Inside Upshift: Building the Future of Onchain Vaults | Aya Kantorovich

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Aya Kantorovich discusses the development of multi-chain vault infrastructure and key lessons from past market failures.

Gm! In today’s episode, we’re joined by Aya Kantorovich, Co-CEO of Upshift, to discuss the development of multi-chain vault infrastructure, its origins in onchain prime brokerage, and key lessons from past market failures. We cover security risks, institutional adoption, evolving regulation, cross-chain expansion, and broader trends including 24/7 markets, credit strategies, and tokenized assets. Enjoy! -- Follow Lightspeed: ⁠https://x.com/Lightspeedpodhq Follow Upshift: https://x.com/upshift_fi Follow Aya: https://x.com/aya_kantor 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 (1:24) Upshift’s Vault Origin (5:41) Customer Demand Shapes Product (9:18) Vault Security and Risk (17:49) Why Institutions Want Vaults (24:53) Solana Vault Roadmap (32:53) Avoiding Mercenary Capital (38:32) Regulation Gets Easier (42:46) 24/7 Markets and Perps (56:48) Closing Comments -- Disclaimers: Lightspeed was kickstarted by a grant from the Solana Foundation. Nothing said on…

People in this episode

Host: Danny

Guest: Aya Kantorovich

Topics covered

• multi-chain vault infrastructure
• onchain prime brokerage
• security risks
• institutional adoption
• evolving regulation
• cross-chain expansion
• tokenized assets

Keywords

• vaults
• security
• institutional adoption
• regulation
• crypto
• market trends
• tokenization

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Organizations: Upshift, Lightspeed, Blockworks

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