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Using PIPE gDAO's permissionless protocols to invest in cutting-edge university research
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In Episode 12 of the PIPE GDAO Podcast, we delve into using PIPE GDAO's permissionless protocols to invest in cutting-edge university research. Learn how the PGF Launchpad empowers retail investors to support Web3 funding initiatives that bridge the gap between university startups and real-world assets.
We explore the benefits of decentralized investment funds (DIFs) and highlight how PIPE’s innovative QED process sets a new standard in validating projects for scalability and impact. Discover the unique advantages of permissionless protocols, which make investments more accessible and secure in the rapidly evolving Web3 ecosystem.
If you're passionate about supporting university R&D innovation or want to learn more about Web3 capital and blockchain funding opportunities, this episode offers actionable insights into how PIPE GDAO is transforming the future of decentralized investments.
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Podcast Introduction
00:00:00
Speaker
Welcome to episode 12 of 5GL Podcast. It is ah your usual host, your, I mean, ex excuse me, your host, SleezySlimy. And the co-host. As long as you really want to go, bye, yeah, me, it's Noodle, I'm back again. Yeah, he really has to know his his place. I need to remind him about that. for a result I heard the way you said, Hose, you were like, Hose, and then he went, ooh, no, no, no, just me, and then me, the co-host. I was like, oh. Yes, yes, yes. Thank you, thank you.
Reading the White Paper
00:00:30
Speaker
And we are continuing our series with reading our white paper. Today we are starting with page 9. 9. 9. 9. Love Germans. Yeah, value. For your convenience, please pull up the white paper from the link tree in the description and follow along starting from page 9.
Talent Recruitment Challenges
00:00:53
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And this is how to become a member of the PGF. Did you know up to 45% of recruited talent database are dormant? This means 45% of your revenue is left on the table. Wow. I know, right? But but if you repurpose your talent database by redirecting them to nascent industry technology in high growth, you can share a portion of the high growth sweat equity too.
00:01:20
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How? The PIPE Associate Network. Bring new opportunities to talent within university-born R and&D IP startups worldwide and earn a part of the future. Go to our description for the link tree or sign up on www.thepipecompany.co.uk and start your adventure of the future today.
PIPE Network and Launchpad Protocols
00:01:46
Speaker
PGF stands for PIPE General Fund.
00:01:50
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Becoming a member starts with a permissionless launchpad protocol. When we are talking about permissionless protocol, ah just to remind anyone who's unfamiliar, permissioned protocol means centralized, as in there is a centralized entity that issues, let's just call it permissions, to operate on the network. And then there's permissionless, which is ah the more, let's say, conventional ah protocols that we know of like ethereum polka dots cosmos and so on so forth it's uh it's governed by the notes that are not uh that do not belong to the entity that created it that's generally permissionless versus permissioned and we can see it on the figure two below
00:02:36
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I will explain the figure to below a bit later. We go through the bullet ah bullet point list. The launchpad is where Web3 investors engage the pipe ecosystem. So keywords. Launchpad ah we is the is our website where three investors that invested into the pipe ecosystem can engage with the pipe ecosystem. The pipe ecosystem consists of stuff like pipe company, the PGF, launchpad is, yeah, also called that. Various different projects as well, yeah, it's all, it'll all be like the whole system's based around the launchpad pretty much. Yeah, and that's not limited to that. We may have more in the future.
00:03:18
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ah Two, investors require a Web3 wallet, that is EVM. So, Ethereum Virtual Machine. So, anything that is ah has come out of Ethereum. Examples of non-EVM would be something you like ah Cardano. um Nothing that pops into my head right away, but yeah.
00:03:42
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compatible and with an available USDC stablecoin some so yeah you need to not have your wallet empty but a part of it to prevent you know the spammers that would just create creating the new wallet is free filling up with coins is not free so Go to www.thepipegl.io and click Launchpad. Enter the app and connect your wallet. So, you know, the normal process you would encounter on any web through page. Read and agree to terms and conditions. Enter your deposit amount and confirm the transaction. So again, the normal stuff.
00:04:22
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Your deposit is locked for a minimum of six months. So remember this detail. It's locked for a minimum of six months. And then 50% of it will be available at two up to withdrawal after those six months. So you can still use it for other means.
