Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this episode, we are joined by Jump Crypto President Kanav Kariya, who leads a team of 140 inside one of the largest market making companies in the world.

Presented by FTX: uponly.tv/ftx

00:00 - Intro
1:47 - What is Jump Crypto
9:20 - What type of people get hired at Jump?
12:40 - Crypto vs. Traditional Finance / How competitive are the markets?
16:40 - Market Maker Automation and Dynamics
22:40 - Security Strategies / Key Management Within the Company
26:40 - Opinions on Market Trends / Things You Have Gotten Right
30:10 - Positioning Based on Macro / Institutional Narrative
35:20 - Wormhole Hack
44:50 - Governmental Response to Hacks and Exploits
46:40 - Ethereum Killer Narrative
51:47 - Things That You Don’t Understand
57:20 - Rollup Centric vs. Multichain Future / Wormhole
1:05:50 - Other Jump Related Projects
1:09:55 - The Future of MEV
1:15:00 - DeFi’s Poor Performance / DeFi Summer
1:18:40 - Final Questions
1:23:50 - Alpha