Decoding Hyperliquid: Inside the Binary with Androo from HypurrFi

What if executing a complex DeFi strategy — bridging, swapping, lending, rebalancing — took just one click? That's exactly what Haiku is building. In this episode of GigaBrain, host João Simões sits down with Sash (aka Snowy), Lead BD at Haiku, to explore how Haiku's intent-based execution layer is turning multi-step DeFi workflows into a single, unified transaction across 20+ blockchains and 45+ protocols. We cover: - Why Haiku pivoted from retail to institutional trading clients - How intent-based DeFi execution works (and why no one else does it without hardcoding) - The $1M seed round led by Big Brain Holdings - AI agents in DeFi — real utility or hype? - Sash's take on founders tweeting, bear markets, and the future of on-chain abstraction Whether you're a DeFi builder, trader, or VC, this episode is a sharp look at where on-chain infrastructure is actually heading. Sash (aka Snowy) is the Lead Business Development manager at Haiku, a decentralised trading platform that collapses complex multi-step DeFi strategies into a single all-or-nothing transaction. With a background spanning commercial real estate and early-stage crypto startups, Sash specialises in institutional BD across DeFi infrastructure and cross-chain execution.

Pedro Verdades, CMO of Turtle Club, joins the GigaBrain Podcast to break down how the Lisbon-born liquidity distribution protocol is reshaping DeFi capital allocation. Pedro traces his journey from Web2 marketing through the DeFi Summer of 2020 to co-leading Turtle's $11.9M raise. He explains how Turtle acts as a matchmaker between liquidity providers and DeFi protocols — vetting deals, risk-scoring opportunities, and surfacing the best yield flow via their dashboard. The conversation covers the fallout from recent DeFi hacks (including KelpDAO), growing institutional appetite, stablecoin regulation, and Turtle's pivot from a BD-heavy operation toward an AI-assisted, data-driven matching platform. Pedro Verdades is the CMO of Turtle Club, a DeFi liquidity distribution protocol that has facilitated over $6B in deposits. A Lisbon-based crypto OG since DeFi Summer 2020, Pedro previously ran a 32-person Web3 marketing agency and co-founded a liquid risk protocol before joining Turtle Club to lead its global growth strategy.

Building Conviction in Crypto's Next Chapter: A VC's Blueprint for Navigating Regulation, Security, and Institutional Adoption In this episode of GigaBrain Podcast, host Joao Simoes sits down with Rachel Cheung, Head of Communications at Foresight Ventures, a $400M+ crypto-native fund backed by exchange giant Bitget, to explore how institutional capital, regulatory clarity, and security imperatives are reshaping the investment thesis for next-generation crypto infrastructure, from stablecoins and payments to AI agents and on-chain derivatives.

Androo Lloyd, co-founder and CEO of HypurrFi, joins Open Interest to pull back the curtain on one of DeFi's most ambitious projects: reverse engineering the closed-source Hyperliquid binary. Andrew explains why HypurrFi — a protocol built natively on Hyperliquid's EVM — chose to decode the binary using AI-driven agent orchestration, treating it as a competitive edge in a market where institutional trading firms have almost certainly done the same, just quietly. The conversation covers Hyperliquid's architectural design as a "consensus of multiple ledgers," the role of AI in accelerating reverse engineering from months to overnight CPU tasks, and what the binary reveals about Hyperliquid's future: HIP-4 binary options, permission spot markets, and TradFi integration. Androo also shares his bull case for Hyperliquid as the internet of money — eventually rivalling CME, entering insurance markets, and becoming the infrastructure layer that makes the EVM relevant for the next decade.

Institutional Yield Strategies Are Finally Coming to DeFi And They're Simpler Than You Think In this episode of the GigaBrain Podcast, host João Simões sits down with Andrei Anisimov and Monica Quaintance, founders of HyperSurface, to explore how covered calls and cash-secured puts sophisticated yield strategies once exclusive to Wall Street are now accessible, transparent, and fully on-chain for everyday crypto holders.

Pratik Kala, Head of Research and Portfolio Manager at Apollo Crypto, joins the pod to break down what's really moving markets. From the Iran-US ceasefire volatility and oil's structural shift, to why Hyperliquid's 99% buyback model is the most credible thing to happen to crypto tokenomics in years. Pratik unpacks Apollo's thesis on HYPE, their battle-tested approach to on-chain market-neutral risk management, and why RWAs need Wall Street pedigree — not just crypto-native optimism. A masterclass in institutional crypto thinking.

Jasper, Co-Founder and CTO of SEDA, joins the Open Interest podcast to break down how SEDA's bespoke Oracle infrastructure powers Dreamcash — HyperLiquid's breakout equities perp market. The conversation covers SEDA's origin story (plasma research → DeFi products → Oracle infrastructure), and dives deep into the technical challenge of pricing 24/7 perpetual markets against assets that don't trade around the clock. Jasper explains the four-pillar Oracle methodology: session awareness, cost-of-carry futures-to-spot conversion, self-referencing EMA pricing during closed hours, and staleness fallback. The episode also explores pre-IPO market pricing, the reflexive relationship between Oracle quality and liquidity depth, SEDA's token burn mechanics, and Jasper's long-term vision of SEDA becoming a credibly neutral truth-settlement layer for autonomous AI agents.

In this episode of Open Interest, host Abishek Kannan, CEO of Liquid Labs sits down with Anton Feingold, Institutional Lead at Glassnode, and Chris Beamish, Analyst at Glassnode, to explore how on-chain Bitcoin data translates into real trading edge. The conversation covers how institutions — from macro hedge funds to high-frequency quant desks — consume Glassnode's data, demystifies core metrics like MVRV, NUPL, SOPR, and cost basis distribution, and offers a candid read on where Bitcoin sits in the current cycle.

Purpose-Built Trading Infrastructure Is Reshaping DeFi And Centralized Exchanges Should Be Nervous In the first episode of Open Interest, a new series under GigaBrain Podcast, host Abishek Kannan sits down with Robert Sagurton, founder of Fogo, to explore why specialized blockchain architecture designed for trading will outcompete generalized layer-ones and how physical infrastructure has b

Institutions Are Finally Ready for Crypto, But Only With the Right Security Infrastructure In this episode of GigaBrain Podcast, host João Simões sits down with Raylin Huang, Marketing Manager at CipherBC, to explore how MPC-based wallet infrastructure is removing the final barriers preventing traditional institutions from entering crypto and tokenizing real-world assets at scale.