
Farzam Ehsani
Cofounder, CEO at VALR
Farzam Ehsani is the Co-Founder & CEO at VALR. Previously, he was the Blockchain Lead at Rand Merchant Bank. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley.
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Jeff Yan: I'm not interested in imitation, only in zero-to-one innovation On July 9, 2026, in an interview on the VALR podcast, Hyperliquid co-founder Jeff Yan @chameleon_jeff stated that the team is trying to build mostly things that do not yet exist to achieve a zero-to-one leap. He believes th
Jeff Yan: Crypto's biggest problem is the lack of top entrepreneurial talent On July 9, 2026, Hyperliquid co-founder Jeff Yan @chameleon_jeff stated in an interview on the VALR podcast that a fair criticism of the current crypto and fintech sectors is their inability to attract enough of the highes
Jeff Yan:加密行业最大的问题是无法吸引高质量的创业人才 2026 年 7 月 9 日,Hyperliquid 联合创始人 Jeff Yan @chameleon_jeff 在 VALR 播客采访中表示,当前加密和金融科技领域面临的一个中肯批评是未能吸引到足够多最顶尖的创业人才。他认为,在 AI 热潮和追求社会声望的压力下,最聪明的年轻人往往并不清楚自己做些什么才能产生最大的影响力,导致很少有人选择加入该领域。 Jeff Yan 表示,从第一性原理出发彻底重建金融工程、将学术界的概念转化为规模化的市场设计,是一件极其了不起的事情。他呼吁年轻一代不要只看事物的表面价值,而应看清世界真正
Jeff Yan on Hyperliquid's future vision: the AWS of finance On July 9, 2026, Hyperliquid co-founder Jeff Yan @chameleon_jeff stated on the VALR podcast that the platform is fundamentally a liquidity infrastructure layer for all of finance, rather than just an exchange. He believes that, much
要不是 Sushi 说自己重返 Hyperliquid Builder 榜第二,我之前还真没太留意到他。 @SushiSwap 4 月初上线的 Sushi Perps,就是通过 Builder Codes 接入了 @HyperliquidX,自己在中间赚部分手续费。 今日口号:做 DEX 就学 Sushi,做 CEX 就学 VALR。 https://x.com/SushiSwap/status/2075700901482758411
Jeff on how he views Hyperliquid relative to CEXs: > The House of All Finance is meant to be inclusive, not a vampire attack on existing businesses > Many CEXs view Hyperliquid as a competitor taking market share, he thinks that’s the wrong way to look at it > Hyperliquid is better viewed as a li
Thanks for having me on the podcast! It was a great conversation about a new category of integration: the first centralized exchange directly tapping into Hyperliquid's onchain infrastructure. https://x.com/VALRdotcom/status/2075171863723143219
Jeff受邀参加VALR采访播客,全长~58分钟 <CeDeFi: VALR's Integration of Hyperliquid> 时间轴: 00:00 - 开场与 Jeff 背景介绍 1:14 - VALR 背景与集成预告 2:49 - Jeff 的价值观来源 4:43 - Jeff 童年关键转折 6:57 - 个人专注力与 Hyperliquid 8:27 - VALR × Hyperliquid 集成真实背景 13:57 - 共鸣与协作意义 17:22 - CeFi 与 DeFi 的演进与共存 22:58 - 金融的拐点时刻 24:43 - Hyperliquid 的本质定位
Thanks for having me on the podcast! It was a great conversation about a new category of integration: the first centralized exchange directly tapping into Hyperliquid's onchain infrastructure. https://x.com/VALRdotcom/status/2075171863723143219
Following the recent launch of Perps on VALR, and our integration of @HyperliquidX, VALR's Co-Founder and CEO @farzamehsani sat down with Hyperliquid's Co-Founder and CEO Jeff Yan (@chameleon_jeff) to discuss the integration, the future of CeFi and DeFi, and their aspirations to move finance forward
