Episode 25: Did German Government BTC Sales Trigger Market Plunge?

In this week’s podcast, Imran Lakha and David Brickell host Katia Babbar and William McGhee the co-founders of Immersive Finance.

They discuss how they are meeting the needs of institutional players in the crypto space in terms of rich, granular data sets and detailed risk management capabilities after many decades in traditional finance on the FX side. Katia also explains that they want to cater for the growing crypto-structured products market where banks will ultimately be the front runners and need top-tier systems to be able to manage more complex and dynamic risks. David gives his macro rundown and Imran discusses how hedges paid off last week and why he was monetizing some, especially on ETH.

The following topics is covered:

0:00 – Introduction 0:49 – Special guests: Katia Babbar and William McGhee from Immersive Finance 5:42 – What differentiates Immersive Finance from others? 8:39 – The transition from TradFi to Crypto 10:06 – Last week’s Crypto Market Overview 13:01 – How is Imran currently positioned? 14:05 – Origin from Mt. Gox & Market views 17:36 – Current thoughts on Ethereum 18:10 – Immersive Finance data set, Volatility & Skew charts 21:50 – Why is the short-end Skew so volatile in Crypto? 24:36 – David’s conviction, current sentiment & decorrelation vs Stocks 30:30 – Closing words: Learn more about Immersive Finance

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