15 years in crypto: from Bitcoin remittances to tokenising RWA on Solana
George has been in crypto for 15 years. From inventing crypto remittances in Hong Kong, to the Bitcoin block size debate, to building Step Finance when Solana had barely three DeFi projects, to surviving FTX and acquiring a company to tokenise real-world assets.
Along the way he also built Solana Floor as a media arm, grew Solana All-Stars to 10K attendees a month, and launched Crossroads as a major Solana conference.
15 years in crypto: from Bitcoin remittances to tokenising RWA on Solana
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Making Solana's entire 400TB transaction history searchable
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