00:04:37
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but not for withdrawal, 50% after the six months is available, and then up to 100% after 12 months. ah But you were we do take the 10% levy fee per deposit. So at the moment of the deposit, it's 10%.
Talent Retention in Web3
00:04:53
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But first, did you know that even top companies like for Coinbase struggle with talent retention, averaging just about 0.8 years, so under one year. Web3 faces a big problem with unqualified applicants, some scammers, overall CV spammers, leading to short-term hires. Applications like passion, they are misaligned with the project ethos. This disconnect reduces long-term commitment to missions and goals. Well, Arbito fixes this. Arbito is a limited membership web3 jobs platform that combines AI tools, vetting, and job management tools, as well as a third-party ad boosts. We are maximizing the number of eyeballs on your job post. Join today by going to our link tree in the description and look for arbito.io.
00:05:38
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And now we get this figure two. ah It's difficult to explain it because it's in a podcast, but if you're reading the white paper and you've come here from our white paper, you can see it. Members provide their stablecoins and receive digital claim NFT. So ah some projects give you of coins or tokens in exchange for the deposits and we give you the digital claim NFT.
00:06:01
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Not quite yet, however, as Digital Claim NFT is coming in version 2. 90% of the deposits are retained by the PGF and 10% is the levy fee ah that goes to ah towards our operations. So 90% is what's locked for your value that you invested into us and 10% goes to the company to keep the lights on.
00:06:24
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members receive capital gains in paid stablecoin, ucc with the ability to trade the digital claim on third-party NFT marketplaces with other investors. yeah so You can sell your NFT that is worth the amount you deposit it into. You can sell it on third-party marketplaces and you can also trade on our market, well, ah pipe exchange that we will talk about a bit in a bit.
Benefits and Characteristics of Launchpad
00:06:53
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But before we continue, are you looking to invest in the real world asset innovation at peace?
00:06:57
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Maybe one coming from a university? I'll have you know, they have an average ROI of 397%, aka X4. And did you know the likes of Gatorade and Google actually came out from universities? Then what you're looking for is the PIPE GDAL, a community-led protocol that fairly openly and honestly governs overall community ownership of the various protocols it creates.
00:07:23
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Join the web-free real-world asset revolution powered by PGF Launchpad with cutting-edge university laboratory inventions that could change the world with your support, bridging the gap between university IP real-world assets and web-free capital. The PGF Launchpad connects EU university lab innovators directly with retail investors on the blockchain, included but not limited to automated seizure prediction and prevention and boost EV driving range significantly. This could be up to 70%. You can join us by going into the link tree in the description, launchpad.thepipegdial.io. ah The launchpad protocol, it's obviously it's full profit and it's permissionless. It is the first investment project to be deployed within the GDAL protocol. ah all of this why That comes at a contrast to many other decide.
00:08:18
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ah projects, because a lot of design projects, in fact, I would say most of them are actually not for profit. So keep that in mind. A lot of them would say something to the extent of um you can buy our coins or tokens or NFTs, and you are not guaranteed. So the keyword is not you're not guaranteed.
00:08:41
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any profit from it, you can of course sell it in a third-party marketplace to someone else, just like you would like any picture in FT, like a profile picture in FT. But you are not going you you may get a profit out of um buying into their sale or you may not. And in our case, it is actually for profit.
00:09:02
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Absolutely. Yeah, stay definitely something different about us than, like you said, other Decide projects. So when we talk about the Launchpad, we talk about it because it is related to the GDAL protocol. um And it's a sort of sister entity to it as well as other fund entities for projects not directly affiliated with pipe.
Project Funding and Science Focus
00:09:24
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So the Launchpad is sort of like a retail grade product and provides the first 2 million for all price pipe projects.
00:09:31
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Why is it not a brother entity? That's why, well, you, you, um, ah no one knows. Cause it's like the thing, it was like, oh, our sister, sister store or our sister club. Um, it seems so varies. It's just a kind of a favoring yeah the females. I don't know. Yeah, maybe God, who knows. Yeah. and ah All the by projects actually can get up to 2 million euros. Yes. Imagine that.
