Armani is one of Solana's most prolific contributors. From Anchor to Madlads to Backpack and now Backpack Exchange, his vision for bringing crypto to the masses is truly multi-faceted. In this conversation, we focus primarily on his ambitions for Backpack Exchange. We dig into his learnings from working as an engineer at FTX, how Backpack is architected from a technical standpoint, and how he sees crypto adoption playing out in the near future.

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Time Stamps

0:00 - Piecing together Armani’s journey to this point

9:59 - Backpack Exchange overview

17:26 - Could this be the future of all centralised exchanges

25:37 - Avoiding the mistakes of AOL

27:01 - Strategy behind other CEXs launching L2s

32:10 - NFTs as a Go-To-Market strategy

35:30 - Multichain strategy

40:07 - Designing UX around crypto’s potential endgame

46:19 - Do L2s and app chains make sense

50:08 - Unlocks and roadblocks for xNFTs

57:13 - Advice for crypto founders

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Podcast Resources

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Episode Resources

Follow Armani: https://twitter.com/armaniferrante

Follow Backpack: https://twitter.com/xNFT_backpack

Follow Madlads: https://twitter.com/MadLadsNFT

Backpack Exchange : https://backpack.exchange

From FTX To Next-Gen CEX | Armani Ferrante (Backpack)