E163: Jupiter President: How Crypto Will Replace Your Bank (And Why Wall Street Knows It)

E163: Jupiter President: How Crypto Will Replace Your Bank (And Why Wall Street Knows It)

From When Shift Happens Podcast by Kevin Follonier

March 19, 2026 · 1h 20m · Episode 163

About this episode

Xiao-Xiao discusses his transition from Wall Street to crypto and the innovations at Jupiter.

Xiao-Xiao is the President of Jupiter, the leading DeFi super app on Solana, and former digital assets lead at KKR, one of the world's top private equity firms. In this episode, he reveals why he left Wall Street to go all-in on crypto - and how Jupiter is building zero-fee global payments that could disrupt a $5 trillion market. THE SHIFT NEWSLETTER 💡Go beyond the mic - subscribe to The Shift, my new weekly newsletter where I share the uncut stories, raw takes, and behind-the-scenes notes from When Shift Happens: https://www.kevinfollonier.com/crypto-web3-newsletter ___________ PARTNERS 🚀 Jupiter is the most used Decentralized Exchange in Crypto and the largest DEX by volume on Solana: https://jup.ag/ 💳 KAST lets you manage and spend stablecoins or crypto with a Visa Card or Apple Pay. Live in 100+ countries: https://go.kast.xyz/VqVO/SHIFT 🔓 Trezor offers the safest cold-storage wallets for crypto and true financial independence. Buy with 10% off (promo code in video): https://trezor.io/?transaction_id=102... 🌱 Bitwise Asset Management manages $15B+ across 30+ crypto investment products — ETFs, index funds, alpha, staking, and more. https://bitwiseinvestments.com/ 🔒Sumsub…

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Host: Kevin Follonier

Guest: Xiao-Xiao

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KAST, Trezor, Bitwise Asset Management, Sumsub

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Organizations: Jupiter, KKR

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