Gate Ventures Podcast | Episode 12
The Evolution of Crypto Capital Markets & Where DeFi is Today
๐Guest: Ivailo Jordanov, Partner at Paper Ventures @ivailoj@Papervc
๐คHost: Jeremy Wallis, Partner at Gate Ventures @fintechblocks
DeFi proved that markets can run without intermediaries. But execution, clearing, margin and collateral โ the parts of capital markets that actually move size โ are still mostly off-chain. So where does durable value really accrue as this stack migrates?
Ivailo joins us to map where crypto capital markets are today, what's genuinely moving on-chain, and what stays hybrid for longer.
Weโll discuss:
๐ท Where durable value accrues next โ execution, settlement/clearing, or collateral & margin infrastructure
๐ท Pure on-chain venues vs. hybrid models that keep traditional rails for larger tickets
๐ท What's still blocking institutional order flow and bigger ticket sizes from moving on-chain
๐ท Structural gaps in institutional stablecoin liquidity, FX conversion & atomic settlement
๐ท Programmable markets: tighter spreads and capital efficiency, or new fragmentation and basis risk?
August 20, 2026, 11 AM โ 12 PM UTC | 7 โ 8 PM GMT+8
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Gate Ventures Podcast | Episode 13
Beyond the Dollar: Inside Plume's Institutional Open Finance Playbook
๐Guest: Chris Yin, Co-founder & CEO of Plume @plumenetwork@chriseyin
๐คHost: Tiffany Chang, Gate Ventures @hella_tifficult
Almost everything onchain today is denominated in USD. But if RWAs are going to carry real institutional volume, the rails have to work for the assets institutions actually hold โ and for the currencies they actually hold them in.
Our guest Chris Yin, Co-founder & CEO of Plume, joins us to unpack how Plume went from an RWA chain to the platform institutions issue and distribute through โ and why the licenses, not the tech, decide who gets to build next.
We'll cover:
๐น What "Open Finance for institutional assets" really means โ and why Plume shifted from RWA chain to issuance & distribution platform
๐น Why an SEC transfer-agent registration and a DTCC working group seat are the licenses that decide who builds next-gen securities infrastructure
๐น How the Shinhan MOU opens RWA's non-dollar chapter โ and what it takes to bring Korean Won assets onchain
๐น Why the hard part is matching supply with distribution โ connecting institutional credit to crypto-native users
๐น How Plume Vaults turns strategies once reserved for large allocators into products anyone can hold, borrow against, and trade
๐๏ธAugust 19, 2026, 11 AM โ 12 PM UTC | 7 โ 8 PM GMT+8
๐LIVE on Gate Ventures' X, Set your reminder ๐https://t.co/sLvv1bonNT
Gate Ventures' new podcast is now on YouTube & Spotify - Moving Wall Street Onchain: Inside Superstate's $700T Bet
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In this episode, Gate Ventures' Tiffany sits down with Jim Hiltner @HiltnerJim , Co-founder of Superstate @SuperstateInc, to explore the future of tokenized capital markets โ from why institutions are looking for programmable finance, to what needs to happen before tokenized equities go mainstream.
Key Takeaways:
๐ก From TradFi to Superstate:
Jim's journey spans traditional finance, CFA, Compound Treasury โ where he helped build institutional adoption and secure an S&P credit rating โ to founding Superstate with a mission to bring trillions in traditional capital markets on-chain.
๐ก Institutions want programmable finance:
The future may not be about replacing intermediaries, but upgrading them. Models like Aave Horizon show a path forward: DeFi infrastructure, KYC-compliant participants, 24/7 settlement, and trusted counterparties.
๐ก Not all tokenization is created equal:
There are three models: From wrapped tokens to institutional infrastructure and native issuance โ where the token itself represents ownership.
๐ก 24/7 securities trading is a regulation problem, not a technology problem:
Superstate demonstrated RFQ trading of GLXY on Jupiter with Wintermute. The infrastructure is ready โ the next unlock depends on regulatory clarity.
๐ก The missing DeFi primitive is securities lending:
Tokenized assets can already work as collateral across protocols like Aave Horizon, Kamino, and Morpho, but unlocking lending markets could bring even more value on-chain.
๐น Written Highlights on Medium: https://t.co/ZwuT1RImyH
Gate Ventures Podcast | Episode 5
Planning Before an Exploit: Risk Thinking in Modern DeFi
Monet Supply @MonetSupply โ Head of Strategy at Spark @sparkfinance and former risk consultant at Block Analytica โ for a deep dive into what's actually broken in DeFi today. They get into why the biggest exploits stopped being smart contract bugs, why he checks liquidity before he checks yield, and how institutions moving $10Mโ$100M at a time should think about putting capital on-chain.
Key takeaways:
๐ก The yield story is over โ DeFi went from "a few percent above risk-free" two to three years ago to roughly matching T-bill rates today. The new value prop is liquidity, speed, and access
๐ก Liquidity is the first metric he checks every morning: if liquidity closes, the exit door closes โ and at institutional size, the exit door is the whole trade
๐ก The risk has moved: DeFi Summer was re-entrancy bugs, today it's key management. Oracles, bridges, multi-sigs, and custody all collapse into the same question โ who holds the keys
๐ก Defense in layers: rate limits on price oracles so a feed can't print infinity or zero, time locks to buy reaction time, and moats instead of a single point of failure
Now on YouTube & Spotify!
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Gate Ventures Podcast | Episode 11
Turning BTC Into a Productive Asset: A Conversation with Sats Terminal
๐ Guest: Stan Havryliuk, CEO & Co-Founder of Sats Terminal, OneSwap @stan_havryliuk@SatsTerminal@OneSwapCC
๐ค Host: Tiffany Chang, Gate Ventures @hella_tifficult
Bitcoin is the hardest money ever created โ but most BTC remains underutilized. The next question is: how can Bitcoin unlock more utility while preserving the core principles that make it unique?
In this episode, Stan Havryliuk, CEO & Co-Founder of Sats Terminal, joins us to explore how Bitcoin can become a more capital-efficient asset โ from non-custodial lending infrastructure to seamless access across CeFi and DeFi liquidity.
Weโll discuss:
๐ท What โproductive Bitcoinโ means โ and how trading, borrowing, and Bitcoin strategies can work together to unlock greater utility
๐ท How Sats Terminal aggregates opportunities across CeFi and DeFi for optimized execution, while keeping BTC secured through verifiable self-custodial contracts
๐ท The Starknet/Vesu integration and how innovative lending mechanisms are expanding possibilities within Bitcoin DeFi
๐ท Why leading investors are exploring Bitcoin DeFi โ and where the ecosystem is heading next
๐ August 6, 2026, 11 AM โ 12 PM UTC | 7 โ 8 PM GMT+8
๐ LIVE on Gate Venturesโ X https://t.co/BBVicAa7rn
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@Morpho Midnight brings fixed-rate lending onchain, but the surrounding ecosystem remains nascent.
As liquidity deepens and adoption expands, we expect a broader set of specialized participants to emerge across the stack.
Trading platforms will improve price discovery and execution; Vault curators will manage capital allocation and maturity risk; Market makers will build liquidity across different tenors; Risk providers will assess collateral and strategy quality; and liquidation networks will provide backstop capacity when positions become stressed.
Together, these participants could turn Midnight from a standalone fixed-rate lending protocol into the foundation of a more complete onchain fixed-income market.
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