#39 - Crypto Insiders Reveal Why They Are More Bullish Than Ever — Ben Yorke & Ran Yi

Ran Yi is the co-founder of Orderly — an omnichain liquidity layer for decentralized exchanges — and also co-founder of the WOO Network, while Ben Yorke is the head of ecosystem at WOO — an ecosystem of crypto trading products and apps. Together on this episode of The NGMI Podcast, Ben and Ran break down the current and future states of on-chain crypto trading activity, they explain how crypto technology is already infiltrating and consuming the world of traditional finance, why Decentralized Finance (DeFi) will play a role in revolutionizing financial behaviour, and offer a series of insights into memecoins, the Solana launchpad wars, why crypto and AI haven't found product-market-fit yet and much, much more. Ran and Ben also shared some upcoming information on future product launches for both Orderly and WOO that you'll want to hear about sooner rather than later. This was a fantastic episode. I always savour the episodes where I get to learn things and ask the "stupid" questions to people in the industry who really know what they're doing, and Ben & Ran know their stuff inside out. It was a pleasure hosting them on The NGMI Podcast, and I look forward to having them on the show again. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LINKS Ran Yi: https://x.com/ranyi1115 Ben Yorke: https://x.com/BenYorke WOO: https://woo.org/ Orderly: https://orderly.network/ Tom Mitchelhill: https://x.com/thecryptojourno NGMI: https://x.com/ngmi_xyz NGMI Newsletter: https://ngminewsletter.substack.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Intro 01:07 - WOO Long-Term Vision 03:25 - WOO Ecosystem 06:12 - Ran Yi: Founding Orderly & WOO 14:10 - Omnichain & The Danger of Wrapped Assets 17:28 - RWA Tokenization 20:35 - Faster Settlements? 23:09 - Biggest Changes In Crypto Today 30:35 - Crypto & AI 32:30 - DEX Launchpads? 36:40 - AI & Crypto: When PMF? 37:29 - Memecoins & New Metas 40:00 - The Agency of Memecoins 46:20 - What Does Crypto Need To Solve? 49:10 - Most Bullish On vs Most Bearish On