Derek Walkush

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SAVE THE DATE Come hang at the Variant HQ during Farcon in NYC. Good food, good vibes, good fun Register here: https://lu.ma/e3eclbmi

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we’re hosting another demo night!! join us on october 30th for a night of product demos from teams building at the intersection of crypto & ai there may or may not be some *spooky* themed treats to follow 🎃 apply to attend/demo below https://lu.ma/yf6fq82t

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This is undoubtedly a centralizing force, and AMM designs will need innovation for this new execution environment to keep up with offchain fills. Read more here: https://blog.variant.fund/the-future-of-dex-trading

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Why is this interesting? If we’re correct, with trade execution moving up to L2s, lower gas and faster block times have the potential to mitigate both of these issues, leading to more trades potentially being filled offchain.

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2. Filler economics - fillers have various fees, in addition to CEX trading fees, which can impact their economies of scale, making it difficult to fill smaller orders.

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1. Stale prices - AMMs can sometimes quote stale, better prices when the pool doesn’t have time to adjust to the market price, set on the CEX.

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Why? We have two hypotheses.

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We explore ETH/USDC trading through the Uniswap front end. Since ETH prices are set on CEXs, and fees are much lower, theoretically most volume here should be filled offchain. That’s not the case, however, and almost ~30% of volume is filled by the AMM.

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It’s been almost a year since UnixwapX’s launch - bringing offchain liquidity to the largest DEX. What happened? The AMM continues to fill 60-80% of total volume, even substantial volume of major tokens on CEXs. @jhackworth and I explored why: https://blog.variant.fund/the-future-of-dex-trading

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As a lawyer who codes (or as @jesse likes to say, I read “dumb contracts and smart contracts”) it’s been a mission of mine to meld the two worlds I’m passionate about: tech and law. This is why I love being a lawyer in the crypto space, because most legal issues are also technical issues. You cannot separate them.

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It can be difficult for founders and marketing leads to navigate how to leverage new social platforms to support their business. Recently hosted a discussion with @ted @rish @deodad on best practices for using Warpcast. Here are 5 key takeaways 👇

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Stoked to announce that Variant has co-led Farworld Labs’ pre-seed round It’s no secret that we’re fans of the Farcaster ecosystem. We’ve been on the lookout for teams that are: - Growing the pie by appealing to new users - Thoughtfully leveraging headless distribution - Exploring ways to make the net-new data types (frames, tokens) first-class citizens Enter: Farworld Labs

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the @variant team is coming to Farcon & we are ready to meet builders! join me, @jesse, @li, @alanadlevin, & @masonnystrom for delicious food, strong coffee, & exciting conversation at our builders brunch on Saturday ps: you don't want to miss our exclusive farcon swag see you there ✨ https://events.xyz/5d479833

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ICYMI!! Taco Tuesday! NYC! This Tuesday! sign up and come co-work with me!!!

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Last day to register!! Proof Day tomorrow in NY. Talks on cutting edge topics in ZK & shared sequencing for ZK researchers, builders, and app devs. Register here: https://lu.ma/ohsntnhd

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Botto is an artist, a community, an art movement—one of the most fascinating things happening at the nexus of AI + crypto. We made a frame with @bottoDAO to make the artist and community more accessible. Help select the next masterpiece (an easter egg favors the persistent) https://farcaster-variant.botto.com

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What is Proof Day? 4+ talks on emergent topics in ZK like proof aggregation, and how PA interacts with shared sequencing. Quick event this Friday afternoon in NY, with free food 🙂 Who should attend? Any researcher, developer, or builder in NY interested in ZK.

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. @variant is co-hosting Proof Day with @nebra this Friday in NY: ✅ Great crowd ✅ Talks on cutting edge topics ✅ Free food Do I need to say more? Apply here: https://lu.ma/ohsntnhd

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get ready to lose if you selected less on @perl

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Memecoins as an emerging GTM strategy

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