00:09:58
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that that is how much our projects can be funded you can by the way check them out on our launchpad yeah because we've got a couple on there already um very exciting stuff yeah quite very quite a few yeah like 10 i think yeah it's quite a lot yeah i remember the batteries um cars ignition systems it's all really interested interesting in science stuff yeah tooth fairy And yes, it is science. yeah Even though it might not sound like science, but it is science. It is a science. But before that, have you actually heard of a certain logo designer that managed to turn $2,000 into $200,000? I have not. Please tell me more.
00:10:40
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Oh well, his name is Dustin Moskowitz, a simple designer whose genius foresight in an early university startup, Facebook, changed his life. Yes, he designed the Facebook logo. And you can do this too by contributing to nascent technology startups from universities of today through PIPE Associate Network. Find out how you can get started today by going into the description, our link tree, and look for www.arbito.io-pan.
Network Permissions and Security
00:11:09
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so when we're talking about the launchpad again we'll reiterate it's permissionless and anonymous so there's no kyc slash aml and it's a cross-chain so non-zero sum on ethereum virtual machines evm your wallet compatible networks, allowing PIPE to reach its pre-seed and seed funding goals much quicker. And since most web TVL, which means total value locked, is also on permissionless anonymous protocols. Again, just to reiterate, um because it's permissionless, TVL, so total value locked is where most of the money is at.
00:11:47
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yeah And the funds invested into a protocol will always come become permissioned, but only once an allocated fundmaster who must be KYC AML approved, so he must be what we call doxt. In Web 2 terms, doxt is always a negative term, but in Web 3, doxt just means that ah we know who he is because the majority of Web 3 is anonymous. So just to reiterate this point,
00:12:12
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um the The funds will come from permissionless networks such as Ethereum and to all EVM, up as well as the other ones like Cardano, which is not EVM, but it's also permissionless.
00:12:26
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ah But then it will become permissioned. So in other words, permissioned networks are ones where they are centralized and in order to be a business. A lot of the times permissioned model is a lot better one because it's a lot cheaper to set up. And if you are trusting the company with your funds, then there is no downside to being permissioned.
00:12:50
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But of course, and as we said, the fund master, the one who operates with it, ah just like in any business, we must know who that person is. So he must be KYC'd. So KYC is the know your customer. We must know who he is and his history and what kind of guy he is. So we know whether we should trust him or not. Funds will be pulled from multiple EVM network contributions and manually ported.
00:13:13
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to the Hedera Network Launchpad account by the fundmaster. But before that, hey listeners, we get it. Sometimes you've got questions and browsing through endless FAQs just isn't cutting it. I mean, we do have Discord and Telegram where you could ask us questions directly where we're we responsive there, ah but maybe you want to hear a human interaction for something important. A lot of people value that, especially those who are ah you know, on the elder side. We get in the universities, there are older professors, so why not make it easy on yourself and give us a call? Yes, just pick up the phone and dial plus 44-016-1399-4283. From 9am to 8pm UK time,
00:13:57
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Monday to Friday. Whether it's a quick question, a bit of help you need, or you just want to chat with a real person, we're here for you. No robots, no runaround, just friendly folks ready to give you the answers you need and fast. So, next time you're stuck, remember this number. Plus 44, 0161, 399, 4283, available 9am to 8pm UK time, Monday to Friday. We're ready when you are.
00:14:24
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The fund master coordinates bullet points, the import of the funds from the external networks. So ah obviously, because he is in charge of the funds that are coming in, the allocation of the funds to the PEX system via allowance. So PEX is our pipe exchange where we'll be trading ah whatever we get from the deposits.
00:14:46
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And the recovery of funds back out to the external networks. So also, obviously, because ah we need to have a mechanism where we can leave the network as well. The Launchpad has unique characteristics as it collects funds in a permissionless environment, EVMs, and then transfers them into the permissioned constrained environment run on Hedera by the fund master multisek process.
00:15:09
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ah So it's actually been what we've been talking about up until now, but it's also added multisig process because ah in all companies, the so that one person doesn't run run off with all the funds, it needs the cooperation of many different people. and So ah it reduces the risk for the customer. The DAO characteristics of this account are likely to be on EVM outside of Hedera. So some kind of EVM, maybe base or some other.
