Friktion: Building DeFi portfolios to Perform Across Market Cycles

In this episode, we sit down with Friktion Labs’ Co-founders, Uddhav Marwaha (CEO) and Alex Wlezien (CTO). Friktion is a full-stack portfolio and risk management platform for individuals, DAOs, and institutions built on Solana. We talk about portfolio construction strategies with Friktion’s Volts, DAO treasury management through Circuits, outlook on crypto derivatives, and much more.

Show Notes:

(00:00:28) – Guests’ backgrounds.

(00:03:30) – Introduction to Friktion and derivatives.

(00:10:26) – Friktion’s auction mechanism.

(00:17:06) – The options OTC market and AMMs.

(00:22:10) – Friktion Volts.

(00:27:34) – Circuits and portfolio construction.

(00:38:12) – Asset correlation in crypto.

(00:41:37) – Catalysts for structured products.

(00:53:16) – Friktion’s onboarding process.

(00:55:12) – The growth of crypto derivatives.

(01:02:02) – Conceptualizing Friktion’s token?

(01:04:14) – Closing.

Social links:

• Uddhav’s Twitter
• Alex’s Twitter
• Friktion Twitter

Resources:

• Friktion Website
• Friktion Docs 
• Friktion’s Circuits
• Friktion Forum

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