Solana, Tokenized Stocks, and Backpack w/ Armani Ferrante | Raoul Pal The Journey Man

Raoul Pal welcomes Armani Ferrante, founder of Backpack and Mad Lads, for a conversation on Solana, tokenized stocks, prediction markets, AI agents, and the future of global finance. Armani explains how Backpack is working to bring regulated financial markets onchain, why tokenized equities could open access to U.S. stocks around the world, and how crypto rails may become the global API for finance.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - The Future of Crypto: Bringing the Global Economy On-Chain

02:49 - Armani Ferrante’s Journey Into Crypto and Solana

06:26 - Surviving FTX and Betting on Solana’s Comeback

10:10 - How Backpack Plans to Build the Future of Finance

11:51 - Why Crypto’s Next 100x Will Come From Mainstream Adoption

16:03 - Regulation, Tokenized Stocks, and Bringing Finance On-Chain