Ep. 727 Solana DeFi Is Growing Up — Jupiter’s COO Explains How

About this episode

Kash Dhanda discusses the evolution of Jupiter from a DEX aggregator to a comprehensive DeFi platform.

In this episode of the Crypto 101 Podcast, Kash Dhanda, COO of Jupiter, breaks down how Jupiter is evolving from Solana’s leading DEX aggregator into a full DeFi super app. He explains how Jupiter helps users get the best trading routes, why Jupiter Lend is growing through its partnership with Bitwise and Ethena, and how the platform is prioritizing security after recent DeFi exploits. The conversation also covers Jupiter Mobile, stablecoin payments, tokenized equities, prediction markets, and why Solana is becoming a major hub for real financial activity beyond meme coins. Kash also explains how meme coin mania stress-tested Solana and helped strengthen the network for more serious DeFi, payments, and tokenization use cases. Check Out Scribe: Scribe.how/CRYPTO101 Check Out Webroot: https://www.webroot.com/crypto101 Check out Quince: https://quince.com/CRYPTO101 Check out Shopify: https://shopify.com/crypto101 Check out Mars Men: https://mengotomars.com Get my #1 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…

People in this episode

Hosts: Bryce Paul, Brendan Viehman

Guest: Kash Dhanda

Topics covered

• Solana DeFi
• Jupiter DEX aggregator
• DeFi super app
• trading routes
• security in DeFi
• stablecoin payments
• tokenization

Keywords

• Solana
• DeFi
• Jupiter
• trading routes
• security
• stablecoins
• tokenization
• meme coins
• financial activity

Sponsors

Scribe, Webroot, Quince, Shopify, Mars Men

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Jupiter, Bitwise, Ethena, Solana

Books & works: Crypto Revolution

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