AD Derivs: Insights from Crypto Option Traders

AD Derivs. Podcast (Ep. 40) - Hendrik Ghys, Co-founder @Thalex

Greg Magadini Season 2023 Episode 40

Thalex is a new derivatives exchange offering perpetuals, futures and future options on both BTC and ETH.

Visit: https://www.thalex.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThalexGlobal

Today we speak with Hendrik Ghys, one of the co-founders of Thalex Exchange. 
We journey into Hendrik's career in Crypto, including his experience valuing Bitstamp for acquisition. 
We talk about the economics of a crypto exchange as well as the option like pay-off this type business implicitly resembles. 

We chat about the features that Thalex offers, such as "delta-one rolls" and how this type of innovation can create liquidity. 

We also discuss the crypto vol. landscape and some of the players in the space.