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Podcast: Software Engineering Daily
Episode: OPYN: DeFi Options Trading with Aparna Krishnan
Description: A ‘token’ can represent almost anything in Ethereum, according to Ethereum.org: Lottery tickets, points in an online platform, fiat currency, and much more. These tokens must follow a standard called ECR-20 to have the same type and value of any other token, and behave just like the ETH. The platform Opyn lets users buy and trade decentralized finance (DeFi) options on ETH and ECR20s. “Options” represent underlying assets with predefined (strike) prices and expiry dates that can be bought and sold. Opyn provides options protocols through smart contracts that are powerful and capital efficient. Using options he...