after almost 5 years, my time at @JupiterExchange has come to an end. i was lucky enough to join when Jupiter was barely a month old. i started out doing mostly ops stuff: managing the community on Discord, gathering user feedback, running campaigns, writing tweets. then slowly i got to talk to partners about integrations and trying to make Jupiter the default way to swap across Solana. no two months looked the same, and i’m thankful for every bit of it. i’m grateful to have played a small part in so many of the integrations Jupiter has today, from wallets and apps all the way to helping shape the plans for enterprise swap integrations. if you’ve ever swapped through Jupiter inside your favourite wallet or app, there’s a good chance i was part of the conversation. in the early days, i was lucky enough to be flying around to Hacker Houses, running workshops and panels, and repping Jupiter around the world. easily some of the most fun i’ve had in this industry. then came Jupiter Mobile. i got to be there from the acquisition of Ultimate Wallet, through the very first version, all the way to seeing it in everyone’s pocket today. so thankful i got to be part of that. and for the past 15 months, i got to work closely with @kashdhanda across multiple projects. we worked with the Fluid team on Jupiter Lend, then with Ethena on JupUSD and a dedicated Ethena market within Jupiter Lend. some of my fondest memories came from that stretch, and it’s where i learnt the most. but honestly, the work was great. the people were better. i’ve made some of the best friends i could ever ask for here, and the amount of love i’ve felt from my colleagues and friends is what makes leaving so hard. thank you, @sssionggg, for believing in me and giving me a chance. thank you, @weremeow, for the vision that kept us all going. thank you, @kashdhanda, for everything you taught me and all the sleepless brainstorming sessions. and thank you, @wassielawyer and @0xSoju, for being such good friends through it all. and thank you to all the ecosystem partners and friends i’ve met at Hacker Houses, Breakpoint, and countless conferences around the world. these 5 years wouldn’t have been the same without you guys. i’ve been running at 120% for the past few years, so it’s time to take a short break, recharge, and figure out what comes next.

what's your CRM stack for partnerships and sales right now? AI agents, notion, spreadsheets held together with tape, whatever works also how do you capture meetings? online calls are easy, but recording a coffee session IRL feels too creepy haha shill me your best setup

.@0xSoju I see Blackwing

Appreciate the kind words my friend. Enjoy every single bit of our late night conversations. Give me a call whenever you're in town.

if i can ever help with work, intros, or anything else, my DMs are always open. same goes if you just want to catch up. see you around

some other things i got to be part of along the way: helping make Jupiter the default gateway into Solana: swaps, onramps, bridges being part of the early perps discussions that eventually led to one of Solana’s biggest products helping design and launch vote.jup.ag fun experiments like goatswap and pawnhub. the names alone probably tell you how much fun we had not everything made it into a changelog, but i’m glad i got to be there for so much of it

I first mentioned Solana on 24 September 2022 — Survivor tier, rank #369. How early were you? earlytosolana.com/?h=benliew

that's right, it's just the start

been running this on solana: buy SPYx (on-chain S&P 500) collateralize → borrow JupUSD at 0.6% on @jup_lend deposit JupUSD → get JUICED at 5.58% loop JUICED → boost to 12.29% holding spy + xPoints + net yield on the borrow. not financial advice, just what's on my screen.