Andrew from Block Scholes joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about crypto derivatives, options data, volatility surfaces, prediction markets, AI market makers, and why institutions are still building in crypto despite the bear market. We covered what Block Scholes does, how their data is used by exchanges, market makers, banks, and DeFi teams, why prediction markets are basically retail-friendly options, how volatility surfaces help price markets that don’t exist yet, and what changes when AI tooling makes it easier for anyone to build trading bots. We also talked about the current state of crypto, why headline prices don’t tell the full story, how institutional interest has changed, why real projects keep building through bear markets, and what regulation could mean for long-term adoption.
00:00 What Block Scholes Does
05:40 Data, Oracles & Crypto Derivatives
12:16 Prediction Markets Are Actually Options
16:03 Volatility Surfaces Explained Simply
23:29 How Retail Can Use Institutional Data
27:40 AI Market Makers & Trading Bots
30:20 Will AI Make Markets Efficient?
38:59 Why Institutions Are Still Building
48:05 The Future of Prediction Markets
55:59 Crypto Regulation & Long-Term Adoption
