Building the Onchain Brokerage: Glider's Vision for Investing | Brian Huang

About this episode

Brian Huang discusses his journey and Glider's vision for onchain investing.

Gm! In this episode, we're joined by Brian Huang, Co-Founder of Glider, to discuss his journey from institutional trading and crypto custody to building an onchain investing platform. We explore the rise of tokenized assets, portfolio automation, chain abstraction, DeFi yield opportunities, risk management, institutional adoption, and the future of personalized investing. Brian also shares Glider's vision for automated investment workflows and the next generation of onchain financial products. Enjoy! -- Follow Lightspeed: ⁠https://x.com/Lightspeedpodhq Follow Glider: https://x.com/glider__ Follow Brian: https://x.com/BrianInCrypto Follow Danny: https://x.com/defi_kay_ Join the Lightspeed Telegram: ⁠https://t.me/+QHlbNTNS4gc1ZTVh -- Get top market insights and the latest in crypto news. Subscribe to Blockworks Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/ -- Timestamps: (0:00) Introduction (1:28) Brian’s Crypto Origin (3:52) Why Glider Exists (8:47) Wallets Need Better UX (13:38) Personalized Investing Arrives (17:38) Automated Strategies (24:18) Tokenized Stocks Reality Check (28:31) Abstracting DeFi Complexity (33:04) Curating Onchain Risk (36:39) Insurance Tradeoffs…

People in this episode

Guest: Brian Huang

Topics covered

• onchain investing
• tokenized assets
• portfolio automation
• DeFi yield opportunities
• risk management
• institutional adoption
• personalized investing

Keywords

• onchain brokerage
• automated investment workflows
• crypto custody
• institutional trading
• DeFi
• risk management
• tokenized stocks

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Organizations: Glider, Blockworks, Solana Foundation

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