Quantum Trades: Panoptic's Fusion of Physics and Finance with Guillaume Lambert

ATX DAO Podcast

Summary

Guillaume Lambert, the founder of Panoptic, discusses the options protocol on Ethereum and its innovative approach to options trading. He shares his journey from academia to DeFi and how his background in physics and research led him to discover the similarities between Uniswap v3 liquidity provision and selling options.

The Panoptic team aims to make options trading accessible and user-friendly, with a focus on LPs, providing better risk management and higher returns. Panoptic is a platform that simplifies options trading by visualizing the complexity of formulas in a user-friendly interface. It offers oracle-free options, leveraging Uniswap for price discovery and liquidity. The platform allows users to trade options on illiquid assets and provides capital efficiency through leverage and borrowing.

Panoptic aims to empower retail traders by making options trading accessible and providing educational resources. The team emphasizes the importance of being the first user of your own product and staying connected with the community.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

01:57 The Quick Pitch: What is Panoptic?

04:08 Guillaume's Journey to Founding Panoptic

22:02 Challenges and Hurdles in DeFi

24:30 The Panoptic Team and Dynamic

27:31 Understanding and Using Panoptic

30:36 Abstraction of Complexity in the User Interface

32:05 Advantages of Oracle-Free Options

34:08 Minimizing Risk in Illiquid Markets

37:00 Leveraging Concentrated Liquidity and Hedging

38:19 Webhooks and Capital Efficiency

40:32 The Future of Panoptic and Integration with Uniswap V4

44:57 User Roles in Panoptic: Active Traders and Speculators

48:43 Lending Component and Capital Efficiency

54:52 Managing Information Overload in DeFi

59:29 Building Something You Would Use Yourself

01:06:25 Staying Connected with the Panoptic Community

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• Panoptic LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/panoptic-xyz/

• Panoptic YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Panopticxyz

• Panoptic Website: https://panoptic.xyz | https://deeznuts.panoptic.xyz

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