Chain Reaction

Speeding up crypto (w/ Anatoly Yakovenko)

Episode Summary

For this week’s Tuesday episode where we chat with a web3 expert, we’re playing a recording of our discussion live on stage with Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of the Solana blockchain, at TechCrunch Disrupt.

Episode Notes

For this week’s Tuesday episode where we chat with a web3 expert, we’re playing a recording of our discussion live on stage with Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of the Solana blockchain, at TechCrunch Disrupt. We chatted with Yakovenko about:

• Solana’s plans to launch a web3-focused smartphone and whether it can take on tech giants Apple and Google in mobile
• The lack of women in the web3 space and what blockchain leaders could (and should) be doing to fix that
• Whether Yakovenko is more afraid of competition from new layer-one upstarts or incumbent market leaders such as Ethereum

If you enjoyed this interview, you’ll have a chance to hear us talk with some of the biggest names in crypto at our event in Miami on November 17th. 

You can use the promo code, REACT, for 15% off a General Admission ticket to hear from speakers including FTX’s Amy Wu and Binance’s Changpeng Zhao.

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