00:15:40
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The non-Hedera parts of this account may access the Hedera site permissions contract system in order to enforce permission-based action. ah If you are ah doubling into some dev work, that one part might be interesting to you, but other than that, it's ah not too relevant. The Launchpad fund cannot refuse to back an independent investor committee and pipe QED cleared project if called upon to do so. Now this is looking more like ah legal stuff or a governance stuff.
Social Media Engagement
00:16:11
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But wait.
00:16:12
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Are you looking to get the latest updates straight from the source? All the insider details as they happen? Well, we've got you covered. Follow us on X to stay in the loop with both PGF and The Pipe Company. From announcements to exclusive insights, you'll be the first to know. And don't miss our next AMA. Get your questions ready whether you want to ask them in writing or come on air to speak directly with the experts. It's your chance to ask anything.
00:16:38
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Hear the answers live and get the clarity you need. Just follow us on X and never miss an AMA announcement. Stay informed, stay ahead and get answers right from the source. Go into the link tree in the description, find our X formerly Twitter page and we'll see you there. So now we're going to be doing sort of like a big of a deeper dive into the launch pad. So
Launchpad Funding Process
00:17:01
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the launch pad will sort of enable approved projects on the pipe to raise their first 2 million euros. 2 million euros? 2 million euros for each project.
00:17:12
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and in seed funding from retail investors paid in USDC or other stablecoins over time. But why is it not USDT?
00:17:25
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No reason, really. Yeah, and i didn't no idea. this and It will showcase what projects are in the pipe, ah what stage of the QED process um they have reached and how much of their funding allocation they have unlocked and is open to all members um with nationality restrictions outlined in our terms and conditions.
00:17:49
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Uh, so obviously some countries we won't be available to get to yet. Um, yeah, it's funny because, uh, I live in Spain and for some reason Spain is one of those countries that is usual, that is often excluded. I don't know why there's i see absolutely no reason why it would be like ah France and Italy usually are, but Spain is sometimes excluded. I don't know why it's so check your country.
00:18:14
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It's probably there, but yeah. Yeah, I know there's quite there's quite a few there. um I think Spain should be all right. I'd hope. Actually, do I like Spanish people? I'm not too sure. um I don't know if I'm still over the Euros yet or not. Yeah, I still don't know if it's it's put like unwavering damage on my perspective.
00:18:36
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or perspective perspective the sp yeah no No worries, you will get another one in the next finals. Yeah, I can imagine. Honestly, i every time England makes it to a final, just bet on them to lose. It's got a guaranteed money.
00:18:53
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Anyway, where was I? Yeah, so some nationality restrictions, but it's open to all members, essentially, and users, large or small. Once a project is secured, um in principle, it's 2 million euros.
00:19:11
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in seed capital, it will receive trenches over a defined period deployed against key milestones as defined during the QED process.
00:19:22
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ah we'll go a little bit into the qedd process in second and If users want to further invest in any project after the pre-seed or seed round is fully ah deployed. They can do so after completing KYC slash AML and eligibility to checks and creating or joining others to create follow on investment per pots such as XXDAO slash DAO ETC. I actually did a project, a project, a blog post
00:19:54
Speaker
which sort of went into the potential of XX styles a little bit. It was my ah climate change run. It was all about and raising money for ah cleaning up the oceans. It was one of the first blogs ever posted, and you'll be able to find that on the blog section of our website. If you scroll all the way down, it's one of our first blogs.
00:20:18
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Yes, imagine this. Our co-host here is ah very important. He wrote the first ever blog post. ah did Yeah, ever, in the world. um yeah You know me. Yeah, blogs only exist on our page. Yeah, you'll never see another blog or any other blog other than the ones that are on us. You could call it a the Genesis blog. Too right, too right, you could.
00:20:43
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um The Launchpad is available as a cross-chain DAP and is EVM compatible, so ah and so to expand the initial pool of potential web-free investors in liquidity. Now, do you want to talk about the Launchpad flowchart?
00:20:58
Speaker
Stop.
