The Mercury Revolution: How Mobile-First Trading Will Capture $100B From Centralized Exchanges
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.
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Why HyperLiquid Is Eating Centralized Exchanges—$1.4B Revenue in 2.5 Years | Telaga & Esty
Building the Future of DeFi: How Nest is Creating Amplified Hype Exposure on Hyperliquid
In this episode of the GigaBrain Podcast, host Joao Simoes sits down with Telaga, a former UK PhD cancer researcher turned crypto founder, and Esty, a DeFi maxi and growth strategist based in Thailand, to explore how Nest—a decentralized exchange and treasury protocol on Hyperliquid—is reshaping how users accumulate and compound exposure to one of crypto's most defensible assets: HYPE.
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Why UX is DeFi's Final Frontier with Shahab & Russell Shen from Dexari
Building the Self-Custodial Trading Gateway: Why UX is DeFi's Final Frontier
In this episode of GigaBrain, host Joao Simoes sits down with Russell Shen (CEO) and Shahab S. (Head of Marketing) from Dexari, a self-custodial mobile trading app powered by Hyperliquid, to explore why decentralized finance has finally reached a maturity inflection point—and how superior user experience is unlocking genuine mass adoption.
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Bridging TradFi & DeFi: How Autowhale's Thomas Pratter Is Revolutionizing Fund Management
Autowhale is bridging the gap between TradFi and crypto by providing sophisticated portfolio management and execution tools for institutional investors.
In this episode of GigaBrain, host Joao Simoes interviews Thomas Pratter, founder and CEO of Autowhale, exploring how their platform is helping institutional investors navigate the crypto space with professional-grade tools for portfolio management, reporting, and execution.
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DeFi Meets TradFi: Inside HyperStrategy's Bold Treasury Innovation with Rekt
HyperStrategy emerges as a revolutionary DeFi protocol merging traditional finance strategies with on-chain innovation through tokenized treasury management.
In this episode of the GigaBrain podcast, host Joao Simoes interviews Rekt, the visionary behind HyperStrategy, to explore how their protocol is reimagining corporate treasury management by combining MicroStrategy's successful Bitcoin strategy with DeFi yield optimization techniques.
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