Ep. 686 AI & DeFi: The Evolving Landscape for Retail Crypto Traders
CRYPTO 101
Bryce Paul & Brendan Viehman
4.6 • 821 Ratings
🗓️ 28 October 2025
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Crypto 101 podcast, Brendan talks with Brian Huang, co-founder of Glider, about the evolving landscape of cryptocurrency trading and the innovative solutions Glider offers to simplify DeFi for retail investors. They discuss Brian's journey from traditional finance to the crypto space, the vision behind Glider, and how automation and AI are shaping the future of trading. The conversation also touches on the regulatory landscape and the potential impact of ETFs on the crypto market.
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Chapters
00:00 The Current State of Crypto Trading
06:47 Brian Huang's Journey into Crypto
13:48 Introducing Glider: The Future of Automated DeFi
20:49 Simplifying Crypto for Everyone
22:11 The Genesis of Glider: A Pilot's Perspective
25:01 Automation in Trading: The Future of Financial Markets
30:12 ETFs vs. Glider: A New Era of Investment
36:07 Navigating Regulations: The Advantage of Non-Custodial Solutions
40:48 The Evolution of DeFi: Simplifying Complexities for All
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Crypto 101 podcast presented by Gemini, your bridge to the future of money. |
| 0:11.0 | All right, everyone, welcome back to the Crypto 101 podcast. We hope everyone is having a great week so far. Man, I don't know where the Crypto 101 podcast. We hope everyone is having a great week so far. |
| 0:23.5 | Man, I don't know where the crypto market's going to be at at the time that you all are watching |
| 0:27.9 | it, but man, the crypto market is absolutely on fire. And of course, we love bringing in some of the |
| 0:33.5 | leaders from the space to talk about what's going on in crypto, especially when it |
| 0:37.6 | comes to new form of innovation. So today we have Brian Huang. He is the co-founder of Glider. |
| 0:43.4 | Brian, welcome. And we're excited to be able to talk to you here today. |
| 0:47.4 | Happy to be here. Thanks for happy to me. |
| 0:49.2 | Absolutely, man. So this is interesting because we've all traded crypto in one form or another, right? Some have traded the ETFs, some have traded on decentralized exchanges. Some people have done centralized exchanges like Coinbase. And there's all these different kinds of trading between spot and contracts and options and all these different things. And there's a million thoughts about where you should trade and how you should do it. |
| 1:13.7 | And you have a bit more of a nuanced approach to this. |
| 1:17.7 | You guys are kind of looking at the saying, how has not only crypto chains, but how is trading changed? |
| 1:22.7 | And it's interesting because you bring in some of these new aspects of defy and AI. |
| 1:27.3 | And we're going to dive into all of this. |
| 1:29.4 | But I just want to kind of preface the audience and say, you know, this is what we're going to be talking about this episode. |
| 1:34.3 | It's kind of like the future of what trading and crypto and management could look like. |
| 1:39.6 | And I do think that this whole space, even Defi as a whole, is kind of moving towards and progressing to these next levels. |
| 1:48.2 | And I think today we're going to get a little bit of a glimpse of what that could look like and what it's already looking like from what you all have been working on. |
| 1:55.6 | So before we even get into that, I guess, Brian, you know, you have a pretty cool background. |
| 2:00.0 | You have experience at |
| 2:01.0 | Morgan Stanley, at Anchorage, at XTX, and you first found Bitcoin in a pretty interesting way. |
| 2:10.8 | And so I don't want to spoil it, but just I guess give the audience a bit of a background about |
| 2:15.1 | yourself and what kind of got you introduced to the Bitcoin and |
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