From FTX To Next-Gen CEX | Armani Ferrante (Backpack)

Armani is one of Solana's most prolific contributors. From Anchor to Madlads to Backpack and now Backpack Exchange, his vision for bringing crypto to the masses is truly multi-faceted. In this conversation, we focus primarily on his ambitions for Backpack Exchange. We dig into his learnings from working as an engineer at FTX, how Backpack is architected from a technical standpoint, and how he sees crypto adoption playing out in the near future. -        - Time Stamps 0:00 - Piecing together Armani’s journey to this point 9:59 - Backpack Exchange overview 17:26 - Could this be the future of all centralised exchanges 25:37 - Avoiding the mistakes of AOL 27:01 - Strategy behind other CEXs launching L2s 32:10 - NFTs as a Go-To-Market strategy 35:30 - Multichain strategy 40:07 - Designing UX around crypto’s potential endgame  46:19 - Do L2s and app chains make sense 50:08 - Unlocks and roadblocks for xNFTs 57:13 - Advice for crypto founders -        - Podcast Resources Follow Sal: https://twitter.com/Sal_The_Bull Follow Dave: https://twitter.com/SolBeachBum Follow Unlayered: https://twitter.com/UnlayeredPod Subscribe on Spotify, Apple, or Google: https://unlayered.io/ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UnlayeredPod -        - Episode Resources Follow Armani: https://twitter.com/armaniferrante  Follow Backpack: https://twitter.com/xNFT_backpack  Follow Madlads: https://twitter.com/MadLadsNFT  Backpack Exchange : https://backpack.exchange