Lily Liu | President of the Solana Foundation — Why Blockchain Ecosystems Are More Like Cities Than Companies

In this episode of BeaconLayer Podcast, Kenzi Morikawa speaks with Lily Liu, President of the Solana Foundation, about a framework that changes how you evaluate crypto networks: blockchains aren’t best understood as companies — they behave more like cities.Lily is an entrepreneur and investor focused on crypto, with experience as a CFO and operating executive across the U.S., China, and a range of emerging markets. She’s the co-founder of Anagram, was part of the founding team behind Osmosis, and has advised Brave Software. Previously, she co-founded Earn.com, which was acquired by Coinbase in 2018.In the conversation, Lily explains why trying to “run a blockchain like a company” often caps its potential — and why ecosystems scale better when you think in terms of urban planning: public goods, infrastructure, governance, culture, incentives, and the messy reality of many independent actors building on shared rails. Tune in to hear her path into crypto — from early skepticism to conviction — and what she thinks separates ecosystems that last from those that fade.