E180: Kast Founder: The Biggest Crypto Opportunity Of Our Lifetime Is Happening Right Now

Raags, founder of Kast, breaks down the massive crypto opportunity he bet his career on, why he scrapped Kast’s token for tokenized equity, and what really happens to your money if a crypto bank collapses.

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0:00 Introduction

1:58 How Raagulan Prioritizes What’s Done At Kast

4:35 Kast Employees Deal With Major Chaos

5:38 Raagulan’s Theory About Hiring For Kast

7:02 Why Firing People Can Be More Difficult

8:35 An Error That Could Kill Kast

9:52 Convincing A Stable Coin Skeptic 

12:06 Why Kast Has To Build Different Departments

18:32 Partnerships: @Variational @BitwiseInvest

19:24 Raagulan’s Thoughts On Fees

21:55 Kast’s Best Customer Type

23:53 Something Raagulan Shouldn’t Say Publicly

29:04 Raagulan’s Experience With GLP-Ones

34:05 Kast Is On Track For $100 Million In Revenue

36:55 Why Kast Hasn’t Blown Up Due To Misspending

41:04 Why Is Everyone Trying To Build Neo Banks

42:52 What’s Difficult About Building Neo Banks

49:14 Kast Isn’t A Card Business

50:43 How Kast Is Building Momentum

56:29 Partnerships: @KASTxyz @Trezor

57:33 Kevin’s Thoughts On Kast

58:59 What Does Kast Do With $80 Million

1:01:55 Would Raagulan Consider Selling Equity

1:08:39 Is Your Money Truly Yours When Inside Kast 

1:10:49 What Happens To Your Money If Kast Fails

1:17:38 Pros & Cons Between Non & Self Custodial

1:22:42 Partnerships: @JupiterExchange @Ethena

1:23:26 Should The Kast Community Feel Cheated

1:34:13 What’s This Tokenized Stock Based On?

1:35:25 The Hill Raagulan Is Willing To Die On

1:37:59 Is The Worse Behind Us In Crypto

1:42:57 One Thing To Remember From This Conversation

1:45:16 Closing Thoughts