No Rest for the Liquid The Role of Market Makers in the Ecosystem - John Gu

Current market conditions have caused a lot of liquidity in the ecosystem to dry up - to the detriment of all participants. Left to the free market, will protocols still be able to bootstrap operations, or will DEXes be able to continue to offer low slippage rates? What role can market makers play to ensure the continuity of the defi ecosystem? Explore these questions with John Gu and a DeFi Maximalist, about whether free market (decentralized finance) are at odds with market actors (PMMs). John Gu CEO AlphaLab Capital John is the founder and CEO of AlphaLab Capital Group, which builds technology for quantitative trading. Throughout his 15 years of experience in quantitative trading at industry-leading firms like Tower Research Capital, Citadel, and AlphaSimplex, John has consistently achieved double-digit Sharpe ratios and triple-digital annual gross returns. John has also co-founded frame.ai, a VC-backed startup in the AI messaging space. John lives in Singapore where he is active in the technology sector as an invited speaker, angel investor, and mentor. He holds a Master's in Computer Science and dual Bachelor's degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).