281: Supercharging DEXs — How Orbs Adds CeFi-Level Functionality to DeFi, with Ran Hammer

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Ran Hammer from Orbs joins Sam to break down how Layer 3 can give DeFi the same advanced execution tools as CeFi. He explains Orbs’ role powering advanced orders, liquidity aggregation, and intent-based perpetuals for major DEXs — plus his take on the biggest problems in DeFi today and where Orbs is going next.

Key Timestamps

• [00:00:00] Intro & Ran’s journey from tech lawyer to Orbs’ business lead.

• [00:03:00] What “Layer 3” means: functionality beyond L1/L2 scaling.

• [00:05:00] Liquidity Hub: solving fragmented liquidity for DEXs.

• [00:09:00] Perpetual Hub Ultra: intent-based on-chain Perps with high leverage.

• [00:11:00] DTwap Protocol: advanced order types (Twap, DCA, limits) for DEXs.

• [00:13:00] Orbs’ Delegated Proof-of-Stake network & execution design.

• [00:16:00] Biggest DeFi problem: fragmentation & poor UX.

• [00:18:00] Scaling challenge: expanding beyond DEXs.

• [00:21:00] View on aggregators, HyperLiquid, and new ecosystems.

• [00:28:00] What’s next: stop-loss/take-profit orders, Perps expansion, chain upgrades, governance decentralization.

• [00:29:00] Partnerships, hiring, and upcoming events.

Connect

https://www.orbs.com/

https://t.me/OrbsNetwork

https://x.com/orbs_network

https://x.com/hammer86r

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