Andrew Trudel is a Core Contributor at Kwenta.

In this episode of The Edge Podcast, we cover one of the top decentralized perps trading protocols in DeFi by trade volume. With over $3.7B in lifetime trade volume, Kwenta is on a path to realizing Synthetix Founder Kain Warwick's original vision for DeFi leverage trading to outcompete crypto centralized exchanges and legacy finance. Given the launch of a 20-week program for Synthetix Perps Optimism Trading in April, we break down all you need to know about how perps traders are earning weekly rewards in OP and KWENTA by trading on Kwenta, and other Synthetix powered perps trading platforms like Polynomial, dHEDGE, and Decentrex.


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Topics Covered

00:00 - Intro
06:15 - Andrew's background
08:16 - Synthetix throwback
10:18 - What is Kwenta
12:26 - How DeFi protects against FTX
13:22 - Differences compared to GMX, gTrade
15:35 - Smart Margin account
17:21 - Kwenta liquidity on L1/Optimism
18:22 - Challenges filling orders
22:18 - Stop-loss/take-profit orders
23:48 - Kwenta funding rate
25:53 - Kwenta funding rate history
26:26 - DeFiLlama Long-Short Strats for Kwenta
27:48 - Synthetix Perps OP / KWENTA rewards
29:15 - KWENTA staking
29:44 - Aggregation Terminal tool
30:50 - KWENTA token utility
33:58 - Andrew's Alpha
35:56 - Closing

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Guest Links

Andrew on Twitter
https://twitter.com/Andotlas

Learn about Kwenta
https://kwenta.eth.limo/

Follow Kwenta on Twitter
https://twitter.com/Kwenta_io

Kwenta's Guide to OP / KWENTA Trading Rewards
https://mirror.xyz/kwenta.eth/8KyrISnjOcuAX_VW-GxVqxpcbWukB_RlP5XWWMz-UGk

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