Rex and Simon talk TrumpCoin mania, how we got here and what the future looks like

?? Hi all! Welcome to another week of Fintech Stuff

This week, I had the chance to catch up with Simon while he was in Austin—where, believe it or not, it was snowing. That wasn’t even the weirdest thing going on though. We dove into one of the wildest moments in crypto history: a sitting U.S. president launching a meme coin that hit a $60 billion valuation within hours. If you aren’t familiar, a meme coin is essentially an idea with a price attached—volatile, attention-grabbing, and sometimes controversial.

Moments like this can be a manifestation of bigger trends in tech and finance:

• The 2017 ICO craze exposed blockchain congestion issues
• The 2021 NFT boom brought new infrastructure like Solana into the spotlight
• And now, meme coins may redefine how we think about the attention economy

Catch the full conversation here!

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