Affiliate Program and Ecosystem Development
00:20:59
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Are you looking for a way to make passive income with your online business? With a quality partnership that has low startup costs? Then the PIPE affiliates and referrals is for you. An affiliate is an individual business that helps promote the PIPE services in exchange for a commission on the sales or leads that generate from their links.
00:21:19
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To do this you'll need to join an affiliate program with PIPE, promote PIPE with unique tracking links on your websites, blogs or social media or any other channels. You will then go on to earn any commission made when a new user clicks your link and makes a purchase.
00:21:36
Speaker
You heard that right, when a new user clicks your link or any client of yours and makes a purchase, you earn a commission from it. The referral process using PIPE offers a structured and efficient way for a recruiting agencies to connect qualified candidates with potential employers. By leveraging PIPE's capabilities, agencies can enhance the quality of their referrals and improve the chances of candidates being considered for suitable associate positions.
00:21:58
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There are currently four roles, sales associate with a revenue share of 20%, the affiliate with 15% and on a small scale there's refer with 1% and associate refer also with 1%. Go to www.thepipecompany.co.uk slash associates dash affiliates to become an an affiliate with the pipe program today and start generating passive income with long-term potential.
00:22:26
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If you are reading our white paper, you can see the flow chart, which has ah users. They go into balance update post, visualize projects, a FAQs, connect wallet, deposit, project detail page. ah It's essentially the normal process that you would see on any Web3 platform, but just a little bit easier to visualize if ah you are so someone new. Or in case you are struggling with the process, because it's one of your first times of interacting with it, which is understandable. or As everyone needs to start somewhere, you may use this ah graph if you are confused. Or you can also ask us in Telegram, Discord, or even call us. That's also a possibility.
00:23:08
Speaker
Once Launchpad has deployed investment to at least five projects and reached 10 million euros in funding, so um we have ah quite a few projects and we can allocate up to 2 million euros per project, as we said before. When we reach five projects with 10 million in total in funding, ah the project will have reached its minimum viable ecosystem stage ah milestone called MVE, minimum viable ecosystem.
00:23:35
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Further, PGF development can then take place and deployment will commence. Next, we see the PGF minimum viable ecosystem graph, which, again, if you're reading this, you're going to be a lot better off than me explaining the graph to you because it's not easy to explain this. But it has a a few components, such as companies or institutions, HNWI,
00:24:01
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ah guilds, investor guilds. We're not a game, but they're going to be an investor guilds. DIE, funding, returns, investments, and it's all interconnected. That's as best I can ah explain it. And then there is a a page of acronyms that you might want to use, such as H-N-W-I is high net worth individual, which I've never actually part of this acronym before, but I guess it works. Oh, and a guild is say a specialist advisory group on PIPE.
00:24:35
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even though I really think of only games when I think about the guild. The value of the PGF and the DIFs is based on the underlying asset value of the investment, which grows on average at 397% per annum. So X4 per year.
00:24:53
Speaker
And just ah to reiterate, DIF means decentralized investment funds. Initially, and to start the process, investors are invited to join the launchpad as we build out the wider GDAO protocol and PGF through the development of further decentralized investment funds, DIF, such as xex slash de i mean actually XX-DAO, DAI,
00:25:14
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guilt, et cetera. The high value projects sourced by the pipe platform and processed via QAD are visible to the PGF and all specific new TIF elements that have been formed to target specific investment opportunities. A lot of language, but ah yeah, what we've been talking about so far.
Future of PIPE Exchange
00:25:33
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At the scope of the PGF,
00:25:35
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as the scope of the PGF grows and the various interest groups of evolve, including third party commercial businesses and the venture capitals alongside the existing launchpad and other TAF, et cetera, the opportunity to trade positions via the PEX evolves. So as we grow strong ah grow bigger, ah the exchange is going to be also bigger and present more opportunities. That's allowing for the creation of liquidity in the system, opportunities to buy, sell, and trade positions. So our pipe exchange is coming.
00:26:05
Speaker
That's the gist of this paragraph. And we're done for this episode.
Podcast Conclusion
00:26:11
Speaker
Thank you for listening to us. We still have quite a few pages to go on the white paper. And we'll see you for our next three. We'll see you next time, yeah?