Episode Details

Dee Goens, CEO and co-founder of Zora, joins us to discuss rebuilding the company after a difficult pivot, launching Custom Pairs and cross-chain trading, and why curation matters as more markets move onchain.


00:00 Welcoming Dee Goens from Zora


01:26 Zora’s Journey from NFTs to Social Trading


03:42 From KPMG to Coinbase and Founding Zora


09:43 Leaving Coinbase and Surviving the Early Years


12:51 The Solana Pivot, Layoffs and Rebuilding Zora


16:31 A Smaller AI-Native Team and the CEO Transition


19:46 Custom Pairs and Cross-Chain Trading Demo


23:18 Pump.fun, Competition and the Launchpad Market


25:43 Why Taste and Curation Are the Moat


29:35 Growth, Creator Rewards and What Comes Next


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