#72 He Sold Wall Street on Crypto by Never Mentioning Crypto — What Got Solstice to $500M TVL w CEO Ben Nadareski

<p>Hello everyone, </p><p><br></p><p>Today&#39;s guest is Ben Nadareski - CEO and Co-Founder of Solstice, building Solana&#39;s largest native stablecoin. Previously VP of Global Trading at Galaxy Digital, where he led the first crypto-derivative trades with global banks. Former nuclear physicist turned DeFi builder. Guest lecturer at Wharton on digital assets.</p><p><br></p><p>a TL;DR :</p><p>* Why and how &quot;institutional adoption&quot; as usually framed is misleading</p><p>* What TradFi still misunderstands about onchain markets</p><p>* How Solstice sells into a buyer that&#39;s allergic to typical crypto marketing</p><p>* Solstice&#39;s climb past $500M TVL without the usual hype playbook</p><p>* The $1B TensorX facility financing AI infrastructure (GPUs, data centers) in Europe</p><p>* How SLX, Solstice&#39;s token, listed across major exchanges (including Bybit)</p><p>* How much of Solstice&#39;s credibility rides on Ben Nadareski&#39;s pedigree (Wharton, Galaxy Digital, Goldman Sachs) vs. the product itself</p><p>* Ben&#39;s unpopular opinion on where crypto goes from here</p><p>* and more. </p><p><br></p><p>Get in touch:</p><p>Ben Nadareski</p><p>LinkedIn:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminnadareski/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminnadareski/⁠</a></p><p>X: ⁠<a href="https://x.com/ben_solstice" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://x.com/ben_solstice⁠</a></p><p>Solstice - <a href="https://solstice.finance" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠https://solstice.finance⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p>Follow us:</p><p>Twitter<a href="https://twitter.com/ooo_podcast" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ooo_podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p>The Web3 Marketing Hackathon - ⁠⁠⁠⁠<a href="https://x.com/web3mktghack" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://x.com/web3mktghack</a></p><p><a href="https://x.com/web3mktghack" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Alexandra -⁠⁠⁠ <a href="https://twitter.com/frogule" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/frogule</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/frogule" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Alex LinkedIn - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandranicorici/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandranicorici/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p>#solstice #Bennadareski #TVL #b2bmarketing #web3marketing </p>