#388: Solo Ceesay, CEO of Calaxy, on The Future of Decentralized Media, The Rise of SuperApps, and Democratizing the Internet
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Solo Ceesay is CEO and Co-Founder at Calaxy. Before co-founding Calaxy with his business partner, Brooklyn Nets star Spencer Dinwiddie, Solo held the position of Securitization Investment Banker at Citi after graduating from the Wharton School of Business. As a 30-year-old tech founder, Solo has successfully spearheaded over $33.5 million in private funding for Calaxy. He was named one of Variety’s Hollywood’s New Leaders of 2022, and has brought his financial expertise to many mainstream audiences including Nasdaq, CNBC, and Cheddar News, as well as on his own video podcast New Money.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- Democratizing the internet
- The rise of super apps and how SocialFi will enable cryptocurrency adoption
- Future of decentralized media and the creator economy
- The benefits of decentralization & giving users control over data
- The global impact of the U.S. election on crypto and the wider economy
- The true power of Polymarket
- Decentralized identity
- Making Web3 technology accessible to both creators and fans
- Calaxy’s new integration with Solana
- Creating dApps and decentralized communities in one minute
- Calaxy Worlds
Calaxy
Website: calaxy.com
X: @CalaxyApp
Solo Ceesay
X: @SoloCeesay
LinkedIn: Solo Ceesay
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