Solana Is Winning the Trading War

Jito Labs co-founder & CEO Lucas Bruder joins Gareth Jenkinson at Consensus to explain why Jito is expanding from Solana infrastructure into consumer trading products with the launch of JTX.

The conversation explores Solana’s performance advantages, the evolution of onchain trading, meme coins, institutional adoption, and how builders survived the collapse of FTX and the broader Solana bear market.

OUTLINE
00:00 – Introduction
00:31 – Why Build on Solana
02:15 – Solana vs Ethereum
03:32 – Solana Builder Challenges
05:38 – Launching JTX
08:12 – The Future of Trading
09:05 – Meme Coins and RWAs
11:27 – FTX and Solana
13:33 – Solana Builder Culture
15:00 – JTX and AI Tools

Guest links:
Lucas Bruder – https://twitter.com/buffalu__
Jito Labs – https://twitter.com/jito_labs
Jito – https://twitter.com/jito_sol
JTX – https://twitter.com/jtx_trade

Host links:
Gareth Jenkinson – ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/gazza_jenks
The Block – https://twitter.com/theblockco

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