dYdX Foundation, Charles d'Haussy, CEO, with Anton Golub and Demetrios Zamboglou – 26

Charles d’Haussy, CEO of dYdX Foundation, joins Anton Golub and Dr. Demetrios Zamboglou for a conversation on entrepreneurship, Ethereum, DeFi, and why decentralized trading is pushing global markets toward a 24/7 future.Charles shares his journey from building companies in Hong Kong, to helping shape fintech strategy inside the Hong Kong government, to working with Consensys during Ethereum’s early rise, and now leading one of the most important decentralized trading ecosystems in crypto.He explains how dYdX represents a real shift in market structure: users keep control of their assets, trading moves onto decentralized rails, and derivatives expand beyond crypto into equities, commodities, and FX wrappers.We also covered why traditional exchanges are now moving toward 24/7 trading, how blockchain changes ownership and trust, and why appchains, infrastructure, identity, and custody all matter if DeFi is going to scale.We also go deep on Ethereum’s early days, central banks and CBDCs, why builders matter more than hype, how Charles thinks about risk, opportunity, and entrepreneurship, and why UAE is emerging as one of the most important hubs for digital assets, innovation, and global ecosystem building.A practical and forward-looking episode on market structure, decentralization, entrepreneurship, and what comes next for onchain finance.