Brett Harrison - President, FTX.US Ep #67

Validated - A podcast by Solana Foundation - Tuesdays

Brett Harrison is the President of FTX US, a US-regulated cryptocurrency exchange. Prior to joining FTX US, Brett was Head of Semi-Systematic Technology at Citadel Securities, where he managed technology for the firm’s Options, ETF, OTC, and ADR trading globally. He began and spent the majority of his career at Jane Street, where he led the firm’s algorithmic trading system development. 00:34 - The role of FTX.US’ president 01:24 - About FTX 02:55 - Nontraditional brand marketing 08:05 - Educating people about Crypto 10:46 - Being at the forefront of regulation 14:52 - Collaborating with other players in crypto 19:03 - FTX's policy in exchange and crypto 23:19 - FTX and NFTs 26:44 - CeFi / DeFi exchange and Cross-chains 31:36 - Building interconnectivity between centralized crypto exchanges 34:59 - Market hours in crypto? 36:33 - Process of evaluating a token 38:44 - Things he is hopeful for