In this episode, we trace the path from the early Insilico days to becoming CEO - from building exchange integrations as a developer to overseeing operations, legal, and team management. We discuss a shift in trading style toward spot positioning with perps used mainly for hedging, the engineering standards behind Insilico’s reliability, and why the team avoids AI-written code. The conversation covers major 2025 milestones, including a rebrand, podcast launch, a new Go + JavaScript execution engine that enables offline algos, and the evolution toward complex order baskets. We also explore prediction markets, Smart Hedge tooling, advanced order types like VWAPs and Icebergs, and the long-term vision of bringing institutional-grade execution to mobile.
00:00 Path to crypto, Early Insilico days, joining as a developer, building exchange integrations
06:27 Trading today, focusing on spot positions and using perps mainly for hedging instead of active day trading
09:12 Becoming CEO, transitioning from lead developer to managing exchanges, legal, payroll and operations
11:58 Engineering standards, no AI code policy, manual development and heavy testing for reliability
14:55 2025 milestones, rebrand, podcast launch, complex order baskets and product evolution
22:50 New execution engine, Go + JavaScript backend enabling offline algos without keeping the terminal open
32:15 Prediction markets and Smart Hedge, correlation matrices, Greeks-style logic and risk tooling
44:12 Advanced order types, VWAPs, Icebergs and institutional-grade execution
01:01:06 Mobile vision and closing, bringing full execution power to mobile and wrapping up
