Hyperliquid co-founder Jeff Yan said in a recent appearance on the VALR podcast that one of the biggest problems facing crypto and fintech today is their failure to attract enough top entrepreneurial talent. In his view, the surge of interest in artificial intelligence, along with social prestige factors, has shaped how many high-achieving young people think about career choices. As a result, he said, relatively few of them are choosing to build in crypto.
Yan argued that rebuilding financial systems from first principles and turning academic theory into scalable market design remain highly meaningful work. He urged younger founders to look past surface-level value and focus instead on real-world problems, while taking part in the development and innovation of on-chain finance.
According to BlockBeats, Hyperliquid co-founder Jeff Yan said on a recent VALR podcast that one of the biggest issues facing the crypto and fintech sectors is the inability to draw enough top entrepreneurial talent.
Yan said the AI boom and social prestige considerations have influenced career decisions among many of the most capable young people. In his view, many of them are unclear about which fields can create the greatest value, and few ultimately choose to enter crypto.
He said rebuilding financial systems from first principles and translating academic theory into scalable market design is meaningful work. Yan also called on young founders to look beyond surface-level value, focus on the real problems facing the world, and take part in the development and innovation of on-chain finance.
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