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In this Wyre Talks, our guest is John Piotrowski, founder and CEO of The Ocean. \n\nJohn has a past life in political campaigning and traditional finance, but made the pivot to cryptocurrency and founded the Ocean in 2017. The Ocean provides wallet-to-wallet trading on a high performance, institution-grade, decentralized platform that provides more liquidity with less risk. They also strive to create an intuitive trading experience, while maintaining a safe exchange with KYC/AML performed on their users.\n\nIn this episode, we also discuss:\n- How is the New York financial scene different from the SF crypto scene?\n- With a team in Krakow, Poland, what are the challenges in building a distributed team? How do you address them?\n- Transitioning from a career in political campaigning to being a VP at Goldman Sachs\n- How is the Ocean more than just a 0x relayer?\n- What led to the decision to build the infrastructure layer using the 0x protocol?\n- Why create an onboarding flow instead of just sticking with Metamask?\n- Why is verification and KYC so important to what the Ocean does?\n- Why does the Ocean choose to focus on the U.S. market when you could move to a country that supports your business?\n- What are the critical ingredients needed for institutional entry into the crypto space?\n- What's the purpose of the OCEAN token?