Mike Spain is the Co-Founder of Lyra, an options trading protocol accessing the scalability of Layer 2 Ethereum to provide a robust, lightning-fast, and reliable trading experience.

David and Mike chat about how Lyra got started, the impact of on-chain options, Lyra’s newest launch—Avalon—and so much more.

Avalon is available now to a select group of users and will be available to the public on May 30th!

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro
3:38 The Genesis of Lyra
6:20 On-Chain Options
11:36 How Lyra Wins
14:46 Pros & Cons of On-Chain Options
16:42 Lyra Limitations & Roadmap
21:47 Composibilty & Avalon
28:39 The Lyra Vision
30:19 Yield & Options
32:00 Lyra $OP Distribution
33:33 Closing

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Resources:

Mike Spain
https://twitter.com/0xmjs

Lyra
https://twitter.com/lyrafinance

Avalon
https://blog.lyra.finance/avalon-upgrade-primer/

Discord
https://discord.com/invite/Lyra

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