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Agustin Lebron - Trading, Crypto, and Adverse Selection
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Agustin Lebron began his career as a trader and researcher at Jane Street Capital, one of the largest market-making firms in the world. He currently runs the consulting firm Essilen Research, where he is dedicated to helping clients integrate modern decision-making approaches in their business.
We discuss how AI will change finance, why adverse selection makes trading and hiring so difficult, & what the future of crypto holds.
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Timestamps:
() - Introduction
() - What happens in adverse selection?
() - Why is having domain expertise in trading not important?
() - How do you deal when you're on the other side of the adverse selection?
() - Why you should invest in training your people?
() - Is finance too big at 9% of GDP?
() - Trading is very labor intensive
() - Overlap of rationality community and trading
() - The age of startup founders
() - The role of market makers in crypto
() - Three books that you recommend
() - Life is long, not short
() - Short history of Lunar Society
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