Austin Federa: Why Crypto Needs a Faster Internet

Is the public internet too slow for the future of finance?

Austin Federa, CEO and co-founder of DoubleZero, joins David Sencil at Korea Blockchain Week 2026 in Seoul to talk about building a dedicated high-performance network for blockchains and markets, and why he thinks connectivity needs the same kind of shift the cloud brought to compute.

Federa explains how DoubleZero Edge delivers traditional-finance-style market data to venues like Hyperliquid, what the SEC no-action letter means for DoubleZero's token and contributors, and why crypto may need a Section 230-style framework so protocols can fight hacks without inheriting liability.

We cover:

• Why the public internet is a poor fit for time-sensitive financial data
• DoubleZero's mission to do for connectivity what the cloud did for compute
• How DoubleZero Edge streams order book data from venues like Hyperliquid
• Why AI could give everyday traders HFT-grade tools
• What the SEC no-action letter means for DoubleZero's token
• Crypto's Section 230 problem: stopping hacks without inheriting liability
• DoubleZero's token model, burns and the Amazon flywheel

Filmed at Korea Blockchain Week 2026.

Host: David Sencil

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