sub0 Asia 2024 - Nicolas Arevalo (Velocity Labs)
summary
Polkadot had early parity chain hype then two high-profile bridge and stablecoin failures that crashed momentum; current pain points are steep developer UX, scarce bridges and CEX onramps, and fragmented tooling. Velocity Labs claims to fix this with a generalized XCM SDK to replace the existing 6–8 SDKs per chain, unified UIs for Asset Hub and Bridge Hub, active BD for CEXs and custodians, and a treasury-backed bounty program to fund integrations and market-making.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:00Agenda
- 1:50How it all started
- 5:43The false start
- 8:31The negative flywheel effect
- 11:19Ecosystem Tailwinds
- 14:49Interoperability
- 16:04Accessibility
- 17:47Product
- 18:30Market Strategy
- 21:07Team
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