Evan left his position at Facebook at age 50 to solve what the entire crypto industry couldn't: building technology that actually works.
After leading Facebook's $3 billion Libra project that got shut down, Evan realized every crypto attempt has "completely, repeatedly failed" and fallen back to centralization. So he started Mysten Labs with 4 co-founders to build Sui - what crypto was always supposed to be.
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PARTNERS
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🌱 Bitwise Asset Management is the crypto specialist asset manager with more than $10 billion client assets and more than 30 crypto solutions across ETFs, index funds, alpha strategies, staking, and more.
https://bitwiseinvestments.com/
💧Sui is a first-of-its-kind Layer 1 blockchain and smart contract platform designed to make digital asset ownership fast, private, secure, and accessible.
https://sui.io/
🔘 Mantle Network enhances dApp development with Ethereum's security, low fees, and quick transactions through innovative layer-2 technology. Users can stake ETH for mETH, contributing to a transparent, community-driven ecosystem governed by $MNT token holders, fostering innovation and collaboration.
https://www.mantle.xyz
★ Forza! is Coinsilium's Gibraltar-based Bitcoin treasury company. Coinsilium’s shares are traded on the Aquis Stock Exchange (AQUIS:COIN) and on the OTCQB in the US (OTCQB:CINGF).
Find out more at https://www.coinsilium.com/
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FOLLOW EVAN CHENG
• Twitter: https://x.com/EvanWeb3
• Twitter: https://x.com/SuiNetwork
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chengevan/
• Website: https://t.co/S0laxwqTPP
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DISCLAIMER
The info contained herein is for informational purposes only. Nothing herein shall be construed to be financial, legal, or tax advice. The content of this video is solely the opinions of the speakers who are not a licensed financial advisor or registered investment advisor. Trading cryptocurrencies poses considerable risk of loss. The speakers do not guarantee any particular outcome.
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0:00 Introduction
1:40 Please Subscribe
2:06 Partnerships
2:55 The Problem With Centralization
7:23 Why Ethereum Is Centralizing
12:35 Who is Evan Cheng?
13:15 Self Custody with Trezor
14:08 Timing a 20-Year Vision
15:11 Motivation From Being Ignored
19:31 Giving Everyone Real Agency
20:45 High Agency Person
22:47 Proving Skeptics Wrong
26:51 Nothing Has Truly Won
27:55 Cryptocurrencies Fascination
29:29 Lessons Learned From Novi
35:17 Starting a Company at 50
40:09 Why I Became the CEO
41:22 Challenges of a CEO
42:14 Not Destiny, Just Conviction
44:03 What is Mysten Labs?
45:51 Five Unmanageable Founders
48:11 How Five Co-Founders Work
54:02 What is SUI Network?
55:19 Is SUI the Next SOL?
56:50 Progress on Big Vision
59:55 Decentralized Business Potential
1:04:06 Proud, But Never Satisfied
1:06:34 What Truly Makes Me Happy
1:08:13 Non-Consensus Beliefs
1:09:17 Prediction for the Next 12 Months
1:13:10 Concluding Remarks
When Shift Happens Podcast