Next Gen Prediction Markets w/ Ivo Crnkovic-Rubsamen

Ivo Crnkovic-Rubsamen, Co-Founder of Pascal Trading joins us to talk about building the next generation of prediction markets. Ivo shares insights from his time at Bridgewater, D.E. Shaw, and dYdX, explaining how Pascal is solving major capital efficiency issues in DeFi. We dive deep into oracle-free price discovery, order book design, and how to scale robust leverage extension outside the core matching loop to protect trading venues.

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Notes:

* Ivo worked as a quant at Bridgewater and D.E. Shaw.

* Joined dYdX in late 2021 as an early trader.

* Focuses on robust leverage outside matching loop.

* Enables price discovery for oracle-free assets.

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

00:24 Ivo's background

02:27 Pascal design

05:08 Traders as target audience