‘We were worried about ecosystem startups' — Solana CEO on FTX collapse
Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko reflects on the fallout of FTX's failure and its initial impact on Solana ecosystem builders. The now-infamous collapse of FTX sent shockwaves through the broader cryptocurrency space in 2022, but the Solana ecosystem was particularly hard hit in the fallout. Speaking exclusively to Cointelegraph at the latest edition of the Solana Breakpoint conference hosted in Amsterdam, Solana co-founder and CEO Anatoly Yakovenko recalls his concern for several projects that were building on the layer 1 smart contract blockchain protocol. “I was more worried about the ecosystem of start ups; we didn’t know how exposed teams were,” Yakovenko explains. Solana’s native token SOL saw a significant drop in value in the immediate wake of FTX’s bankruptcy, with its token trading at $36 in early Nov. 2022 before dropping as low as $12 in the days after the exchange’s collapse . Related: Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all 7 charges in FTX fraud trial Solana’s ...