DeFi's long-term vision versus casino present

Meow, founder of Jupiter, reveals how his team built crypto's largest DEX aggregator with over $2 trillion in volume and $300M annual revenue - and why their token still failed.

While other protocols obsess over technology, Jupiter focused on making crypto accessible to everyone by building the "Google of finance." But despite massive product success, communication failures and community mismanagement tanked the token.

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0:00 Introduction

1:37 Please Subscribe

2:03 What Is Meow Writing?

3:32 Fastest Growing Company & Podcast

7:34 Getting More People Into Crypto

10:54 Our Trusted Partners

11:47 Who Are You

14:39 Ramen & Being A Chill Cat

15:52 Jupiter Started In A Ramen Shop

27:12 How Long Until Everyone Starts Using The Google Of Finance

28:52 Web 4 Explained To Web 3 Users

34:47 Our Valued Sponsors

36:00 Why Is Jupiter The Best Team To Push Web 4

38:36 The IPhone Strategy

42:46 Why’d You Choose When Shift Happens As A Partner

49:23 What Is Synergies Of Scale

55:51 What’s The Omni Chain Problem

1:19:28 Being Grateful For Everything

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