Ep. 718 Solana State of the Union: Why Trillions Are Coming to Solana

In this episode of the Crypto 101 Podcast, Catherine Gu from the Solana Foundation explains how Solana is building institutional-grade infrastructure to bring trillions of dollars on-chain. She breaks down the Solana Developer Platform, designed to simplify building for banks, asset managers, and payment companies by abstracting blockchain complexity. The conversation highlights why Solana stands out through liquidity, real-world scalability, and high-speed performance that rivals traditional finance systems. They also explore major future themes like tokenization, privacy, and AI integration as the next wave of crypto adoption. Check out Quince: Check out Shopify: Check out Mars Men: Get my altcoin pick for this month. Get immediate access to my entire crypto portfolio for just $1.00 today! Get your FREE copy of "Crypto Revolution" and start making big profits from buying, selling, Get immediate access to my entire crypto portfolio.. just $1.00 today! Go here to get access: Get your FREE copy of "Crypto Revolution: Your Guide To The Future of Money". In this book, I reveal how to make (and keep) a fortune during this crypto bull run! Chapters 00:00 — Intro: Solana Foundation + why this project is dominating headlines 03:20 — Why Catherine left Visa to join Solana 06:30 — What Solana is really building (hint: global financial infrastructure) 10:00 — Solana Developer Platform: making institutions build on-chain faster 16:00 — Why Solana doesn’t force use cases (market-driven growth) 21:00 — The most underrated sector on Solana: privacy + compliance 28:30 — Trillions coming on-chain: stablecoins → tokenization shift 33:30 — Why Solana wins: liquidity, speed, and real-world usage 37:30 — Price vs fundamentals: why growth isn’t reflected yet 41:30 — What’s next: trading, AI + crypto, and future Solana upgrades

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Ep. 718 Solana State of the Union: Why Trillions Are Coming to Solana is an episode from CRYPTO 101 by Bryce Paul & Brendan Viehman .

This episode is 39:18 long.

This episode was published on Apr 15, 2026.

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