DEFINITIVE: Institutional-Grade Trading Built for Onchain Degens, Whales, and Funds

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Jan 10, 2025

Jai Prasad, Co-founder of DEFINITIVE, brings a wealth of experience from developing products for giants like Coinbase and Tesla. He delves into the differences between institutional and retail trading, showcasing how his platform enhances efficiency with advanced features like gasless trading. The conversation highlights the evolution of DeFi, emphasizing user-friendly solutions and the challenges faced in transitioning from CeFi. Jai also discusses innovative strategies in trading AI tokens and teases future innovations that promise to revolutionize on-chain trading.

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ANECDOTE

Coinbase Experience

Jai Prasad and his co-founders previously worked at Coinbase.
They built products for institutional clients like BlackRock, Michael Saylor, and Elon Musk.

INSIGHT

DEX Volume Rising

DEX volume is rising compared to centralized exchange volume.
On-chain trading is gaining traction, making Definitive's focus on this area timely.

INSIGHT

DeFi Trading Challenges

DeFi trading has problems such as liquidity fragmentation, complexity, and lack of advanced order types.
Definitive addresses these issues by abstracting chains, gas, and accounts to create a CeFi-like experience on DeFi.

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Jai Prasad is the CoFounder of DEFINITIVE.

In this episode, we review our favorite app to trade onchain, an institutional-grade trading platform built for DeFi by the team who built products for Coinbase customers such as Michael Saylor, BlackRock, and Tesla. Thanks to a proprietary off-chain engine and non-custodial smart contracts, DEFINITIVE empowers users like us with unparalleled trade execution, advanced order types onchain, and gasless trading on a chain-abstracted app. We learn why DEFINITIVE is being used by the biggest crypto institutional traders, hedge funds, whales, and everyday DeFi power-users like ourselves.

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Timestamps

0:00 - Intro
4:21 - Jai’s background
9:19 - What problems DEFINITIVE addresses?
11:01 - What value does DEFINITIVE offer us as traders onchain?
15:15 - What makes DEFINITIVE so special?
22:04 - Nomatic and DeFi Dad’s feedback trading on DEFINITIVE
26:28 - Why use a TWAP order?
27:16 - Mantle mid-roll
27:55 - How will DEFINITIVE support Hyperliquid?
30:17 - Who uses DEFINITIVE?
35:28 - Moonwell & GOAT Network mid-roll
36:35 - Best execution for trades onchain
38:20 - 9-figure monthly trade volume
39:11 - Support for AI agents trading coming
40:53 - Who does DEFINITIVE compete with?
43:15 - EDGE points program and future DEFINITIVE token
45:10 - Closing

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🔗 Guest Links 🔗

► DEFINITIVE website (referral): https://app.definitive.fi/r/DEFIDAD
► DEFINITIVE on X/Twitter: https://x.com/definitivefi
► Jai on X/Twitter: https://x.com/jai_prasad17

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All opinions expressed by hosts and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and not necessarily those of Fourth Revolution Capital. Podcast guests and 4RC may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast. DeFi Dad and Nomatic are angels in DEFINITIVE. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. Do your own research. This is not a recommendation or endorsement to buy any token(s) related to any platform(s) discussed.