How Don Wilson Built His Trading Empire | 1000x

In today's episode of 1000x, we are joined by Don Wilson, the founder of DRW and one of the world's most successful traders. Don explains how to use probability distributions to make decisions, how he founded DRW, why BTC has negative convexity, how AI will change financial markets and more! We'll drop a new 1000x episode on Empire's RSS feed and the 1000x YouTube channel every two weeks. Hit the links below and give us a follow! - - Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (00:57) How Don First Became a Trader (06:28) Custom Valuation Models and Strategies (10:37) The Transition to Electronic Trading (14:56) Bitcoin’s Appeal: Removing Intermediaries (19:21) Cumberland's Origin Story (21:15) BTC's Negative Convexity (26:35) How Will AI Impact Financial Markets? (30:16) Crypto’s Evolution and Market Structure (35:15) When Will RWAs Move to Crypto Rails? (37:50) Today’s Infrastructure Shortfalls and the Canton Blockchain (42:54) Don’s Decision-Making Process (47:51) Favorite Trades of All Time - - Follow Don: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donwilsonjr/ Follow Avi: https://twitter.com/AviFelman Follow Jonah: https://twitter.com/jvb_xyz Follow 1000x: https://twitter.com/1000xPod Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3FuSarX Subscribe on Apple: https://tinyurl.com/mv4frfv7 Subscribe on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/wbaypprw Get top market insights and the latest in crypto news. Subscribe to Blockworks Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/ - - Resources: Golden Tree https://www.goldentree.com/ Cumberland https://cumberland.io/ https://twitter.com/CumberlandSays DRW https://drw.com/ https://twitter.com/DRWTrading Digital Asset https://www.digitalasset.com/ Canton Network https://www.canton.network/ - - Disclaimer: Nothing said on 1000x is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Avi, Jonah and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

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