propAMMs won, you just didn't notice - Katia Banina

It already happened, propAMMs won, you just didn't notice. In this episode of Deeply Intents, I chat with Katia Banina, CEO at Bebop . We discuss prop AMMs on Ethereum, how they compare to RFQ systems, and pushing the limits of DeFi innovation with PopAMM (Block Oracle Priced AMM). Timestamps (00:00) - Cat stories (02:19) - BopAMM (06:28) - Request for stream (RFS) (09:41) - RFQ & RFS both have their place (10:53) - Block building and pAMMs (15:47) - Prop AMMs on Ethereum (18:20) - Integrating market makers (23:28) - BopAMM solves the last mile problem (25:00) - Providing passive liquidity is irrational (26:50) - AMMs, Price discovery & Execution quality (30:32) - Block building with pAMMs (33:45) - The oracle update & use cases (40:44) - Performance improvements and optimizations (43:05) - L2s in the future, focused on Ethereum (44:53) - Thinking about security (50:14) - Building with AI (54:18) - The future of DeFi is finance (55:10) - The innovation is blockchain (57:08) - RFQ innovation in the pipeline DisclaimerNothing in this episode should be interpreted as financial, technical, or legal advice. The host does contract work for Heliax, a public goods laboratory, focusing on Anoma.