1. Competitors
1.1. Pyth's parent company Jump is out of the crypto market.
1.1.1. Pyth is just maintaining existing business pretty much
1.2. Supra oracles CEO: Mpc key recovery Bridgeless l1 to l1 Threshold signatures on every block , better than zk ? Because lower latency
2. [ANKR Liquid Staking](https://www.ankr.com/docs/liquid-staking/overview/)
2.1. splitting their infrastructure and liquid staking businesses
2.2. They need Oracle for liquid staking token and LP token
2.3. Talked with Mike who is COO of the new staking company
2.4. they've been meaning to get into the oracle game but don't ahve the bandwidth
2.5. independently corroborated the thesis the oracle networks are way too centralized due to high operational and business development costs
3. zkEVM infrastructure
3.1. potentially we can partner with any and all of these general purpose l2s, seems like a natural fit
3.2. David Schwartz polygon cto - zk evm alpha - onboarding infrastructure partners
3.3. Ye Zhang - [scroll](https://scroll.io/) focus on producing developer infrastructure and tooling including oracles -
3.4. David from [Taiko](https://taiko.xyz/) . researcher - tradfi background . Believer in derivatives market but not in the next 10 15 years . Most of the trad fi derivatives market are trading with each other with ISDA
3.5. Hey, Vasyl from https://gateway.fm Private zkEVM roll up in 5min with prover, RPC nodes, and 3rd party tooling (Oracles, Indexers, debuggers, block explorers, KYC/KYB). Make a free roll-up: https://presto.gateway.fm/login RPC infrastructure (Ethereum, Polygon, Gnosis, Fantom, BNB, Arbitrum, Optimism, zkEVM) : https://gateway.fm/public-rpc/ Staking (up to 19%) : https://gateway.fm/staking/
4. derivatives
4.1. [Syndr](https://www.syndr.com/)
4.1.1. derivatives exchange - you want at least 3 oracles for security . They do hft trading so they need off chain and on chain high frequency updates
4.1.2. Use Pull based oracle preferred like Pyth Check [Vertex](https://vertexprotocol.com/) dex on arbitrum - check their oracles - derivatives exchange Off chain latency 100ms currently - need to be as fast as possible Check Udp based oracle ? - Not sure what that meant
4.2. Don Rom [Lyra](https://www.lyra.finance/) - options trading on chain Problem with oracle is that data is proprietary and they don ’t want to share . So their oracle is very centralised . https://source.network/ they have decentralised Database service integrating with chain link
4.3. Jeong ho [b-harvest](https://bharvest.io/) options trading smart contract Trad fi ui/ux too complicated for defi degen
4.3.1. Speed of request and receive Decentralisation of oracle Cheaper data feed
4.4. Edward jubany tur - [Zkx](https://zkx.fi/) - derivatives platform - rollup with custom consensus Naman - says they need currency feeds - talk next week
4.5. Ângelo - move - perps team lead - can talk with us
4.6. Defi options - biggest challenge how to handle liquidations , Margin management The defi native verticals are probably more difficult immediate . Derivatives from liquid staking
5. RWA
5.1. Finance
5.1.1. Pranav Works on Rwa protocol which uses price feeds Needs: Lower latency More stable connection layer More technical support, or easier to use
5.1.2. Arun - bond and rwa tokenisation - building their own oracle - concerned about security
5.2. Permissioned & regulated
5.2.1. Kunal - permissioned privacy chain working with EU parliament directly for the MICA regulations - can talk about oracles
5.2.2. Barek works with enterprises like banks who want to build dapps . Like tokenisations or rwa. Why are derivatives not there Regulations Bureaucracy Governments are getting better understanding about tokenisation . Central bank initiatives Mica regulation Send a questionnaire about the oracle Also send about privacy
5.3. DePIN
5.3.1. decentralised physical infrastructure networks
5.3.1.1. incentivised IoT networks
5.3.2. [Iotex](https://iotex.io/) l1 with Iot hardware . People can create data feeds, keep the data off chain and post attestations on chain
5.3.3. [web3stream](https://w3bstream.com/) Real world asset oracle seems like main oracle type system for DePIN Developed by IoTeX
5.3.4. [helium](https://www.helium.com/)
5.3.4.1. first and most successful DePIN project
5.3.4.2. incentivez wireless hotspots network
5.3.4.3. hotspotty - tooling
5.3.5. [arkreen](https://arkreen.com/)
5.3.5.1. monetize your solar panel data
5.3.5.2. you can use for carbon credits
5.3.5.3. can be used for collateral in DeFi protocols
5.3.5.4. uses web3stream
5.3.6. Mike Zajko [lattice](https://www.lattice.fund/) Fund that invests in this space
6. misc
6.1. media
6.1.1. Jerry https://Blocmates.com
6.1.1.1. Read their articles for builders Usually 6 - 8 months ahead of laucnhing their protocols
6.1.1.2. Says the builders they talk to want to get away from chain link monopoly
6.1.2. [Lady of Crypto](https://twitter.com/ladyofcrypto1?lang=bg) - 500k followers on twitter
6.2. Mechanism Design & Tokenomics
6.2.1. Reach out to [nate from token dynamics](https://twitter.com/officialesc?lang=bg) on twitter . Tell him Jessie se nt you maitri Mechanism design edu Clien t for Telegram that will al low me to take notes and other perks