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Pete

@heypalpete

Co-Founder @dsx_app, @dragonswap_dex | prev @MinaFoundation + @AlpacaFinance

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I come from traditional fintech. When I entered DeFi in 2017, I expected to find a better version of the financial infrastructure I'd worked with. Instead, I found execution quality that would have been considered broken in any TradFi context. Slippage, MEV, poor routing.

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MEV is a hidden tax many DeFi users pay when they trade. Most don’t even realize it’s happening. The root issue is structural: AMM-based markets expose order flow in ways that may invite extraction. DeFi can move toward better execution, but only when infrastructure builders

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The RFQ cold-start problem is why most teams don't build it. No flow → no market makers. No market makers → no quotes. No quotes → no product. We’ve solved this before, starting from zero on Sei and scaling to $4.5B on Saphyre (ex DragonSwap). RFQs take time to bootstrap, but

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5 mistakes DeFi founders keep making: > Overengineering > No clear positioning > Ignoring distribution > Copying trends > Launching at the wrong time Most of these aren’t technical problems. They’re strategic ones.

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RFQ routes are here! Markets move fast. Execution matters more. Saphyre is built to deliver through precision timing, seamless coordination, and complete control. Price is what you see. Execution is what you keep. Now live on Saphyre!

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Consistency > intensity Clarity > complexity Distribution > perfection Speed > planning Trust compounds. Attention is everything!