Agentic Finance for Everyday Users | Chris
Gm! In today’s episode, we’re joined by Chris from Loyal to discuss building smart-account infrastructure on Solana to automate onchain financial tasks, including stablecoin yield optimization and agent-driven policies. We cover smart wallets, Seeker app development, consumer crypto UX, token-based fundraising through MetaDAO, community building, and the broader future of agentic finance and payments.
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Introduction
(1:27) Why Smart Wallets Matter
(4:02) Loyal’s Origin Story
(14:16) Smart Accounts Meet Fintech
(18:59) Why Solana Lagged EVM
(21:54) Real Agent Finance Use Cases
(32:13) Why Launch on Seeker
(37:56) Token Launch Lessons
(54:42) Loyal’s Roadmap
(56:37) Closing Comments
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Agentic Finance for Everyday Users | Chris
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