Kaledora Fontana Kiernan-Linn is the CoFounder and CEO of Ostium.
In this episode, we learn how Ostium is building a next-gen trading platform on Arbitrum, bringing deep liquidity to asset classes like commodities, equities, indices, and RWAs onchain, while pursuing a unique long-term vision to reinvent CFD-style market access through DeFi.
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The Edge Podcast Sponsor Resources
โ๏ธ TOROS | EXPONENTIAL GAINS WITH LEVERAGED TOKENS
โฆ๏ธ REDSTONE | THE LEADING MODULAR BLOCKCHAIN ORACLE
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NEUTRL | THE NEXT GENERATION OF CRYPTO-NATIVE YIELD
๐ SOLSTICE | PERMISSIONLESS INSTITUTIONAL YIELD
โ๏ธ KATANA | DEEP LIQUIDITY & REAL YIELD
๐ DECIBEL | THE NEW SOUND OF TRADING
๐ฅ SYRUPUSDC BY MAPLE | DEFI'S PREMIUM YIELD ASSET
๐ฆ MANTLE | INNOVATING THE FUTURE OF ONCHAIN FINANCE
๐ก PUFFER INSTITUTIONAL | STAKING SOLUTIONS FOR SCALE
๐ RIVER | A CHAIN-ABSTRACTION STABLECOIN SYSTEM
โ๏ธ GEARBOX PROTOCOL | ONCHAIN LENDING REIMAGINED
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Timestamps
0:00 - Intro and background
10:47 - Why work in markets
15:06 - Ostium genesis and vision
23:31 - Overview of the Ostium platform
26:10 - Leverage for different asset classes onchain
30:19 - Liquidity challenges
39:49 - The 100x opportunity and competitive advantages
45:05 - How will Ostium use their $20M Series A
50:05 - Closing
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