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What if the next major onchain trading platform looks less like a crypto exchange and more like Robinhood with institutional liquidity underneath? Variational co-founder Lucas Schumann and Head of Product Justin Bram join David to unpack the broker model behind Variational, why they believe swaps can improve on perps for real-world assets, and how TradFi liquidity can be brought onchain without rebuilding every market from scratch.
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TIMESTAMPS
Broker, Not Exchange
Why Brokerage Wins for Retail
What Is a Swap?
The Real Cost of Trading
Bringing TradFi Liquidity Onchain
Building Variational
From Crypto Traders to Everyone
The Next User Base
What Actually Happens Onchain?
Inside OLP
Arbitrum and User Funds
The VAR Token and 32% Airdrop
Funding the Token Model
The 2027 Roadmap
Protocol or Platform?
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RESOURCES
Lucas Schuermann
x.com/variational_lvs
Justin Bram
x.com/JustinCBram
Variational
variational.io/en
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