Logan Jastremski Podcast Building Crypto’s Interactive Broker with Andrew Tan CTO of Titan | EP 156
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Sep 30, 2025 Andrew Tan, CTO of Titan, is a data scientist turned crypto innovator, building an on-chain broker in the Solana ecosystem. He shares Titan's origins from hedge fund roots and its mission to provide the best execution. From unique routing algorithms to liquidity connectivity, Andrew dives into how Titan competes with existing platforms and mirrors traditional brokers. He discusses beta testing feedback, future product features, and the evolving market structure, painting a picture of Titan as the future of interactive crypto trading.
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Living Room Idea To Working Prototype
- Titan began as chats between Andrew and Chris testing initial TypeScript prototypes against on-chain data.
- Early tests showed they were competitive quickly and pushed them to build the product further.
From Quant To On-Chain Builder
- Andrew discovered Solana by trading on Mango Markets and was immediately hooked by low fees and UX.
- That led him from hedge fund quant work into building on-chain trading infra and eventually Titan.
Precision Routing Beats Generic Pathfinders
- Titan built a custom routing algorithm combining pathfinding and convex optimization for machine-precision splits.
- That reduces chunking inefficiencies and scales to search many more liquidity sources faster than standard graph algorithms.