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Aya Kantorovich
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Bitcoin.com News Interviews
Why users don’t mind a bit of centralization
Sya Kantor knows why users don’t mind a bit of centralization, if it gives them a better experience.🌐August Digital CEO & Co-founder Aya Kantorovich explains why crypto’s next phase won’t be pure DeFi or pure CeFi — but a hybrid that blends both. Full interview here. 🔽Timestamps:00:00 The Rise of Centralized Crypto Companies03:03 Aya's Journey into Crypto and Institutional Finance05:59 Understanding Prime Brokerage in Crypto09:05 Capital Efficiency and DeFi Challenges12:05 Institutional Clients and Digital Asset Treasuries14:49 Risk Management in Digital Asset...
2025-11-10
33 min
11AM w/ Seed Club
Aya Kantorovich, Co-Founder + Co-CEO of Upshift, November '25
Intro: Co-Founder + Co-CEO of August, the largest DeFi prime brokerage, and Upshift, a defi product democratizing access to institutional strategies and yield. Upshift came out of stealth in April this year and already has $500M TVL. Ecosystem: ETH + Arb, Base, Optimism Investors: Dragonfly Ventures,6th Man Ventures, SCB Limited, Foresight Ventures, FinTech Collective, Robot Ventures, and Maven11 *One Pager Sent by the Team https://docs.google.com/document/d/1me_-VhoX3h3RmztmfEgbF1S0QpeHr1G8_Ac23R7EzRQ/edit?tab=t.0 🌱 Investing in early stage consumer crypto companies: https://seedclub.com/ 🎬 Broadcasting live: https://x.com/seedclubhq 📰 Subscribe...
2025-11-05
00 min
11AM w/ Seed Club
Aya Kantorovich, Co-Founder + Co-CEO of Upshift, October '25
Intro: Co-Founder + Co-CEO of August, the largest DeFi prime brokerage, and Upshift, a defi product democratizing access to institutional strategies and yield. Upshift came out of stealth in April this year and already has $500M TVL. Ecosystem: ETH + Arb, Base, Optimism Investors: Dragonfly Ventures,6th Man Ventures, SCB Limited, Foresight Ventures, FinTech Collective, Robot Ventures, and Maven11 *One Pager Sent by the Team https://docs.google.com/document/d/1me_-VhoX3h3RmztmfEgbF1S0QpeHr1G8_Ac23R7EzRQ/edit?tab=t.0 🌱 Investing in early stage consumer crypto companies: https://seedclub.com/ 🎬 Broadcasting live: https://x.com/seedclubhq 📰 Subscribe...
2025-10-16
00 min
The Rollup
What Happens When Treasury Products Flood The Market? with Aya Kantorovich and Shiliang Tang
DAT fever is cooling, but institutions aren't slowing down.We sit down with Ilya from August and Shiliang from Monarq to explore what happens when treasury products saturate the market and Asian capital floods later-stage DATs. We cover whether buying call options instead of spot is becoming the new institutional playbook and the systemic risks lurking below.The RollupWebsite: https://therollup.co/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1P6ZeYd9vbF3hJA2n7qoL5?si=f5ab82aaf7e2428dPodcast: https://therollup...
2025-09-04
36 min
The Rollup
Premia Labs’ Alpha, Monad’s Next Chapter, Markets, ETF Flows and DeFi Yields with Aya Kantorovich, Shiliang Tang, Kevin McCordic and Cozy
The Rollup TV is brought to you by:Boundless: https://beboundless.xyz/AltLayer: https://www.altlayer.io/Vertex: https://vertexprotocol.com/Subsquid: https://www.sqd.ai/Join The Rollup Family:Website: https://therollup.co/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1P6ZeYd..Podcast: https://therollup.co/category/podcastFollow us on X: https://www.x.com/therollupcoFollow Rob on X: https://www.x.com/robbie_rollupFollow Andy on X: https://www.x...
