Hendrik Hofstadt currently serves as a Director of the Wormhole Foundation. The Foundation has a mission of fostering development of the Wormhole protocol, a communication bridge between different public blockchains. Hendrik is also the chairman of the supervisory board at Neodyme AG. Prior to Wormhole, Hendrik co-founded and served as CEO for Certus One, a blockchain infrastructure company, which was acquired by Jump Crypto in 2021.

Hendrik walks through his crypto journey, cyber-security background and the power of proof-of-stake validators. Then, he explains Wormhole’s mission to bridge public blockchains, the difference between wrapped vs. cross-chain assets, and importance of data sharing. Finally, he discusses Ethereum, Wormhole’s roadmap and cross-chain wallets.

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. Developed, created and produced by SALT Venture Group, LLC.