Mike Cahill, CEO of Douro Labs and an expert in both traditional finance and crypto, shares insights into the evolving world of oracles in decentralized finance. He discusses Pyth Network's innovative solutions for delivering real-time data and its upcoming Perseus upgrade. The conversation covers the challenges of oracle reliability, the significance of institutional data providers, and the remarkable growth of Pyth amidst the changing crypto landscape. Cahill also emphasizes Douro Labs' role in enhancing the network and the future potential of decentralized finance.
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Crypto Discovery
Mike Cahill's colleagues at Virtu explored crypto arbitrages during the ICO boom.
This led him to appreciate the potential of decentralized wealth management.
insights INSIGHT
Oracle Problem in Crypto
Oracles bridge off-chain data to blockchains, crucial for DeFi applications like lending protocols.
Challenges include data source reliability, latency, and cost.
insights INSIGHT
Pyth Network Model
Pyth Network is a first-party oracle network prioritizing low latency and trustworthy financial data.
It incentivizes data providers like trading firms and exchanges, similar to Spotify's model.
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Oracles are all about bringing important data (mostly asset prices) onto the blockchain. As such, they’re a key part of decentralized finance. But oracle provider Pyth sees room for improvement as it relates to being more real-time than crypto incumbents like Chainlink. Mike Cahill, the CEO of a brand new Pyth-linked firm called Douro Labs, joins the show to explain the opportunity he sees in building better oracles.
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