Tengji Zhang

Avalanche is Chicago: trying to be the next Wall Street, but newer, cheaper, more aggressive. It specializes in finance and trading. 

Decentralization Naval:  Some people may say you guys are not  decentralized and  only  getting away with this because  you don't have Feds knocking down  doors.  Could you still work if you guys were  forbidden from working?  Who could  survive that level of assault?

TradFi companies are trying to package together financial instruments other TradFi companies feel comfortable buying so that they don't have to hold crypto due to various regulatory complications.

Application-specific blockchains will remain niche.In the physical world, transportation accounts for almost half the GDP of housing. If we see anything like that in crypto, cross-chain bridges will become extremely valuable.