Ep. 7, Fixing the Lehman Problem with Crypto: John Piotrowski, Founder and CEO of The Ocean
In this Wyre Talks, our guest is John Piotrowski, founder and CEO of The Ocean. John has a past life in political campaigning and traditional finance, but made the pivot to cryptocurrency and founded the Ocean in 2017. The Ocean provides wallet-to-wallet trading on a high performance, institution-grade, decentralized platform that provides more liquidity with less risk. They also strive to create an intuitive trading experience, while maintaining a safe exchange with KYC/AML performed on their users. In this episode, we also discuss: - How is the New York financial scene different from the SF crypto scene? - With a team in Krakow, Poland, what are the challenges in building a distributed team? How do you address them? - Transitioning from a career in political campaigning to being a VP at Goldman Sachs - How is the Ocean more than just a 0x relayer? - What led to the decision to build the infrastructure layer using the 0x protocol? - Why create an onboarding flow instead of just sticking with Metamask? - Why is verification and KYC so important to what the Ocean does? - Why does the Ocean choose to focus on the U.S. market when you could move to a country that supports your business? - What are the critical ingredients needed for institutional entry into the crypto space? - What's the purpose of the OCEAN token?
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Show Notes
In this Wyre Talks, our guest is John Piotrowski, founder and CEO of The Ocean.
John has a past life in political campaigning and traditional finance, but made the pivot to cryptocurrency and founded the Ocean in 2017. The Ocean provides wallet-to-wallet trading on a high performance, institution-grade, decentralized platform that provides more liquidity with less risk. They also strive to create an intuitive trading experience, while maintaining a safe exchange with KYC/AML performed on their users.
In this episode, we also discuss:
- How is the New York financial scene different from the SF crypto scene?
- With a team in Krakow, Poland, what are the challenges in building a distributed team? How do you address them?
- Transitioning from a career in political campaigning to being a VP at Goldman Sachs
- How is the Ocean more than just a 0x relayer?
- What led to the decision to build the infrastructure layer using the 0x protocol?
- Why create an onboarding flow instead of just sticking with Metamask?
- Why is verification and KYC so important to what the Ocean does?
- Why does the Ocean choose to focus on the U.S. market when you could move to a country that supports your business?
- What are the critical ingredients needed for institutional entry into the crypto space?
- What's the purpose of the OCEAN token?
Links:
- The Ocean website: https://theocean.trade/
- The Ocean blog: https://medium.com/the-ocean-trade
You can follow the hosts on Twitter!
Thomas Scaria (host): @tomscaria
Louis Aboud (co-host): @louAboudHogben