
DROPS E33: @edison0xyz from @BasedOneX: The Robinhood of Hyperliquid and why AI Agents Need Wallets Edison is a co-founder of Based, a non-custodial trading platform built on top of @HyperliquidX. We discuss the four pivots he went through, the fraud attack that wiped out profitability, and a $200K-in-the-bank moment where he had to decide whether to keep going or walk away - and the numbers now speak for themselves. $40B in trading volume and $50M in revenue in under 8 months. We talk about: - Losing 95% of his net worth in the Terra/Luna collapse in 2022 - Four pivots in four years - from DeFi yield protocol, to stablecoin payment gateway, to crypto card issuer, to where Based is today - Why builders in crypto need to also be traders - How Based monetises on top of Hyperliquid - The three buckets of crypto traders - retail, retail pro, and pro - Why AI agents are the next massive wave of wallet users - The fraud attack in April 2024 that wiped out a profitable card business overnight And much more.... Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 1:08 - Welcome to DROPS 1:47 - Who are you? 2:20 - What is Ziliqa? 3:42 - Ziliqa Joining Story 6:04 - Inspiration to build own project 8:16 - LUNA and the Promises 10:04 - Building in Terra ecosystem 11:37 - Terra Crash 13:10 - Hyperliquid X Terra 13:50 - The Recovery Playbook 17:04 - Builder vs Trader? 20:26 - How to raise funds? 31:05 - Hit by a Fraud 34:17 - Motivation for Builders 37:54 - What is BASED? 38:53 - Builder's Code 39:37 - Comparisons with Binance and Coinbase Pro 40:41 - Importance of Social Variety 42:33 - From Last Shot to $15M Revenue 44:06 - Role of @ethena in @hyenatrade 44:53 - Believe in yourself 46:48 - What different BASED is doing with perps? 49:57 - BASED AI Gateway 54:51 - Outro















