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Zubin Koticha

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Zubin Koticha, CEO &amp; Co-founder of Opyn, joined us again on the show to give us an update on Opyn v2.Opyn v1 was focused on insurance. It's successor, Opyn v2, offers a more traditional options infrastructure. We discuss the problems of building trustless options infrastructure: choice of collateral, partial collateralization and efficient trading mechanisms for options.Topics covered in this episode:An overview of Opyn v1 and the different options created by DeFi usersHow options in DeFi workWhat is new in Opyn v2How the oracle specification worksCapital efficiency - nesting options for collateralizationFungibility of different optionsWhat makes Opyn different to other option platforms?Options and the AMM designEpisode links:OpynEpicenter Episode 344 - OpynA beginner's guide to options: Opyn v2YieldSpaceOpyn GitHubOpyn on TwitterZubin on TwitterSponsors:ParaSwap: If you want to make a swap at the best price across the DeFi market, check out paraswap.io/epicenter. ParaSwap’s state-of-the-art algorithm beats the market price across all major DEXs and brings you the most optimized swaps with the best prices, and lowest slippage. *Terms and conditions apply. This episode is hosted by Sunny Aggarwal &amp; Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/385

Zubin Koticha, CEO &amp; Co-founder of Opyn, joined us again on the show to give us an update on Opyn v2.Opyn v1 was focused on insurance. It's successor, Opyn v2, offers a more traditional options infrastructure. We discuss the problems of building trustless options infrastructure: choice of collateral, partial collateralization and efficient trading mechanisms for options.Topics covered in this episode:<ul><li>An overview of Opyn v1 and the different options created by DeFi users</li><li>How options in DeFi work</li><li>What is new in Opyn v2</li><li>How the oracle specification works</li><li>Capital efficiency - nesting options for collateralization</li><li>Fungibility of different options</li><li>What makes Opyn different to other option platforms?</li><li>Options and the AMM design</li></ul>Episode links:<ul><li><a href="https://www.opyn.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Opyn</a></li><li><a href="https://epicenter.tv/episodes/344" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Epicenter Episode 344 - Opyn</a></li><li><a href="https://medium.com/opyn/a-beginners-guide-to-defi-options-opyn-v2-4d64f91acc84" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A beginner's guide to options: Opyn v2</a></li><li><a href="https://yield.is/YieldSpace.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YieldSpace</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/opynfinance" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Opyn GitHub</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/opyn_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Opyn on Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/snarkyzk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zubin on Twitter</a></li></ul>Sponsors:<ul><li>ParaSwap: If you want to make a swap at the best price across the DeFi market, check out <a href="paraswap.io/epicenter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">paraswap.io/epicenter</a>. ParaSwap’s state-of-the-art algorithm beats the market price across all major DEXs and brings you the most optimized swaps with the best prices, and lowest slippage. *Terms and conditions apply. </li></ul>This episode is hosted by Sunny Aggarwal &amp; Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: <a href="https://epicenter.tv/385" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">epicenter.tv/385</a>

Zubin Koticha: Opyn – The Release of V2

This week on The Room, we sat down with Zubin Koticha, co-founder and CEO of Opyn. Opyn is a decentralized finance platform for ethereum options, which recently raised their series A, lead by Paradigm only months after their seed. Zubin graduated from Berkley in 2018 after a Manu-year love and obsession with the crypto space. Post-graduation Zubin worked at Thunder researching blockchain but soon started open with his two co-founders Alexis and Aparna in 2019. Zubin has worked in the crypto space through highs and lows, but given today’s wildly hot crypto market, I think it's safe to say Zubin and the Opyn team are hitting product-market fit. Today we will learn more about fundraising during difficult times, navigating a pivot, and a lot about crypto, DeFi, and NFTs. Let's open the door. 

