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title: AD Derivatives Podcast Feat David Brickell at Paradigm
description: In this episode, Greg Magadini, speaks with David Brickell at Paradigm discussing a variety of topics including his background/previous roles, and macro insights.
---

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# [AD Derivatives Podcast Feat David Brickell at Paradigm](https://blog.amberdata.io/ad-derivatives-podcast-feat-david-brickell-at-paradigm)

 Written by [Greg Magadini](https://blog.amberdata.io/author/greg-magadini) | May 10, 2023

**Welcome to the AD Derivatives podcast led by Director of Derivatives; [Greg Magadini](https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-magadini-cfa-00407417b/). ****Featuring: David Brickell****, Director of Institutional Sales at [Paradigm](https://www.paradigm.co)**

 

[David Brickell](https://twitter.com/davidbrickell80) is the Director of Institutional Sales at [Paradigm](https://www.paradigm.co). Paradigm is a block-trading platform for crypto options, futures, and perpetuals. Paradigm executes nearly all of block-trades that are settled on [Deribit](https://www.deribit.com).

We explore David's background as an economist and roles on the FX desks of various banks. We touch on his position at Lehman Brothers during the 2008 financial crisis.

David shares his current insights into the macro environment along with his ideas around BTC, ETH and crypto vol.

[View full post](https://blog.amberdata.io/ad-derivatives-podcast-feat-david-brickell-at-paradigm)

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