🎙️ New @Edge_Pod 🐂 Kool Krypto: The Story Behind The Anon DeFi Investor & Trader | What He's Betting On This Cycle 0:00 - Intro 2:25 - From mining BTC at 13 to fund manager 5:25 - Early to ETHLend and DeFi 7:38 - The poker game that led to a fund 10:26 - Is TradFi “in the arena” with DeFi? 14:17 - Early to onchain perps like GMX, HL 20:13 - Liquid fund, yield gen, and a little VC 23:28 - Why Kool doesn’t trade memecoins 28:01 - The DRV bull thesis 41:14 - Kool’s winning BTC call spread 45:58 - Pros/cons of Derive’s RFQ trading 50:14 - AI agents, a tailwind for options 52:50 - His onchain options trading tools 56:29 - Pros/cons of options vs perps 1:02:37 - Managing risk and closing trades 1:05:35 - Why Opulent October makes sense 1:11:12 - His viral ETH call spread on Derive 1:17:38 - Bull thesis for KNTQ 1:25:07 - Derive V3’s ability to list new markets 1:28:31 - What if HL/Lighter launch options? 1:34:19 - Why Kool remains bullish on LIT 1:38:24 - Closing 🙏 Thanks to @koolkrypto223 for joining us!