Marcin leads strategy and go-to-market at RedStone, the fastest-growing blockchain oracle network. RedStone ranks third globally by client count (150+ B2B partners) and total value secured ($6+ billion). Backed by investors including Crunchbase co-founder Mike Arrington, RedStone is the official oracle for leading tokenised funds from BlackRock (BUIDL), Apollo (ACRED), VanEck (VBILL), and Hamilton Lane (SCOPE), among others. A blockchain native since 2018, Marcin is a former Google Cloud product manager with a background in quantitative economics. He co-founded ETHWarsaw, the largest technical crypto conference in Central and Eastern Europe, and was named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 in Poland. He has spoken at global events including Consensus, Token2049, ETHDenver, and Ethereum Zurich.
What was the original insight that led you to build RedStone?
I got into crypto in late 2017 while studying quantitative methods in economics at the Warsaw School of Economics. I even wrote my bachelor’s thesis on blockchain, Bitcoin, and Ethereum. It was clear to me early on that this was a truly global, boundaryless system.
After a rough stint at an ICO-era startup that eventually went under, I spent time at a software house and later at Google Cloud.
But in late 2020, my technical co-founder, Jakub Wojciechowski, reached out with an idea: if we’re heading into a world of thousands of chains, millions of assets, and endless applications, the current Chainlink-dominated oracle model simply wouldn’t scale.
That insight became the foundation for RedStone: oracles that are modular, efficient, and built for the next generation of onchain applications.
RedStone now powers over 170 protocols and secures $8 billion in TVL. What explains this velocity of adoption?
Protecting $8 billion isn’t easy. If something goes wrong, the consequences are massive.
But since launching our final product in January 2023, we’ve had zero downtime, zero mispricing events, and no infrastructure hiccups. We focus on reliability, which we believe is the single most important metric for an oracle. Compared to others, I think our focus on technical robustness and modular architecture has helped us win trust.
You’ve gained market share faster than any oracle this year. What are you doing differently to earn developer trust?
The biggest differentiator is our modular design. Instead of deploying monolithic codebases to every chain, we broke the system into four modules — three of which are offchain. That makes it vastly more scalable.
When we add a new price feed, we can offer it instantly across all supported chains using the pull model. And rolling it out in push mode is also much simpler than with legacy designs.
RedStone is the only oracle supporting both Push and Pull models at scale. How do you decide which to recommend?
The pull model is more elegant. Price data is delivered on demand by the application itself. But it’s more complex to integrate.
The push model is simpler and more common. It’s used by Aave, Morpho, and others, so it’s better for rapid adoption. That’s why we support both, depending on the developer’s needs.
How do you maintain security while optimising for latency and performance across so many chains?
We’ve built in at least three layers of redundancy for every deployment. They’re uncorrelated, which reduces the chance of simultaneous failure.
In some cases, there’s even a fourth layer. It’s a lot to monitor, but that’s why we’ve never had downtime or a single mispricing event to date.
It’s a big part of our pitch, especially with traditional finance partners. And the modular setup also lets us build products like RedStone Bolt.
Bolt can deliver up to 400 updates per second. What enabled that level of performance?
Bolt runs on MegaETH and delivers price updates every block, up to 2.4 milliseconds. That’s over 400 updates per second.
It’s fast enough for high-frequency trading use cases, where just one millisecond is considered slow.
What kinds of protocols or products are you targeting with Bolt?
Bolt is for the high-performance side of onchain finance. Think perp DEXs, advanced trading systems — any application where latency matters.
Traditional finance already operates at microsecond speeds. If DeFi wants to compete, we need to meet or exceed that standard.
You’re also leaning into real-world assets. How big is that opportunity, and how is RedStone positioned?
We see two major trends: high-frequency infrastructure and the tokenisation of real-world assets for everything from T-bills to private credit.
RedStone is the official oracle partner for Securitize and supports tokenised products like Apollo’s ACRED and BlackRock’s BUIDL. We gather and reconcile offchain data and deliver it onchain with high integrity.
Why do you think RedStone is trusted for pricing complex assets like private credit?
