The Smart Economy Podcast: Real-World Blockchain Applications with Crypto, DeFi, NFTs, and DAOs Surviving the Ups and Downs: Building a Resilient Non-Custodial Exchange with Andreas Brekken of SideShift
Mar 27, 2024
49:12
In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Andreas Brekken, the Founder of SideShift, a non-custodial exchange dedicated to seamless onboarding and user privacy.
Join them as they:
- Unpack the evolution of exchanges in the past 10 years
- Discuss Andreas’ foray into crypto and building his first exchange
- Delve into the rise of SideShift
- Shine a light on the importance of user privacy and zero registration
- Weigh in on building a blockchain company for bull and bear cycles
- Explore SideShift’s recent successes and the future
- And much more!
Andreas Brekken is the founder of SideShift. He is also the founder and writer of the weekly Shitcoin.com Newsletter and Co-Host of the Shitcoin.com Podcast. With a background in programming, Andreas has been involved in the cryptocurrency space since 2011. He built his first exchange, Justcoin, from scratch in 2013 and worked as a software engineer at Kraken.
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