
← Milk Road Crypto6 oct · 40 min
Why LayerZero Could Be the Biggest Sleeping Giant in Crypto
<p>In this episode of Milk Road Crypto, John Gillen sits down with Simon Baksys, Chief Business Officer at LayerZero, to unpack the company’s much bigger vision: a new high-performance Layer 1, institutional onchain markets, a “headless” exchange called Atlas, AI-agent payments, and potentially trillions of dollars moving onchain. LayerZero already powers cross-chain infrastructure for major assets and institutions. Now, with Xero, the team is building a blockchain designed to handle up to millions of transactions per second - performance aimed not just at DeFi, but at capital markets and high-frequency trading.</p><p><br></p><p>~~~~~</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://milkroad.com/pro/?utm_medium=audio&utm_source=podcast_crypto&utm_campaign=john_10/06" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"> 🚨Want to see what John’s actually buying? </a></p><p><a href="https://milkroad.com/pro/?utm_medium=audio&utm_source=podcast_crypto&utm_campaign=john_10/06" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">He just deployed a big chunk of his portfolio into alts, and Milk Road PRO members can see every move he’s making.</a></p><p><a href="https://milkroad.com/pro/?utm_medium=audio&utm_source=podcast_crypto&utm_campaign=john_10/06" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Watch it inside Milk Road PRO for just $1! </a></p><p><br></p><p>~~~~~</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://out.milkroad.com/Nexo2026Q3Podcast">🚀 Trade, earn, and borrow in one place with Nexo, a trusted digital asset platform managing over $7B in assets! </a></p><p><br></p><p>~~~~~</p><p><br></p><p>🔧 Tools & Channels</p><p><a href="https://out.milkroad.com/Sponsor">💼 Reach ambitious investors, builders & innovators.</a></p><p><br></p><p>~~~~~</p><p><br></p><p>✊ Follow Milk Road on Social Media:</p><p>👉 Milk Road Twitter:<a href="https://link.milkroad.com/X">