Episode 285: Talos’s Samar Sen

This week, Samar Sen, head of Apac at Talos, joins Wei-Shen on the podcast. They discuss how institutional tools for the digital asset space have grown in the last few years and the tools Talos is building on. 1:30 – Samar explains how he moved from the sell side to working with digital assets 6:30 – How the SEC greenlighting spot bitcoin ETFs impacts Talos 9:30 – The evolution of institutional tools for the digital asset over the last two years 12:30 – The Cloudwall and D3X acquisitions 17:00 – Building from an institutional background 19:30 – How Talos built Sonic and how it minimizes slippage 21:30 – Steps to consider before trading in digital assets 26:00 – The buy vs. build debate 34:00 – Other areas Talos is looking to enhance