2025-09-03
1h 54
Avalanche Live
Granting Institutions Easy Access to DeFi with August Digital
Accessing DeFi used to be complex and fragmented—especially for institutions navigating on-chain finance for the first time. Today on Avalanche Live, we’re exploring how August Digital is changing that, offering seamless access to multiple DeFi protocols through one unified platform built for institutional scale.SpeakersAya Kantorovich - Co-Founder and Co-CEO of August Digital, with previous experience at Pantera Capital and FalconX.Vera - Senior Investment Associate at Blizzard Fund.Breevie - Senior Social Media Manager at Ava Labs.
2025-06-26
37 min
The Edge Podcast
Why DeFi’s Next Trillion Will Come From Institutions
Aya Kantorovich is the Co-CEO and Co-Founder at August and Upshift.In this episode, we explore how Aya's team is building institutional-grade infrastructure to unlock the next wave of capital into DeFi. Plus, how everyday users can earn the same curated, risk-managed yield as institutions!------🔗 Essential Show Links 🔗► Newsletter: https://the-edge.xyz► Youtube: https://youtube.com/@DeFiDad► Apple: https://tinyurl.com/edgepod► Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/edgepodspotify► Linktree: https://linktr.ee/edge_pod► Follow DeFi Dad: https://x.com/DeFi_Dad► Follow Nomatic: https://x.com/Nomaticcap►...
2025-06-06
1h 04
Zima Red
Aya Kantorovich – Inside August’s $12B Trading Engine for Digital Assets – ep 173
https://x.com/aya_kantorhttps://x.com/august_digital https://x.com/upshift_fi Follow me on X - https://x.com/AndrewSteinwoldFounders seeking capital, reach out to us at Sfermion - https://www.sfermion.io Subscribe to my newsletter - https://andrewsteinwold.substack.comCheck out my podcast speaking with crypto investors - https://www.youtube.com/@AngelstoAllocators
2025-04-18
1h 01
Bloomberg Tech
Tesla Emerging as Tariff Winner, Crypto Welcomes Paul Aktin for SEC Chair
Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde discusses how President Trump’s 25% tariff on the auto sector is impacting shares of Tesla and Rivian with Andrew Rogers of Boundary Stone Partners. Plus, Austin Russell, CEO of LiDAR maker Luminar joins to talk about his company’s new deal to supply tech to Caterpillar. And Aya Kantorovich, co-founder August, says the crypto industry has seen more progress in the last four months than in the previous four years. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2025-03-27
43 min
The Scoop
Banks are looking to get started in DeFi
The Scoop's host, Frank Chaparro, was joined by August Co-Founder and CEO Aya Kantorovich.In this episode, Chaparro and Kantorovich went over the state of crypto capital markets, the resilience of DeFi during market downturns, and how banks are looking to get started in DeFi.OUTLINE00:00 Introduction 01:08 From banking to crypto 02:30 Why institutions avoid DeFi 05:33 How institutions impact volatility 10:50 Crypto as the weekend market 17:00 Bitcoin as a reserve asset 20:01 Cambrian explosion of memecoins 26:28 Coinbas...
2025-02-21
45 min
GRTiQ Podcast
Aya Kantorovich, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of August and Upshift
Leave feedback!Today I am speaking with Aya Kantorovich, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of August. Long-time listeners will recognize Aya - this is her second appearance on the GRTiQ Podcast. Since her first appearance on Ep. 66 in May 2022, Aya has launched two innovative platforms: August, an institutional-grade DeFi platform, and Upshift, its retail counterpart, both focused on providing transparent, real-yield opportunities in decentralized finance.Drawing from her extensive experience in institutional crypto markets, Aya has shaped August's vision of bridging traditional finance with DeFi through robust infrastructure and risk management. The platform now supports over $300 million...
2025-02-07
1h 05
The Wolf Of All Streets
Crypto Dump: The Perfect Time To Buy Bitcoin & Altcoins?
