E138: President of Solana: How Bitcoin and Solana Are the Future of Banking

Lily Liu, President of the Solana Foundation, explains why Bitcoin and Solana will replace traditional banking. She discusses how Bitcoin serves as digital gold while Solana provides the infrastructure to bank 5.5 billion people currently excluded from the financial system. __________________________________PARTNERS🚀 Jupiter is the most used Decentralized Exchange in Crypto and the largest DEX by volume on Solana: https://jup.ag/🦡 MoneyBadgers is the lifestyle brand by Paradex, built to celebrate the relentless hustle of being in the trenches. Its Genesis NFT collection drops in Q4. Spots are limited—get yours now 👉 https://app.paradex.trade/wl/resilientrogueqv💳 KAST is a global financial platform that enables users to manage and spend stablecoins and cryptocurrencies using a Visa Card or Apple Pay. Available in over 100 countries: https://kastfinance.app.link/SHIFT🔓 Trezor is the safest cold storage wallets for crypto security and financial independence.Buy your Trezor Wallet (use PROMO Code from the video for a 10% discount): https://trezor.io/?transaction_id=1026f18ed46409e495c6db4bff90ab&offer_id=133&affiliate_id=35356🌱 Bitwise Asset Management is the crypto specialist asset manager with more than $10 billion client assets and more than 30 crypto solutions across ETFs, index funds, alpha strategies, staking, and more.https://bitwiseinvestments.com/💧Sui is a first-of-its-kind Layer 1 blockchain and smart contract platform designed to make digital asset ownership fast, private, secure, and accessible.https://sui.io/🔘 Mantle Network enhances dApp development with Ethereum's security, low fees, and quick transactions through innovative layer-2 technology. Users can stake ETH for mETH, contributing to a transparent, community-driven ecosystem governed by $MNT token holders, fostering innovation and collaboration.https://www.mantle.xyz★ Forza! is Coinsilium's Gibraltar-based Bitcoin treasury company. Coinsilium’s shares are traded on the Aquis Stock Exchange (AQUIS:COIN) and on the OTCQB in the US (OTCQB:CINGF). Find out more at https://www.coinsilium.com/💳 Ur is a crypto-first neobank by Mantle, built to seamlessly connect traditional finance with Web3. Designed for the next generation of digital asset users, Ur combines secure banking services with native crypto features — making it easier, faster, and safer to spend, save, and manage both fiat and digital assets. https://ur.app/__________________________________FOLLOW LILY LIU• Twitter: https://x.com/calilyliu• Twitter: https://x.com/solana• Website: https://t.co/uk5hidtkHxFOLLOW KEVIN & WHEN SHIFT HAPPENS👇Twitter (X): https://x.com/KevinWSHPod  Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/kevinwshpod/  Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinfollonier/__________________________________DISCLAIMERThe info contained herein is for informational purposes only. Nothing herein shall be construed to be financial, legal, or tax advice. The content of this video is solely the opinions of the speakers who are not a licensed financial advisor or registered investment advisor. Trading cryptocurrencies poses considerable risk of loss. The speakers do not guarantee any particular outcome.#Entrepreneurship #Crypto #news 0:00 Introduction1:40 Please Subscribe2:06 What Is Kast?3:31 How Are You Doing5:45 Explain What You Do6:49 Money That Doesn’t Work10:48 Our Valued Sponsors13:44 Who Are You28:23 The Core Problem29:07 Our Valued Podcast Partners32:29 How Crypto Became Huge32:43 Human Rationalism Debunked52:20 Why Bitcoin Is Fascinating54:24 When You Realized Life Work56:12 Solana Is The Infrastructure1:00:39 Bitcoin, Center Of Everything1:02:34 Why Is Crypto Important1:10:46 What Is Sol1:12:32 What Solana Is Bad At1:18:20 Endgame For Solana1:32:24 Solana Overcoming Competition1:37:14 Biggest Competitor1:38:26 Solana vs Hyper Liquid How?1:48:05 Another Way To See Solutions1:50:40 Conspiracy Theory