10 March 2025
Ian Simpson | 2 min read
The future of capital markets is being formed today.
But not everything is completely new…especially when it comes to electronic trading, risk management, and data quality. Low Observable Technology (Lo:Tech) CEO and Co-Founder Tim Meggs – a veteran of TradFi markets – sat down with host Ian Simpson to discuss how his firm is helping promote “ethical market making”, build advanced data services and getting set up for real high-frequency trading.
Episode show notes:
(1:10) Intro (2:39) Where is the market right now?)
(5:18) BTC season vs altcoin season
(6:53) How is institutional flow affecting the market?
(8:35) The “trickle-down effect” of Bitcoin ETFs
(9:12) Other sources of market liquidity
(11:02) Shrinking arbitrage and low-latency opportunities
(11:34) How big firms get comfortable with crypto
(12:22) Focus on market making
(14:54) How Lo:Tech is building for the future
(15:57) Who stands to benefit?
(17:58) The demand for high-quality market data
(18:57) What is ethical market making?
(22:11) Following best practices from TradFi?
(23:48) The tech for “doing it the right way”
(25:39) Raising the quality of data…and its side-effects
(26:50) What had to be changed?
(30:28) Getting to a state of clarity for risk management
(31:49) The state of play in crypto risk systems
(34:14) Shifting gears into HFT
(35:56) The REAL role of an HFT
(36:59) The tech “check-list” for Lo:Tech
(39:32) The “bare metal” infrastructure
(40:29) The new world of high-performance trading venues
(42:29) The founding team of Lo:Tech
(44:47) The geographical perspective on crypto
(47:10) What to expect with stablecoins
(49:27) Regulation – good, bad or…?
(51:40) Making the agreements right
(53:27) The crystal ball
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