Will Perps Eat All of Finance? Ex-FTX.US CEO Brett Harrison Bets Yes - Ep. 940 from Unchained

Will Perps Eat All of Finance? Ex-FTX.US CEO Brett Harrison Bets Yes - Ep. 940

34 minutes Posted Nov 5, 2025 at 11:00 pm.

Introduction

What problems Architect is trying to solve

The two licenses Architect holds — with the SEC and CFTC

The key difference between CFDs and perpetual futures

Who Architect’s products are designed for

What crypto learned the hard way from the Oct. 10 liquidation event

Why reputable benchmarks are critical for pricing assets

How leverage actually works in these new exchanges

How Architect’s insurance fund is built

Whether prediction markets will ever offer leverage

Why Architect includes interest rate swaps

How tokenization could affect the derivatives trading space

How Architect plans to attract users and market makers

What Brett is most excited about next

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Crypto’s most controversial trading product might be Wall Street’s next obsession.

In this interview, Brett Harrison, former president of FTX.US and founder of Architect Financial Technologies, joins to explain how he’s aiming to take perpetual futures — crypto’s 24/7 leveraged trading engine — to traditional markets like stocks, commodities, and FX.

Will this be the next big shift in global finance?

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Guest:

Brett Harrison, Founder & CEO of Architect Financial Technologies

Links:

The Defiant: Former FTX US President Brett Harrison to Launch Perpetuals Exchange

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