BeaconLayer(@BeaconLayerHQ):“What happens when someone inside one of the most iconic retail platforms of the last cycle sees its limits up close?” @kenzi_mori speaks with @jayendra_jog, Co-Founder of @SeiNetwork, to trace the path that took him from the early days of @RobinhoodApp in Palo Alto — through hypergrowth, the IPO era, and the shock of the GameStop moment — to building in crypto. They discuss how witnessing the mechanics and constraints of traditional financial infrastructure firsthand reshaped his thinking, why the suspension of buys during one of retail’s most defining episodes left such a lasting impression, and how that experience ultimately pushed him toward systems designed to be more open, more resilient, and less dependent on centralized control.

2026.08.11 14:46

“What happens when someone inside one of the most iconic retail platforms of the last cycle sees its limits up close?” @kenzi_mori speaks with @jayendra_jog, Co-Founder of @SeiNetwork, to trace the path that took him from the early days of @RobinhoodApp in Palo Alto — through hypergrowth, the IPO era, and the shock of the GameStop moment — to building in crypto. They discuss how witnessing the mechanics and constraints of traditional financial infrastructure firsthand reshaped his thinking, why the suspension of buys during one of retail’s most defining episodes left such a lasting impression, and how that experience ultimately pushed him toward systems designed to be more open, more resilient, and less dependent on centralized control.