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E185: Variational - Zero Fees, More Assets, No Funding Rate lucas.var co-founded a hedge fund at 20 that Digital Currency Group acquired a year later, then walked away from that exit to build Variational that now sits second only to Hyperliquid in open interest and daily volume. His argument:...

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Search "When Shift Happens" on your favourite podcast platform

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@edward_yu_var @variational_io @variational_lvs this is probably the best piece of long-form Variational content so far the product makes a lot more sense once you hear Lucas explain the thesis behind it 🔥

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@variational_io @variational_lvs gonna watch everything once i get the chance

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@variational_io @variational_lvs 🙌🙌

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@variational_io @variational_lvs starting college at 12 is the bit i cant get past tbh

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@variational_io @variational_lvs 150$ per point!!

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@variational_io @variational_lvs Something I now make time for: labeling the source of each price level.

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@variational_io @variational_lvs Great guy and my absolute favourite trading platform

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@variational_io @variational_lvs The most interesting part is Wall Street liquidity comes on chain, fees go to zero and a whole layer of brokers and retail-flow market makers stops existing

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@variational_io @variational_lvs Banger

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@variational_io @variational_lvs Lucas the 🐐

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@variational_io @variational_lvs Recording schedule changes when I noticed them is a detail I no longer rush past.

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@variational_io @variational_lvs I put reviewing canceled plans separately from rejected setups into my routine, and kept it there.

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@variational_io @variational_lvs Bookmarked

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@variational_io @variational_lvs swaps funding + perps infra gap vs trad brokers is an underrated convo. that episode looks worth the listen

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@variational_io @variational_lvs Love it

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@variational_io @variational_lvs If brokers are the missing layer, what does the trader experience look like across hundreds of assets?

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@variational_io @variational_lvs hedge fund at 20 says more about conviction than timing DCG acquisition at 21 is the paper trail most founders lack variational's architecture gap is what hyperliquid missed

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@variational_io @variational_lvs that brokers take is vital

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@variational_io @variational_lvs @KevinWSHPod always having a banger podcast session

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@variational_io @variational_lvs Finally!

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