Simran Keyz

🎙 Singer & storyteller
Founder @OwnItSocials (creative strategy + content)
Vlogs & music on YouTube
Living online, creating offline

[Simran Keyz @SimranKeyz]

Knowing yourself means nothing if you don’t act on it. Awareness without action is just self-sabotage.

[Simran Keyz @SimranKeyz]

@GuiBibeau Congrats! Onwards and upwards! 👏🏼💯

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@GuiBibeau Aww thank you so much, Gui! It’s been great producing content for you! :)

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A little BTS of the work we’ve been doing. @GuiBibeau × @OwnItSocials

[Own It Socials @ownitsocials]

Behind the scenes with @GuiBibeau

A little look at the process behind the content we produced for Gui. From the setup and filming to bringing the final pieces together.

Check out the produced content on Gui’s Youtube Channel👇
https://t.co/PM8gc6dNOi

[Own It Socials @ownitsocials]

Behind the scenes with @GuiBibeau

A little look at the process behind the content we produced for Gui. From the setup and filming to bringing the final pieces together.

Check out the produced content on Gui’s Youtube Channel👇
https://t.co/PM8gc6dNOi

[Simran Keyz @SimranKeyz]

@GuiBibeau @iamzhe @mattpocockuk Been fun building these with you. More to come!

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@GuiBibeau Woah! I think I def need to make a trip to Japan!

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@RohanLePage Let’s go!

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@MetaforBusiness I urgently need help with a hacked Facebook Page.
My Facebook Page was compromised and I have lost access/control of it. I’ve already tried the available Meta recovery/support channels but haven’t been able to resolve it.

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I have recovered my Google account and completed the hacked-channel investigation. However, my original channel 'Simran Keyz' (26K+ subscribers) is still missing from my account. Can my original channel ownership be restored? @TeamYouTube

[Simran Keyz @SimranKeyz]

This account contains years of my work and my 26K+ subscriber YouTube channel.

[Simran Keyz @SimranKeyz]

My Gmail account was hacked on July 15, my YouTube channel was hijacked. I've exhausted every official recovery option and I'm still locked out.
I'm respectfully asking for a Google or YouTube representative to review it.

@TeamYouTube @Google

[Simran Keyz @SimranKeyz]

@TeamYouTube I tried this, but unfortunately I don’t have my two-step verification on with the selfie or other ways besides the recovery email or my phone number. Could we please solve this as it’s associated to my YouTube channel with 26,000+ subscribers. I’ve tried all ways.

[Simran Keyz @SimranKeyz]

My Gmail & YouTube account was compromised, and I'm stuck in Google's recovery loop despite knowing my password.

If anyone at Google can point me in the right direction, I'd really appreciate it. 🙏

@TeamYouTube @Google

[Simran Keyz @SimranKeyz]

@TeamYouTube I tried this, but unfortunately I don’t have my two-step verification on with the selfie or other ways besides the recovery email or my phone number. Could we please solve this as it’s associated to my YouTube channel with 26,000 + subscribers. I’ve tried all ways possible.

[Sahib @seeksahib]

This podcast is a special one.

Based Show presents @fiddybps1 [founder of @tradeparadigm @paradex ]

We unpack the journey of building The Defi Super App

The vision, the mission, the relentlessness, the execution. The man is a warrior !

Timestamps:

0:00 : Raw backstory & origin of the persona
2:19 : Attraction to fringe culture & diverse upbringing
4:24 : Gaming as first love
4:57 : Parents vs passion (traditional Indian household
7:02 : Music, DJing & creative experimentation
8:46 : Reality check – passion vs financial reality in India
9:45 : Entrepreneurial family background
11:04 : Falling in love with finance (first MBA finance class)
12:31 : Curiosity for misunderstood & fringe systems
14:03 : First job in finance (quant → trading desk)
17:16 : Bitcoin whitepaper moment
20:05 : Machine learning & exposure to new models
22:20 : Discovering broken systems in commodities trading
26:33 : Trading floor feels like a LAN party
28:43 : First automation breakthrough (15 min → seconds)
30:45 : “You should build a company” realization
31:18 : Immigrant founder constraint (visa risk)
33:22 : Forced delay becomes strategic advantage
34:40 : Biggest milestone – overcoming immigration
37:43 : Founder psychology (war with your own mind)
39:03 : Paradigm growth & institutional dominance
41:01 : Why Paradex exists (dependencies kill companies)
42:54 : FTX collapse & darkest period
46:38 : Choosing the fight instead of quitting
51:30 : Transition from survival → long-term vision
55:38 : DeFi super center framework (financial mega-cities analogy)
57:26 : Privacy as non-negotiable
59:54 : PRISM revealed (alpha moment)
1:02:50 : Toxic vs non-toxic flow explained
1:06:22 : Why ZK > L1 > Optimistic rollups
1:09:54 : Zero fees ≠ zero revenue
1:12:50 : Revenue increased after zero fees
1:16:09 : Real competition isn’t other DEXs (TradFi is the enemy)
1:20:05 : Infrastructure vs consumer apps (liquidity infrastructure thesis)
1:21:00 : “Trade anything, with anyone, settle instantly” A vision
1:22:48 : Why this vision is brutally hard & requires suffering
1:25:11 : Team size reveal
1:27:36 : Flat org structure (no managers, 2 meetings/week)
1:29:11 : Brutal hiring funnel (530 → 6 → 3 hires)
1:32:03 : Determination > pedigree (why degrees don’t matter)
1:34:32 : Family influence & father’s story
1:37:08 : Meritocracy, empathy & values
1:38:48 : Becoming a father & legacy mindset
1:40:46 : TGE delay, farming accusations & retention-first logic
1:43:51 : Tokenomics, alignment & governance pillars
1:47:54 : Biggest fear – not reaching full potential
1:49:30 : Closing remarks & outro

[Simran Keyz @SimranKeyz]

Everyone’s got their bedtime meditations. Mine tonight is Nanak Naam Rakhaya by @diljitdosanjh. Some real peace in this one 🕊️
Happy Gurpurab to all 🙏🏽

https://t.co/MjthTNKISO

[Simran Keyz @SimranKeyz]

This year I had a long list of things to do before 30 and tried to rush them all. It only left me tired. Now I’m learning to slow down, focus on 2–4 things that matter, and let consistency beat chaos.

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DON’T CHASE THE HABIT.
CHASE THE FEELING.

It’s not yoga I’m addicted to, it’s the calm and clarity I feel after.

That’s the reminder. Consistency comes from being hooked on the feeling, not the act itself.