Show Notes
In this episode I had the CEO of Backpack, Armani Ferrante on. The conversion covered from his view on centralized exchanges to what he thinks of non-custodial wallets. We also discussed a lot beyond the business of Backpack. If you're interested, you should tune in yourself!
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