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As DeFi continues to evolve, the challenge of finding a balance between decentralization and protection from all manner of exploits persists.

The founder of Infinex, Kain Warwick, joined the show to talk about:

• How crypto market makers have at times veered into “all-out crime”
• What market making looks like today
• Playing chart games with token allocations
• What Kain looks at when evaluating tokens
• Why Binance kicked a MOVE market maker off its platform
• The $JELLY attack on Hyperliquid and the problem of centralization in DeFi
• What problems in crypto Kain is attempting to solve with Infinex

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Guest:

• Kain Warwick, founder of Infinex App and Synthetix
  • Previous appearances on Unchained:
    • 2025 Will Be a Year of Crypto Competition. Can Ethereum Make a Comeback?

Links:

Crypto Market Making

• Kain Warwick: Discussion about market makers
• Binance: What happened with MOVE on Binance
• Coindesk: Binance Offboards Market Maker That It Said Made $38M Profit on MOVE Listing
• Bloomberg: Citadel Securities Plots Jump Into Crypto Trading After Trump’s Embrace

Hyperliquid

• Unchained: Hyperliquid Saved Itself a $15 Million Loss, but Sparked Criticism

Infinex

• The Block: Synthetix founder Kain Warwick launches Infinex
• The Block: Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund invests in Infinex’s Patron NFT sale as total amount raised hits $67.7 million