Gm! In this episode, we’re joined by Anas Khader, Founder of Flash Trade, to discuss the protocol’s journey from building alongside Mango Markets to launching a Solana-native perpetuals exchange. We cover Flash Trade’s pool-to-peer liquidity model, expansion into equities, commodities, and forex perps, its new Magic Block-powered execution engine, security and oracle design, the future of 24/7 markets, and how Solana’s evolving infrastructure is shaping the next generation of onchain trading.

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Timestamps:

(0:00) Introduction

(1:18) Flash Trade Origin Story

(6:23) Pool-To-Peer Perps

(11:22) New Asset Markets

(16:46) Magic Block Design

(26:08) Competing In Perps

(32:08) Oracle And Security Risks

(39:15) Next Perps Frontier

(42:49) Solana's Growth Path

(48:04) Solana UX Improvements

(51:07) Try Flash V2

(52:13) Closing Comments

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