Vertex: Built for Cross-Margin, Low-latency Trading | Darius & Alwin
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Building on Arbitrum
Darius and Alwin discuss their decision to build on Arbitrum instead of a Cosmos app-specific chain and the advantages it offers, including an EVM runtime and high TVL across various blockchains.
In today's episode Dan and Sam are joined by Vertex Protocol Co-founders Darius & Alwin. They explore Vertex's journey since the Multicurrency version of Anchor on Terra to now a leading onchain trading platform powered by Arbitrum. They explore Vertex's risk management, visions for decentralization, token airdrop, and endgame strategy.
This week's analyst segment is a special 3 blockworks analysts extravaganza. Dan is a joined by blockworks research analysts, 0xpibblez, Ren, and EffortCapital. They cover Uniswap's ongoing search for Loss-Versus-Rebalancing solution, Cosmos Hub Prop 818, Frax FIP 277, and Thorchain's lending market.
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(01:31) Uniswap Loss-Versus-Rebalancing
(09:28) Cosmos Hub Prop 818
(19:57) Frax FIP 277 RWA Frax V3
(27:42) Thorchain Lending Market
(37:33) Interview Start: Vertex
(37:45) Vertex High-Level Overview
(41:59) Cross-Margin Account Architecture
(44:20) “Hexens Ad”
(45:24) Cross-Margin Account Architecture
(47:24) AMM Use-Case & Sequencer Backup
(50:58) Sequencer Decentralization
(54:53) Cross-chain Approach for UX
(58:09) Liquidation Engine & Managing Risk
(1:04:45) Mango Markets Exploit Avoidance
(1:07:52) Vertex Growth Strategy
(1:10:36) VRTX Token Design
(1:15:44) Incentivizing Traders VS Market Makers
(1:21:25) Vertex Endgame
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Resources:
Vertex
Vertex Docs
https://vertex-protocol.gitbook.io/docs/getting-started/overview
Uniswap Loss-Versus-Rebalancing Paper
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2208.06046.pdf
Cosmos Hub Prop 818
https://forum.cosmos.network/t/prop-818-discussion/11244
Frax FIP 277
https://gov.frax.finance/t/fip-277-onboard-finrespbc-as-frax-v3s-offchain-rwa-partner/2492
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