It comes down to track record. Institutions care about reliability. We’ve never had an incident, and that makes a difference.
In terms of methodology, we support both single-source NAV feeds and multi-source reconciliation. For ACRED, for example, we get data directly from the fund administrator.
Are high-frequency trading and real-world assets the main focus areas going forward?
Yes, we’re pushing both. We have a dedicated HFT team working with MegaETH, GTE, Euphoria, and others.
On the RWA side, we’re close to Securitize and Apollo, helping traditional finance come onchain.
The total crypto market is around $3 trillion. TradFi is over $300 trillion. Even a 10% shift would 10x our industry.
What’s your approach when working with institutions that aren’t crypto-native?
Education is key. We don’t sugar-coat things — we’re honest about what blockchains can and can’t do.
We also published a 60-page RWA report with Gauntlet and RWA.xyz, which breaks down how TradFi views crypto.
What was your biggest personal takeaway from that research?
That the infrastructure is mostly ready.
From 2019 to 2024, we laid the groundwork; now it’s about education and identifying what’s still missing.
Do you think updated regulations played a role in making institutions more comfortable?
For us specifically, not as much — we’re infrastructure. But we’ve seen a clear shift. A lot of projects that waited on the sidelines due to legal uncertainty are now launching.
Look at the Stablecoin Act — JPMorgan launched a stablecoin right after. That wasn’t built in a day; they had it in their pocket and were just waiting for regulatory clarity.
Do you think more institutions are about to reveal their hand?
Yes. Many are already building and plan to launch in Q3, Q4, or early 2026. Legal and compliance teams need time, but the momentum is real.
We’ve been speaking with Securitize, BNY Mellon, JPMorgan, DTCC, and we even met SG Forge recently. These institutions are actively preparing.
What gaps still need to be filled before we see broader adoption?
One big gap is legal and compliance infrastructure for black swan events. We’ve just released a whitepaper with Securitize proposing a “Trusted Single Source Oracle” framework.
In TradFi, fund admins provide key data but aren’t always held accountable. That needs to change.
So it’s also about preventing misleading claims to retail users?
Exactly. Not all bad outcomes are malicious, but we need accountability and guardrails to avoid repeating something like 2008.
Do you worry crypto could have its own 2008 moment?
It’s possible, but less likely. Public ledgers offer transparency as activity is visible onchain. In 2008, no one could see the risk buildup. In crypto, you can monitor it in real time.
And that’s where your Trusted Oracle model fits in?
Yes. The institutions that follow these standards will be fine. The risky actors are those who avoid accountability. This framework is about setting higher standards.
What are you most excited about right now?
Three things: RWA tokenisation, high-frequency use cases like Bolt, and new yield products. There’s huge demand for deep yield strategies, whether that’s restaking, BTC yield, or local stablecoin FX.
We’re also seeing demand rise for Korean won, Turkish lira, and other region-specific assets.
Tell us about your newest product, RedStone Atom. What’s different about your approach to liquidations?
Oracles power DeFi liquidations, which usually involve a bonus — often around 10% — for whoever liquidates the undercollateralised position. Today, that bonus goes mostly to MEV searchers.
With Atom, we run a 300-millisecond flash auction offchain to determine the best liquidator, and settle that onchain along with the price update. The proceeds go to the protocol, not MEV bots.
Where is Atom live now, and who else is adopting it?
It’s live on Venus Protocol on Unichain. It’s being voted on in Compound’s governance forum.
We’re also in talks with Morpho, Euler, and others on Hyper EVM, Katana, Sonic, and more.
Could Atom become a key product and revenue stream for RedStone?
Yes. Protocols currently get none of the liquidation bonus. Atom gives them a cut, sometimes 5% or more. It’s a better deal.
You’ve now got oracles, Bolt, Atom, and more. How do you tie it all together long-term?
We want to be the best data oracle in the market — full stop. Others are branching into bridges or automation. That’s fine, but we’re staying focused.
Specialisation is what sets us apart and we believe clients want the best data, not a jack-of-all-trades.