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EPISODE · May 28, 2026 · 41 MIN

Simon Jones of Reya on Building a DEX Fast Enough for Institutional Trading

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🎙️ Simon Jones, CEO & Co-Founder of Reya Labs 🕒 ~45 minsOnly 3% of perp trading happens on Ethereum despite it holding the majority of DeFi's assets. Simon Jones built Reya to fix that: a trading-specific based rollup delivering sub-millisecond execution without sacrificing Ethereum's security.In this episode:Why speed and decentralization have always been a tradeoff, and how Reya solved itThe structural disconnect: why institutions settle on Ethereum but trade elsewhereHow agentic trading is already shifting who uses Reya and howRWA perps: bringing gold, equities, and commodities onchainFrom McKinsey to fintech startups to DeFi builderIf you care about onchain trading infrastructure, institutional DeFi, or where crypto markets are heading, this one's for you.🔹 Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/simon-jones-of-reya-on-building-a-dex-fast-enough/id1799063494?i=1000770067821🔹 Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Fr8MoxFma8tHLrk0SD9gO?si=Ien-cKpJQ129dZETPtqvOA🔹 YouTube → https://youtu.be/RwFGfcVICiMConnect with Simon & Reya 🌐 reya.xyz 🐦 X: @0xSimonJones | @reya_xyzStay Connected 🐦 X: @TokenThoughts_ | @lindsey___I 🌐 tokenforyourthoughts.com

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🎙️ Simon Jones, CEO & Co-Founder of Reya Labs 🕒 ~45 mins Only 3% of perp trading happens on Ethereum despite it holding the majority of DeFi's assets. Simon Jones built Reya to fix that: a trading-specific based rollup delivering sub-millisecond execution without sacrificing Ethereum's security. In this episode: Why speed and decentralization have always been a tradeoff, and how Reya solved itThe structural disconnect: why institutions settle on Ethereum but trade elsewhereHow agent...

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