Inside Dark Pools On Solana With Benedict

August 17, 2025

Welcome back to The Gwart Show! Today, Benedict Brady, former quant trader and founder of Meridian joins us to talk about Solana’s dark pool ecosystem, Jupiter’s market dominance, the move from traditional AMMs to sophisticated trading infrastructure, MEV wars, and how his AI-powered trading assistant is changing crypto trading interfaces.

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