New episode of @Archive_Pod with @EvgenyGaevoy, CEO of @wintermute_t. We discussed Wintermute's journey since 2017, how market-making has evolved, and how Evgeny's upbringing has shaped his philosophy. Wintermute is a unique company within crypto and Evgeny is a thoughtful guest, so I hope you'll enjoy this one. (0:00) Intro (1:07) What is Wintermute (4:14) Evgeny's upbringing (15:59) Joining Optiver and learning market making (26:28) Leaving Optiver, moving to London, and discovering crypto (36:00) Starting Wintermute and raising from VCs (41:17) Getting into DeFi before it was obvious (53:53) How Wintermute avoids bureaucracy and operated like a tech company (1:03:33) The Golden Path for crypto (1:23:01) What bad market making behaviour actually looks like (1:35:33) Evgeny's thoughts on Hyperliquid (1:39:09) Wintermute's next chapters, and building beyond market making (1:51:57) DND, Warhammer, and grand strategy games —-

I really enjoyed my conversation with @buffalu__ about all things @jito_labs. We dive into the early history of Jito, what finding PMF was like, and what the future holds. (1:23) What is Jito (10:18) Why Solana stood out early (16:06) Starting Jito (22:58) FTX fallout and doubling down on Solana (30:54) MEV politics and shutting down the mempool (36:20) Memecoins (38:59) Finding PMF and scaling to >90% of validators (41:27) Jito airdrop and token launch strategy (51:40) Expanding beyond infra to user facing apps (59:12) The Solana ecosystem and what it needs (1:16:00) Jito’s presence in DC and crypto policy