{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwyre-talks.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fd3e71759-d3e71759","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Ep. 7, Fixing the Lehman Problem with Crypto: John Piotrowski, Founder and CEO of The Ocean","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/f3bead/f3beadda-c5e7-4084-813e-c07e6e77271f/97977e4d-4036-4244-b166-856781ea0858/1538525046artwork.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"In this Wyre Talks, our guest is John Piotrowski, founder and CEO of The Ocean. \r\n\r\nJohn 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.\r\n\r\nIn this episode, we also discuss:\r\n- How is the New York financial scene different from the SF crypto scene?\r\n- With a team in Krakow, Poland, what are the challenges in building a distributed team? How do you address them?\r\n- Transitioning from a career in political campaigning to being a VP at Goldman Sachs\r\n- How is the Ocean more than just a 0x relayer?\r\n- What led to the decision to build the infrastructure layer using the 0x protocol?\r\n- Why create an onboarding flow instead of just sticking with Metamask?\r\n- Why is verification and KYC so important to what the Ocean does?\r\n- Why does the Ocean choose to focus on the U.S. market when you could move to a country that supports your business?\r\n- What are the critical ingredients needed for institutional entry into the crypto space?\r\n- What's the purpose of the OCEAN token?\r\n\r\n"}