Annabelle Huang, co-founder of Altius Labs, explains why Robinhood, Stripe and Circle buy blockchain infrastructure instead of building it, and what AI pulling young talent out of crypto means for DeFi.

Annabelle spent a decade moving from Deutsche Bank's FX options desk to AirSwap on early Ethereum to co-founding Amber Group, and now builds full stack, high performance chains for crypto applications at scale through Altius Labs. Dr. Jemma Green asks her where blockchain infrastructure still trails traditional finance, and Annabelle says the gap is risk management and how chains connect to the players in financial markets.

Topics covered:

- Why large companies partner or acquire instead of building a chain in-house, and how that cuts time to market from years to weeks or months

- Tokenized AMC stock versus options: venues, margin rules and offshore wrappers

- Why perp DEX failures trace back to oracles and liquidation engines more than chain speed

- Privacy, transparency and decentralization after a decade of building

- Nasdaq's move toward near 24 hour trading, prediction markets and what stays on-chain

- Women in crypto, conviction and management style

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About the guest:

Annabelle Huang is co-founder of Altius Labs, which builds full-stack blockchain infrastructure for applications that want to own their chain.

Altius Labs: https://www.altiuslabs.xyz/

Annabelle on X: https://x.com/_annabellehuang

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