EPISODE · May 5, 2026 · 28 MIN
Why Every New Market Costs Trading Firms Millions in Infrastructure (Thiago Rudiger)
from Proof of Story with Rob Sags · host Proof of Story
Sags and Thiago Rudiger of TheHUB get into why trading firms keep rebuilding the exact same infrastructure every time they enter a new market and why that cost still hasn’t been solved… Here’s what you’ll get from this one:🔥 Trading firms pay millions per market just to access the same setup🔥 No shared infrastructure forces repeated capex across exchanges🔥 TheHUB collapses multiple markets into one trading environment🔥 Market makers immediately understand the cost advantage🔥 Crypto VCs miss it because they never dealt with TradFi constraints🔥 Access to data feeds like CME becomes a real bottleneck🔥 Exchanges act as magnets that pull liquidity and participants🔥 Brazil has strong technical talent but lacks venture capital depth 0:00 Intro01:10 Career and Consulting Background05:12 Institutional Crypto Research07:13 Stablecoin Growth and Operations12:23 Brazilian Builder Community16:04 TheHUB Project and HFT24:00 Data Center Growth and Global Expansion Connect with Thiago Rudiger:https://x.com/thiagorudiger Connect with Sagshttps://x.com/RobertSagurtonTrade without Compromise @Fogohttps://www.fogo.io/
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Sags and Thiago Rudiger of TheHUB get into why trading firms keep rebuilding the exact same infrastructure every time they enter a new market and why that cost still hasn’t been solved… Here’s what you’ll get from this one:🔥 Trading firms pay millions per market just to access the same setup🔥 No shared infrastructure forces repeated capex across exchanges🔥 TheHUB collapses multiple markets into one trading environment🔥 Market makers immediately understand the cost advantage🔥 Crypto VCs miss it because they never dealt with TradFi constraints🔥 Access to data feeds like CME becomes a real bottleneck🔥 Exchanges act as magnets that pull liquidity and participants🔥 Brazil has strong technical talent but lacks venture capital depth 0:00 Intro01:10 Career and Consulting Background05:12 Institutional Crypto Research07:13 Stablecoin Growth and Operations12:23 Brazilian Builder Community16:04 TheHUB Project and HFT24:00 Data Center Growth and Global Expansion Connect with Thiago Rudiger:https://x.com/thiagorudiger Connect with Sagshttps://x.com/RobertSagurtonTrade without Compromise @Fogohttps://www.fogo.io/
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