{"id":"peter-watts","title":"Peter Watts","content":"**Peter Watts** is an Australian entrepreneur and technologist based in Sydney, known for founding [Reservoir](https://iq.wiki/wiki/reservoir), [Relay Protocol](https://iq.wiki/wiki/relay-protocol), and Memswap. He has a professional background in the music and live-streaming industries, including a role at YouNow, a U.S.-based live-streaming platform. During his time at YouNow, Watts identified limitations in the creator economy and explored how blockchain technology and NFTs could enable more equitable ownership and compensation models for creators. Since 2021, he has served as co-founder of Relay. He is active on X (formerly Twitter), where he shares updates on his ventures and commentary on developments in the Web3 space.  [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-ArUEHA9fL5JeoxHI) \n\n## Media Apperances\n\n**Peter Watts** shares the origins, evolution, and future vision of his company, focusing on building infrastructure for [NFTs](https://iq.wiki/wiki/non-fungible-token-nft), cross-chain liquidity, and [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) interoperability. This episode provides insights into the challenges and opportunities within the evolving crypto and [Web3](https://iq.wiki/wiki/web3) finance landscape. \n\n​\n\n[YOUTUBE@VID](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rBZLtVuX4p4)","summary":"Peter Watts, founder of Reservoir and Relay Protocol, builds cross-chain liquidity and NFT trading infrastructure to address fragmentation and improve interoperability in Web3.","images":[{"id":"QmaqtUZA2PkrPoMGHHnnbNfyqBPbMU2xpp1eiWoFG69qo6","type":"image/jpeg, image/png"}],"categories":[{"id":"people","title":"people"}],"tags":[{"id":"Founders"},{"id":"PeopleInDeFi"},{"id":"Protocols"},{"id":"Ethereum"},{"id":"Blockchains"}],"media":[{"id":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBZLtVuX4p4","name":"rBZLtVuX4p4","caption":"","thumbnail":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBZLtVuX4p4","source":"YOUTUBE"}],"metadata":[{"id":"references","value":"[{\"id\":\"ArUEHA9fL5JeoxHI\",\"description\":\"LinkedIn: Peter Watts\",\"timestamp\":1769944514207,\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-watts-45361336b/?originalSubdomain=au\"},{\"id\":\"b9RPalqbFbGB4EwF\",\"description\":\"Peter Watts X Profile\",\"timestamp\":1769945002771,\"url\":\"https://x.com/ptrwtts?lang=en\"},{\"id\":\"EVtyjjFLvz16elvR\",\"description\":\"MoonPay Youtube - \\\"Building Next-Gen Crypto Infrastructure with Peter Watts\\\"\",\"timestamp\":1769945023138,\"url\":\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBZLtVuX4p4\"}]"},{"id":"linkedin_profile","value":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-watts-45361336b/"},{"id":"twitter_profile","value":"https://x.com/ptrwtts"},{"id":"commit-message","value":"\"Added Peter Watts wiki page\""}],"events":[{"id":"64cd3fe7-cb49-4cdd-a572-854196f520b1","date":"2017-01","title":"Identified NFT Liquidity Problem","type":"DEFAULT","description":"While at YouNow, observed the rise of Ethereum and NFTs, identifying a disconnect where creators lacked ownership incentives and NFT trading was illiquid.","link":null,"multiDateStart":null,"multiDateEnd":null,"continent":null,"country":null},{"id":"4597005f-70a2-46b0-9ff4-6df4c54793a5","date":"2022-01","title":"Launched Reservoir","type":"DEFAULT","description":"Officially announced the launch of Reservoir, a web3-native NFT order book protocol, after six months of development.","link":null,"multiDateStart":null,"multiDateEnd":null,"continent":null,"country":null},{"id":"3e2cc78e-f13f-43d6-9feb-9c70aafcc3d4","date":"2023-09","title":"Introduced Memswap","type":"DEFAULT","description":"Introduced Memswap, a protocol for token swaps and NFT purchases designed to benefit users in a \"post-MEV world.\"","link":null,"multiDateStart":null,"multiDateEnd":null,"continent":null,"country":null},{"id":"646c8771-9626-4145-aac7-0298c7f84954","date":"2024-04","title":"Founded Relay Protocol","type":"DEFAULT","description":"Founded Relay Protocol, a protocol for instant, any-to-any cross-chain swaps, evolving from Reservoir's mission to focus on broader token trading.","link":"https://relay.link/","multiDateStart":null,"multiDateEnd":null,"continent":null,"country":null},{"id":"1d311328-72ae-4d16-892a-f67d272311cf","date":"2025-02","title":"Reservoir Series A Funding","type":"DEFAULT","description":"Reservoir announced a $14 million Series A funding round led by Union Square Ventures (USV) to build developer tools for token trading.","link":null,"multiDateStart":null,"multiDateEnd":null,"continent":null,"country":null}],"user":{"id":"0x8af7a19a26d8fbc48defb35aefb15ec8c407f889"},"author":{"id":"0x8af7a19a26d8fbc48defb35aefb15ec8c407f889"},"operator":{"id":"0x4a2bC97afBF41a2Cbf4b4628F63420682Ff4CF2a"},"language":"en","version":1,"linkedWikis":{"blockchains":[],"founders":["relay-protocol","reservoir"],"speakers":[]}}