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Shresth Agrawal is CEO and Co-Founder of Pod Network, which builds decentralized market infrastructure focused on fairness and performance. He works on addressing latency, MEV extraction, and information asymmetry in prediction markets and on-chain trading systems.
1Interview
2026First on the show
Mar 2026Latest appearance
25 minOn camera
25:21
Latest interview · Mar 12, 2026Shresth Agrawal on fairness and speed in crypto marketsWatch the episode →
In their own words
“There is no single party that controls the order flow. Transactions are streamed directly to the validators and then transactions are batched, all within the batch have the same clearing price.”
Key points from the latest interview
- Centralized and decentralized exchanges both have single points of control—servers in traditional markets and sequencers in blockchain—that enable unfair order flow manipulation.
- MEV extraction and front-running are more damaging in illiquid exotic markets where sophisticated players can snipe retail orders at disadvantageous prices.
- Pod Network uses batch auction protocols to redirect excess value created by user order flow back to traders rather than extracting it as negative expected value.
- Pod functions as a matching layer that can work across multiple chains without requiring liquidity to bridge, while native markets on Pod enable composability with other protocols.
- Early liquidity challenges require selective pair launches and strategic partnerships, with execution quality advantages for smaller orders helping bootstrap network adoption over time.