The evolution of derivates from structured products to decentralized perpetuals, with SynFutures CEO Rachel Lin

Lex chats with Rachel Lin, the Co-Founder & CEO of
SynFutures, a decentralized derivatives trading platform. Lin
discusses her background in traditional finance and her
transition into the fintech and cryptocurrency industry. She
explains her experience working in structured derivative sales
and trading at Deutsche Bank, where she interacted with clients
such as hedge funds and corporates who used derivatives for
speculative purposes, hedging, and arbitrage. Lin then moved to
fintech company Alipay, where she learned about blockchain
technology and became interested in the potential of
decentralized finance. She later joined Matrixport, a centralized
platform, before starting her own decentralized derivatives
platform, SynFutures. Lin explains that decentralized platforms
offer transparency and the ability for anyone to become a market
maker or service provider, while centralized platforms require
more configuration and rely on market makers. She also discusses
the growth potential of decentralized derivatives and the current
dominance of speculation in the crypto derivatives market. Lin
believes that as digital economies grow, the usage of blockchain
and derivatives for economic purposes will also increase.


 


 


MENTIONED IN THE CONVERSATION


 


SynFuture's Website: https://bit.ly/3OCDRaa


 


Topics: crypto, digital assets,  investment, blockchain,
AMM, DeFi, CeFi, Liquidity, hedging, arbitrage, derivatives,
perps, synthetic


 


Companies: Synfutures, Alipay, Matrixport, DYDX, GMX, Synthetix,
Deutsche Bank, Uniswap


 


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TIMESTAMPS


 


1’23: Trading Illusions for Insights: Navigating the Complex
World of Financial Derivatives


 


6’35: Hedging Needs vs. Market Speculation: Deciphering the
Derivatives Landscape


 


10’54: Institutional to Retail: Transitioning Through Chinese
Fintech and Cryptocurrency Markets


 


16’16: SynFutures: Unlocking Decentralized Derivatives Trading
for All


 


20’54: Synthetic Derivatives and Leverage: Amplifying Trades on
Decentralized Platforms


 


26’56: DeFi Derivatives: AMM Liquidity, Competition, and the
Future of Synthetic Trading


 


32’13: The promise of Crypto Derivative Markets: Beyond
Speculation - Hedging, Arbitrage, and the Promise of Digital
Economies


 


35’00: The channels used to connect with Rachel & learn more
about SynFutures


Disclaimer here — this newsletter does not provide investment
advice and represents solely the views and opinions of FINTECH
BLUEPRINT LTD.


Contributors: Lex, Laurence, Matt, Farhad, Mike, Daniella


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