Unchained · Tuesday, June 30, 2026
During an interview on the podcast "Unchained," Maya Qian revealed that a cryptocurrency derivatives platform asked her to act as a market maker for an index she created. Qian stated this presented a conflict of interest, as an index provider should remain neutral. She declined the offer.
“one of things is so bizarre is, yeah, ask me, hey, Carmen, aside from licensing indices, will you consider become market maker of your own indices?”
“because clearly there is a huge conflict of interest by me trading my own indices that completely ruled the neutrality from index provider point of view, right?”
“I said, did anyone said no because it's by design, did not, you're not supposed to do so? Right? So it's for thinking to me that was even a discussion to begin with, right?”