Bitcoin and broad crypto markets are going through a massive sell-off. What caused it and when is the best time to buy crypto? I am joined by Aya Kantorovich, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of August, institutional grade platform for crypto.Aya Kantorovich: https://x.com/aya_kantorIn the second part of the show, Dan from The Chart Guys will share his market analysis and some trades. The Chart Guys: https://www.youtube.com/@ChartGuys ►► JOIN THE FREE WOLF DEN NEWSLETTER, DELIVE...
2025-01-09
40 min
The Defiant - DeFi Podcast
Red Pilling Institutions: Raising in the Bear Market and How CeFi implosions grew DeFi
Aya Kantorovich is the co-CEO and co-founder of Fractal, which is an infrastructure provider enabling institutions to clear, settle, and margin digital asset trades on-chain. In today's podcast, Aya shares her founder journey at Fractal, the impact of the FTX collapse on institutional players, DeFi growth since many CeFi companies imploded, how Fractal is red-pilling institutions, as well as her prediction on how many institutions will be cosseting crypto and having tokens on the balance sheet in 5 to 10 years time and so much more. But first, Aya tells us about her crypto journey thus far.
2023-07-31
44 min
DiffuseTap Podcast
DiffuseTap: Can Crypto Lending Be Safe?
What unique risks are associated with crypto loans, and how can they be mitigated to ensure a safe lending environment? Last time on DiffuseTap, we asked Aya Kantorovich and Alexandre Elkrief, Co-founders of Fractal, about why crypto lending is perceived as “unsafe”, what regulators have to say about lending, and how technology can help legitimize crypto lending for institutional investors.
2023-07-28
25 min
Crypto Clarified - Investing in the Truth
Crypto Clarified: Discussing the Current Crypto Space with Aya Kantorovich
This week, Ben is joined by Co-Founder & Co-CEO at Fractal, Aya Kantorovich. Together they discuss her journey into the Crypto space, what has happened in 2023 so far and what could be next. You can follow our guests and panellists on Twitter at: Ben: https://twitter.com/benjamindean Aya: https://twitter.com/aya_kantor For US Persons Only WisdomTree has launched a new digital wallet built on blockchain that lets users spend, save, transfer, send, and invest digital assets like bitcoin...
2023-06-15
42 min
Archebyte
Building Crypto Infra for Institutions with Aya Kantorovich
On this episode of Archebyte we are joined by Aya Kantorovich, Co-founder and Co-CEO of Fractal, to discuss crypto’s history, what it’s like to be a founder in the industry, and the importance of building institutional grade crypto infrastructure.As a former founding member of FalconX and current Co-CEO of Fractal Clearing, Aya deeply understands the role that institutions play in the world of crypto. She begins our conversation by highlighting exactly that before giving us a quick (but fantastic) history lesson on the crypto industry as a whole.As Aya explains, institutions have...
2023-04-26
30 min
GRTiQ Podcast
Aya Kantorovich - Head of Institutional Coverage at FalconX
Leave feedback!Today I’m speaking with Aya Kantorovich, Head of Institutional Coverage at FalconX, a comprehensive digital asset platform that enables institutional investors to access and manage their crypto strategies in a single interface. As you’re about to hear, Aya is truly brilliant and shares many incredible insights throughout the interview. During our conversation, Aya talks about her experience working in crypto, how Ethereum captured her interest and showed her what was possible in the space, her unique perspectives on institutional investors and how more and more of them are participating in crypto, and h...
2022-05-27
1h 07
DiffuseTap Podcast
DiffuseTap: DeFi Meets TradFi
How has the rise of DeFi, NFTs, and other new asset classes impacted the institutional allocator’s portfolio? Last time on DiffuseTap, we ask Aya Kantorovich, Head of Institutional Coverage at FalconX, about how their customer base has evolved to service the Tradfi crowd, how this audience’s needs is shaping technology innovation in DeFi, and what challenges and opportunities are still untouched at the intersection of DeFi and Tradfi.
