{"id":109132,"date":"2026-04-26T05:05:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T20:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coin.iroirojapon.com\/?p=109132"},"modified":"2026-04-26T05:27:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T20:27:49","slug":"my-path-from-hedge-fund-quant-to-solana-catherine-gu-on-the-lightspeed-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coin.iroirojapon.com\/?p=109132","title":{"rendered":"My Path from Hedge Fund Quant to Solana | Catherine Gu on the Lightspeed Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube\"><iframe title=\"My Path from Hedge Fund Quant to Solana | Catherine Gu on the Lightspeed Podcast\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A8m7Z8N3xuI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Catherine Gu on her path from hedge fund quant to the Solana Foundation<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I started as a quant in the city of London, working in a hedge fund&#8230;what really drove me to crypto in general is the technology shift&#8230;you\u2019re just seeing all the technology changing in a very clear direction, especially younger people who started in finance around the 2010s beginning to question if the norm will always be that way or whether there\u2019s a new chance to rewrite history. <\/p>\n<p>For me, I think that\u2019s really what it means to be part of the crypto ecosystem, because ultimately it is about finance. 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