This week, Marc Boiron (CEO, Polygon Labs) and Sandeep Nailwal (CEO, Polygon Foundation) joined Yano to dive into all the happenings at Polygon, their comeback plan, how the industry has shifted since last cycle, the best business models currently for chains and how Katana and the Agglayer will push not only the project, but crypto forward.

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:58 The Industry Today, As A Builder
06:45 Easier/More Difficult Than Last Cycle
15:36 Ads (Skale)
16:28 Sandeep + Polygon Foundation
21:52 2 Business Models For Chains
36:54 Ads (Skale)
37:47 Katana Explored
46:03 Why Katana
55:26 Ads (Falcon x,LEDN)
01:09:53 Polygon’s Future Vision
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