In 2021, the subreddit forum r/wallstreetbets, also known as Wallstreetbets (WSB) became an extremely popular forum after the members played a major role in the Gamestop short squeeze escapade. In recent times, the founder of WSB, Jaime Rogozinski has been behind a new decentralized finance project called the Wallstreetbets Dapp (wsbdapp.com). Rogozinski spoke with Bitcoin.com News this past week and he discussed the Wallstreetbets Dapp and how traditional and crypto finance are spilling over into each other.
Wallstreetbets Collides With Decentralized Finance
Just recently, Bitcoin.com News chatted with Jaime Rogozinski, the founder of the infamous Wallstreetbets forum. These days, Rogozinski is very focused on defi and the WSB founder is now behind a new defi project called the Wallstreetbets Dapp (wsbdapp.com). Rogozinski discussed the project with Bitcoin.com News in great detail, in order to give our readers some perspective of the decentralized app, exchange-traded portfolios (ETPs), non-fungible token (NFT) assets, and his thoughts about defi regulation.
Bitcoin.com News (BCN): Can you tell our readers about the Wallsteetbets Dapp and how you got involved with the idea?
Jaime Rogozinski (JR): I was invited to join on after the idea was solidly developed by the founding team to basically create this decentralized financial (defi) ecosystem. When they invited me to come on board, I decided to put my twist on trying to combine crypto with regular equities. To bring in a lot of the people that are just exclusively trading equities and realizing the huge number of tools that are available via defi and blockchain technology.
The decentralized app (wsbdapp.com), what it does is create a trading ecosystem on a blockchain with defi. We have several components that are now available and we’re constantly
