March 27, 2024
Surviving the Ups and Downs: Building a Resilient Non-Custodial Exchange with Andreas Brekken of SideShift
In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Andreas Brekken, the Founder of SideShift, to discuss his experience in the cryptocurrency space and the evolution of exchanges over the past decade. He also delves into the founding of SideShift and its focus on user privacy and zero registration. Andreas highlights the importance of building during bear markets and the recent successes of SideShift as the market trends upward.
In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Andreas Brekken, the Founder of SideShift, a non-custodial exchange dedicated to seamless onboarding and user privacy.
Join them as they:
- Unpack the evolution of exchanges in the past 10 years
- Discuss Andreas’ foray into crypto and building his first exchange
- Delve into the rise of SideShift
- Shine a light on the importance of user privacy and zero registration
- Weigh in on building a blockchain company for bull and bear cycles
- Explore SideShift’s recent successes and the future
- And much more!
Andreas Brekken is the founder of SideShift. He is also the founder and writer of the weekly Shitcoin.com Newsletter and Co-Host of the Shitcoin.com Podcast. With a background in programming, Andreas has been involved in the cryptocurrency space since 2011. He built his first exchange, Justcoin, from scratch in 2013 and worked as a software engineer at Kraken.
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Previous guests include: Rusty Matveev, Chief Strategy Officer at Calaxy; Andrew Lawrence, CEO and Co-Founder of Censo; Zac Townsend, CEO and Co-Founder of Meanwhile; Jesper Johansen, CEO and Co-Founder of Northstake; Tama Churchouse, COO of Cumberland Labs; Holly Wood of Boson Protocol; Sid Powell of Maple Finance; Chad Barraford of THORChain; and many others.
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