All right, everybody, welcome back to another episode of the Crypto 101 podcast, wherever you guys are in the world, morning, noon, or night.

You guys are certainly in the right place. We are joined by an international

superstar today. Yes, this is Barney Mannerings, reigning from the good town of London. Barney

is the co-founder of Vega Protocol. So we're going to dive into options and trading and volatility and all that good

stuff. But first, Barney, how are you doing this evening?

I'm great. Great to be here and looking forward to diving in.

Yeah, likewise. And Aaron, Mr. Pizza Mind Malone, my international co-host.

Only a few days left in Texas.

How are you doing, my friend?

To be honest, I'm a little nervous.

It's a big, big change in life, but I'm going to step up to the plate.

I'm going to take a swing, and I can always come back if I don't like what I find.

But Brazil is surprisingly flush with pizza.

I'm going to try all I can get down there.

But that's not the story of today.

The story of today is Vega Protocol.

And I thought this had something to do with Street Fighter,

but apparently it means something different.

Well, what is, why did you name this Vega protocol?

What is the real deal going on over here?

Yeah.

So Vega, in options pricing and derivatives, there are a number of kind of values, numbers that you calculate in the maths which are used to measure risk in derivatives and options.

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