This week on The Room, we sat down with Zubin Koticha, co-founder and CEO of <a href="https://opyn.co/#/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Opyn</a>. Opyn is a decentralized finance platform for ethereum options, which recently raised their series A, lead by Paradigm only months after their seed. Zubin graduated from Berkley in 2018 after a Manu-year love and obsession with the crypto space. Post-graduation Zubin worked at Thunder researching blockchain but soon started open with his two co-founders Alexis and Aparna in 2019. Zubin has worked in the crypto space through highs and lows, but given today’s wildly hot crypto market, I think it's safe to say Zubin and the Opyn team are hitting product-market fit. Today we will learn more about fundraising during difficult times, navigating a pivot, and a lot about crypto, DeFi, and NFTs. Let's open the door.

Season 2 Episode 7: Zubin Koticha of Opyn

Opyn is a smart contract-based insurance platform built on a generalized (supports both put and call) options protocol called Convexity. It is intended as a platform to protect DeFi users against both technical and financial risks, and a place where ETH holders can earn substantial premiums on their holdings by providing insurance.Opyn uses tokenized ERC20 put options, oTokens, on ETH to allow option buyers to keep their upside while limiting their downside. If you buy Opyn protection, you are buying “the right but not the obligation to sell an asset at a pre-specified price”. Currently, you can buy insurance for DAI, ETH, and USDC deposits on Compound and it is completely noncustodial and trustless. Zubin Koticha, CEO &amp; Co-founder of Opyn, is currently working on V2 of the platform with his team. Their focus for improvements are in 3 main areas; cash efficiency, trading mechanism, and network effects. They are hoping to release this within the next 6 months. This is a much-needed generalizable insurance solution against some attacks/ vulnerabilities within the DeFi ecosystem and it will be very interesting to see how their contribution to DeFi progresses.Topics covered in this episode:Zubin’s background and how he got into cryptoHow Opyn was created and the roles within the companyThe evolution of the Opyn productUsing options as an insurance solutionThe difference between traditional markets and OpynAmerican vs European optionsImprovements they are making in V2 - capital efficiency, fungibility, network effectsThe collateral as a different asset featureTrading venueAn overview of VegaSwapTimelines for the new versionEpisode links: Opyn WebsiteOpyn WhitepaperWhat is Opyn?Opyn DiscordOpyn TwitterZubin Koticha TwitterThis episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst &amp; Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/344 

Opyn is a smart contract-based insurance platform built on a generalized (supports both put and call) options protocol called Convexity. It is intended as a platform to protect DeFi users against both technical and financial risks, and a place where ETH holders can earn substantial premiums on their holdings by providing insurance.Opyn uses tokenized ERC20 put options, oTokens, on ETH to allow option buyers to keep their upside while limiting their downside. If you buy Opyn protection, you are buying “the right but not the obligation to sell an asset at a pre-specified price”. Currently, you can buy insurance for DAI, ETH, and USDC deposits on Compound and it is completely noncustodial and trustless. Zubin Koticha, CEO &amp; Co-founder of Opyn, is currently working on V2 of the platform with his team. Their focus for improvements are in 3 main areas; cash efficiency, trading mechanism, and network effects. They are hoping to release this within the next 6 months. This is a much-needed generalizable insurance solution against some attacks/ vulnerabilities within the DeFi ecosystem and it will be very interesting to see how their contribution to DeFi progresses.Topics covered in this episode:<ul><li>Zubin’s background and how he got into crypto</li><li>How Opyn was created and the roles within the company</li><li>The evolution of the Opyn product</li><li>Using options as an insurance solution</li><li>The difference between traditional markets and Opyn</li><li>American vs European options</li><li>Improvements they are making in V2 - capital efficiency, fungibility, network effects</li><li>The collateral as a different asset feature</li><li>Trading venue</li><li>An overview of VegaSwap</li><li>Timelines for the new version</li></ul>Episode links: <ul><li><a href="https://opyn.co/#/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Opyn Website</a></li><li><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YsrGBUpZoPvFLtcwkEYkxNhogWCU772D/view" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Opyn Whitepaper</a></li><li><a href="https://medium.com/token-terminal/eli5-opyn-c87774147560" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What is Opyn?</a></li><li><a href="https://discord.com/invite/2NFdXaE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Opyn Discord</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/opyn_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Opyn Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/snarkyzk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zubin Koticha Twitter</a></li></ul>This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst &amp; Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: <a href="https://epicenter.tv/344" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">epicenter.tv/344</a>