The Smart Economy Podcast: Real-World Blockchain Applications with Crypto, DeFi, NFTs, and DAOs S1E25 - Willy Ogorzaly - Fox Foundation | Managing DeFi Platforms, From the Ground Up
Jan 11, 2023
57:17
Episode Notes
In this episode of the Smart Economy Podcast, we speak with Willy Ogorzaly, Head of Decentralization at Fox Foundation. Topics discussed include his first startup and how that parlayed into getting acquihired by the then centralized ShapeShift, what it was like working through a bear market while ShapeShift was also facing an existential and philosophical dilemma, how the new ShapeShift DAO operates, and building a community among decentralized builders.
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