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John Piotrowski

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Erik Voorhees

Kyle Kistner

Alex Wearn

John Evans

Josh Olszewicz

Taylor Monahan

Loong Wang

Hayden Adams

James Prestwich

Brendan Forster

Amir Bandeali

Will Warren

Robert Leshner

Joey Krug

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In this Wyre Talks, our guest is John Piotrowski, founder and CEO of The Ocean. John has a past life in political campaigning and traditional finance, but made the pivot to cryptocurrency and founded the Ocean in 2017. The Ocean provides wallet-to-wallet trading on a high performance, institution-grade, decentralized platform that provides more liquidity with less risk. They also strive to create an intuitive trading experience, while maintaining a safe exchange with KYC/AML performed on their users. In this episode, we also discuss:  How is the New York financial scene different from the SF crypto scene? With a team in Krakow, Poland, what are the challenges in building a distributed team? How do you address them? Transitioning from a career in political campaigning to being a VP at Goldman Sachs How is the Ocean more than just a 0x relayer? What led to the decision to build the infrastructure layer using the 0x protocol? Why create an onboarding flow instead of just sticking with Metamask? Why is verification and KYC so important to what the Ocean does? Why does the Ocean choose to focus on the U.S. market when you could move to a country that supports your business? What are the critical ingredients needed for institutional entry into the crypto space? What's the purpose of the OCEAN token?  Links:  The Ocean website: https://theocean.trade/ The Ocean blog: https://medium.com/the-ocean-trade  You can follow the hosts on Twitter!  Thomas Scaria (host): @tomscaria Louis Aboud (co-host): @louAboudHogben

In this Wyre Talks, our guest is John Piotrowski, founder and CEO of The Ocean. John has a past life in political campaigning and traditional finance, but made the pivot to cryptocurrency and founded the Ocean in 2017. The Ocean provides wallet-to-wallet trading on a high performance, institution-grade, decentralized platform that provides more liquidity with less risk. They also strive to create an intuitive trading experience, while maintaining a safe exchange with KYC/AML performed on their users. In this episode, we also discuss: <ul> <li>How is the New York financial scene different from the SF crypto scene?</li> <li>With a team in Krakow, Poland, what are the challenges in building a distributed team? How do you address them?</li> <li>Transitioning from a career in political campaigning to being a VP at Goldman Sachs</li> <li>How is the Ocean more than just a 0x relayer?</li> <li>What led to the decision to build the infrastructure layer using the 0x protocol?</li> <li>Why create an onboarding flow instead of just sticking with Metamask?</li> <li>Why is verification and KYC so important to what the Ocean does?</li> <li>Why does the Ocean choose to focus on the U.S. market when you could move to a country that supports your business?</li> <li>What are the critical ingredients needed for institutional entry into the crypto space?</li> <li>What's the purpose of the OCEAN token?</li> </ul> Links: <ul> <li>The Ocean website: https://theocean.trade/</li> <li>The Ocean blog: <a href="https://medium.com/the-ocean-trade" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://medium.com/the-ocean-trade</a></li> </ul> You can follow the hosts on Twitter!  Thomas Scaria (host): @tomscaria Louis Aboud (co-host): @louAboudHogben

Ep. 7, Fixing the Lehman Problem with Crypto: John Piotrowski, Founder and CEO of The Ocean