Bitcoin & Crypto Trading: Ledger Cast24 Heinä 2019

The appeal to institutional crypto investors, with Seed CX's Edward Woodford

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In this episode, I talk to Edward Woodford, the CEO and co-founder of Seed CX. Seed CX is a platform for institutional investors to trade crypto, with up around 3x margin. We discuss the challenges building a product for institutions, for acquiring proper licensing in the United States, and a bunch of stuff around building a quality exchange business and trading experience.

SeedCX interests me for a couple reasons. For one, collateral is very flexible and can be in bitcoin or multiple forms of fiat. Secondarily, taker fees are only 8 basis fees and maker fees are 0. Thirdly, there is a nightly settlement process so each customer has their own wallets, while trading is on their centralized platform.

I enjoyed this chat with Edward, learning how they have built things, and the challenges they face -- particularly the competition with more "cowboy" exchanges.

Thanks to our new sitewide partner, Brave New Coin. BNC is well aligned with my goals for Ledger Status, offering excellent market commentary, data, and other products that benefit crypto traders and investors.

Here's the episode on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/q6dgA4A15RU