"I was brought in to change the direction of polygon"
Episode 47 with Marc Boiron CEO of Polygon "I was brought in to change the direction of Polygon. What made Polygon successful and the answer is DeFi. What do most people know Polygon for" Thanks Marc for jumping on the show and discussing the future direction of Polygon, current U.S crypto framework and of course his story in crypto Timestamps: 0:01:58 Bitcoin to 100K 0:04:04 Theres something more here 0:04:53 Getting in to crypto 0:12:27 New age of crypto "memecoins" 0:16:43 Can crypto improve lives 0:21:34 Finding people where they are 0:25:38 Would @0xMarcBbe be here if he did not make money from crypto 0:28:05 Becoming the CEO of @0xPolygon 0:34:10 Polygon positioning with enterprise brands 0:40:00 Trump NFT's on Polygon 0:44:45 Who is building on Polygon and why 0:49:50 David Sacks joins Trump Admin 0:53:05 Marc's personal story 0:58:29 Polygon POS
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