building the Future of Decentralized Trading: How Extended is Redefining Perpetual Futures with Unified Margin
In this episode of GigaBrain Podcast, host Joao Simoes sits down with Ruslan Fakhrutdinov, former head of crypto operations at Revolut and founder of Extended, to explore how self-custody decentralized exchanges are reshaping perpetual futures trading. Ruslan breaks down Extended's revolutionary approach to collateral innovation, Starknet settlement architecture, and the vision for a truly unified margin experience across spot, perpetuals, and lending markets.

Building the Future of Hyperliquid: How Community Networks Are Accelerating On-Chain Innovation in Asia

In this episode of GigaBrain Podcast, host Joao Simoes sits down with Ronald, cofounder of Hyperbuilder, to explore how community-driven networks are empowering the next generation of builders, creators, and traders across the Hyperliquid ecosystem with a particular focus on unlocking explosive growth in Asia's rapidly expanding crypto markets.

Building the Complete DeFi Terminal: HypurrFi's Vision for Trading, Earning, and Spending on Hyperliquid

HypurrFi is reshaping decentralized finance by creating an integrated ecosystem where traders can access lending, perpetuals trading, yield generation, and real-world spending, all without leaving the Hyperliquid chain.

In this episode of GigaBrain Podcast, host Joao Simoes sits down with Andy and Kurt from HypurrFi to explore how the project is building a comprehensive financial terminal for active traders, why community feedback drives product innovation, and how real-world assets like Pokémon trading cards are tokenizing value on-chain.

Building the Terminal That TradFi Traders Actually Want: Inside Lit's vision for Hyperliquid

Advanced traders have been waiting for a desktop terminal that combines professional-grade tools with on-chain infrastructure—and Lit is delivering exactly that by obsessively listening to what power users actually need.

In this episode of Giga Brain, host Joao Simoes sits down with Osama, Co-founder of Lit Trade, to explore how a purpose-built trading terminal is transforming the Hyperliquid ecosystem. From drag-and-drop limit orders to multi-leg partial take profits, Lit is bringing TradFi sophistication to decentralized perpetuals—without forcing traders to care about blockchain complexity.

Mercury is Building the Mobile Gateway to Decentralized Finance—and It's Reshaping How Retail Traders Access DeFi
In this episode of the GigaBrain podcast, host Joao Simoes sits down with Kyle Grange, founder of Mercury, to explore how a purpose-built mobile interface is democratizing access to Hyperliquid's infrastructure and what it means for the future of decentralized trading. Their conversation spans Mercury's product philosophy, the evolution of DeFi UX, market dynamics in a narrative-driven crypto landscape, and the strategic roadmap that positions Mercury as the bridge between retail traders and institutional-grade decentralized finance.