BOOM ROOM: Interview with Ben Nadareski and Ryan Day @ Solstice Finance (Ep. 32)

Ben Nadareski is the Co-Founder and CEO of Solstice Finance, an institutional-grade yield protocol built natively on Solana. Before founding Solstice, Ben led the first crypto-derivative trades with global banks as VP of Global Trading at Galaxy Digital, advanced strategic investments in digital assets as Director of M&A at SIX Digital Exchange, and helped expand blockchain adoption across Asia at enterprise blockchain firm R3. He has also served as a guest lecturer in Digital Assets at the Wharton School of Business.Ryan Day is the CMO of Solstice Finance, driving the protocol's go-to-market strategy and growth across the Solana ecosystem.Together, they are building what Solstice calls Yield-as-a-Service -- a protocol that lets anyone from a $5 wallet in the Philippines to a $50 million institutional fund access the same delta-neutral, institutional-grade yield strategies through USX, Solstice's Solana-native stablecoin, and YieldVault.Topics covered:- What Solstice Finance is and how the protocol works end-to-end- USX: how a Solana-native yield-bearing stablecoin gets built and why it matters- YieldVault and the Equinox fund: what delta-neutral yield actually means for everyday users- Why Solana was the right ecosystem to build on -- and what makes it different from Ethereum for DeFi builders- The gap in institutional-grade yield infrastructure that Solstice was built to fill- How the protocol scaled to $160M TVL at launch and has continued growing since- The SLX token launch: what it means for the protocol, governance, and users- Yield-as-a-Service: the broader vision beyond USX and YieldVault- Tokenized real world assets and the future of on-chain credit- Why the spread between bank savings rates and on-chain stablecoin yield is becoming impossible for institutions to ignore- The Clarity Act and what stablecoin regulation means for DeFi protocols- What Ben is most bullish on in 2026: Solana stablecoin growth and Hyperliquid- What Ryan is most bullish on in 2026: Strategy and Michael Saylor's continued Bitcoin accumulation#crypto #cryptonews #cryptocurrency #blockchain #web3 #startups #investing #entrepreneur #AI--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------📍Useful Links for Arcanum Ventures:👉 Arcanum Ventures X: x.com/ArcanumVentures👉 Arcanum Ventures LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/arcanum-ventures/👉 Arcanum Venture Website: https://www.arcanum.ventures/👉 Arcanum Telegram Community: https://t.me/Arcanumventures👉 Work With Us: https://www.arcanum.ventures/workwithusform/👉 Arcanum Media Center: https://www.arcanum.ventures/media-center/--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------📍Useful Links for Solstice, Ben Nadareski, and Ryan Day:👉 Ben Nadareski LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminnadareski👉 Ben Nadareski X: https://x.com/ben_solstice👉 Ryan Day LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-wrecks-day/👉 Ryan Day X: https://x.com/RyanDay👉 Solstice Website: https://solstice.finance/👉 Solstice Telegram: https://t.me/Solstice_TG👉 Solstice LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/solsticelabs👉 Solstice X: https://x.com/solsticefi--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------📍Disclaimer:Arcanum Ventures is currently invested in and advising Solstice. The context of this interview and the content is merely meant to provide discussion and insight to viewers interested in the #startups and #web3 industriesThis video was created to serve as an educational aid, and nothing in the video constitutes any financial advice. Do your own research and #invest wisely!