- immigrant background
- raised by a single mother after divorce
- self-taught physics at 16
- wins gold at the International Physics Olympiad
- starts trading crypto in 2019 with $10K from a living room in Puerto Rico
- builds Chameleon, one of the largest crypto trading firms
- shuts it down voluntarily
- sees crypto drifting away from decentralization (FTX)
- decides to build something new
- co-founds Hyperliquid
- team of just 11 people
- no VC funding, no investors, no MMs
- rejects $100M at a $1B valuation
- processes over $4 trillion in volume
- generates ~$900M in profit in a single year
- core philosophy: neutrality and integrity
- fees automatically burned on-chain
- becomes one of the most profitable protocols in DeFi
- Jeff Yan
Just made this bot with my brotha @deadpouule to track daily vape sales for @puffpaw
We'd love to have other data like pods or revenue but it's not public rn (the Dune is broken). As soon as it is, we'll add it.
now wen new market on @Polymarket
-Will we reach 1 million devices before December 31, 2026 ?