Building a successful business in an exponentially growing industry | The Scoop w/ Bill Barhydt

Bill Barhydt is the founder and CEO of Abra, a global platform for digital asset prime services and wealth management.

In this episode recorded live at Emergence, Barhydt and Chaparro discuss how building a successful crypto businesses requires careful navigation of complex legal and regulatory hurdles, and how this process might change under the new Trump administration.

OUTLINE
00:00 Introduction
01:57 Building in Crypto
05:38 Abra’s Pivots
09:48 Surviving FTX
14:18 Abra’s Future Strategy
16:26 Regulation & Innovation
20:32 Closing Thoughts

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GUEST LINKS
Bill Barhydt – https://www.linkedin.com/in/billbar/
Bill Barhydt on X – https://x.com/billbarX
Abra – https://www.abra.com/
Abra on X – https://x.com/abraglobal