Show Notes
In this episode of the Crypto 101 Podcast, Eddie Zhang, founder and CEO of Arcus, joins Bryce and Brendan to explain how Arcus became the leading DEX on Robinhood Chain. He breaks down why the team shifted toward RWAs, tokenized equities, and equity perpetuals after 10/10 exposed major weaknesses in crypto market structure, including centralized price dependency, correlated collateral, and liquidation risk. The conversation covers Robinhood Chain, perpetual contracts, tokenized stocks, stock tokens as collateral, zero-fee stock trading, global access to American equities, and why perps may become a simpler alternative to options for many traders.
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Chapters
00:00 - Intro 01:10 - How Arcus became the leading DEX on Robinhood Chain 03:20 - Why 10/10 changed Arcus’s strategy 04:10 - Liquidations, oracle risk, and crypto correlation 06:00 - Crypto assets versus equity perpetuals 07:20 - Why Arcus chose perpetuals 10:10 - Perps explained for everyday traders 11:55 - What 10/10 revealed about collateral risk 14:45 - The innovator’s dilemma for legacy exchanges 17:10 - How Arcus handles tokenized stocks 20:40 - Why Arcus is focused on Robinhood Chain 21:30 - Zero-fee stock tokens and the perp business model 23:05 - Who can access stock tokens and perps 28:55 - Arcus crosses 2 billion in volume 31:50 - Why Robinhood Chain is uniquely positioned
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