2022-05-03
29 min
The Index Podcast
DeFi, Metaverse, and the Next Wave of Web3 with Aya Kantorovich
Host Alex Kehaya joins Aya Kantorovich, Head of Institutional Coverage at FalconX a digital trading asset platform. A great conversation on what's next for DeFI, the crypto economy, and why the metaverse is the next wave of Web3.Show LinksThe Index X ChannelYouTube
2022-02-09
41 min
MikoBits Blockchain NFT and DeFi show
Episode 31: DeFi both Institutional and Retail
Great conversation with Aya Kantorovich from FalconX. Discussion of the state of regulation, CeFi vs DeFi, BitMex, AML, AMM, liquidity etc. * DeFi opening finance and democratizing market accessibility for retail * CEX, DEX, or the same? Crypto juggling labels and what it means for traders. * Liquidity! Centralized and decentralized, what differentiates AMMs (Automated Market Makers) from centralized liquidity providers * The global landscape, we cover Cold War, Geopolitical tensions in Africa, China-US relations, and more * And finally, everyone's favorite, regulation! What does regulation mean for institutions, what questions should...
2021-12-14
56 min
The Scoop
FalconX's Aya Kantorovich explains what's been behind bitcoin's latest price gyrations
Aya Kantorovich, head of institutional coverage at FalconX, has been experiencing a bit of déjà vu. Kantorovich, a former associate at crypto hedge fund Pantera, joined The Scoop to unpack the crypto market's recent bouts of volatility and how the market is stuck in a cycle of retail-led drawdowns. FalconX — an aggregator of crypto trading flows — has a window into both the retail and institutional market. According to Kantorovich, liquidations across off-shore market venues, cascading liquidations, and the inability for traders to access crypto exchange platforms drive prices down. When money can't move around, price dr...
2021-06-03
36 min
Coinscrum :: Crypto News, Analysis, DeFi
This week in the markets w/ FalconX's Aya Kantorovich
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2021-04-15
17 min
BlockHash
Aya Kantorovich - Head of Coverage for FalconX
Today on the podcast, Aya Kantorovich and Brandon Zemp discuss FalconX. Aya is the Head of Institutional Coverage and has a stellar background in finance. FalconX is an all-in-one service for institutions to borrow, lend, trade, store, custody and clear cryptocurrency. They also cover the top cryptocurrencies that institutions are buying, thoughts on Bitcoin as digital Gold, why DeFi is important and much more! The podcast is available on… Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blockhash-exploring-the-blockchain/id1241712666 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/6dc84ee4-845b-4be...
2021-02-10
45 min
A11 Crypto
A11 Crypto Startup Series - FalconX. Institutional digital asset trading platform with deep liquidity and prime services
Have you ever wondered when you clicked on buy or sell button, who are the players that make your trade happen? What does institutional trading of crypto look like? What challenges does the industry face on the road to mass adoption? In the episode, I spoke with Aya Kantorovich, Head of Institutional Coverage at FalconX, to unpack and discuss these subjects. FalconX (https://falconx.io), backed by the likes of Amex Ventures and Accel Partners, is looking to tackle the fragmentation of liquidity and lack of institutional grade trading infrastructure in crypto wi...
2021-02-09
52 min
Fundamental Value: Digital Assets Uncovered
Ep. 24 Crypto Market Structure with Aya Kantorovich (FalconX)
In our twenty-fourth episode Aya Kantorovich discusses cryptocurrency market structure, institutional trading, growing the TAM, and crypto fundamentals.Aya Kantorovich is Institutional Sales Lead at FalconXThis podcast was recorded and is being made available solely for informational purposes. The information, statements, comments, views and opinions provided in this podcast should not be construed as the provision of investment advice or as an offer to buy or sell any securities or tokens or to make or consider any investment or course of action.Aya Kantorovich Twitter: https://twitter.com/aya_kantor Aya...
2020-11-02
1h 06