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Empire · July 14, 2026 · 1h 14m

Fomo Co-Founders on Building the Social Network for Finance

Jason Yanowitz, Paul Erlanger, Se Yong

Paul and Se, co-founders of Fomo, discuss why consumer crypto has struggled to achieve mainstream adoption and how Fomo is reimagining onchain trading through a social-first approach. They explore the intersection of social networks and finance, creator-driven distribution, transparent onchain data as a discovery mechanism, and why they believe social finance represents the next major platform shift in the crypto ecosystem.

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Novel

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Social Finance as the Next Major Platform Shift09:32
Social finance — combining social networks with transparent onchain data — will be the next major platform shift in crypto, similar to how Robinhood democratized mobile trading and X created frictionless content distribution.
ClaudeChatGPTGemini

Highlights

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Consumer Crypto's Mainstream Adoption Problem03:35
Consumer crypto has repeatedly failed to achieve mainstream adoption because it was built by and for crypto natives, creating friction for regular users who lack the technical knowledge, risk tolerance, and existing portfolio context.
ClaudeChatGPTGemini
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Transparent Onchain Data as a Competitive Moat27:57
The transparency of onchain data — where anyone can see what smart money is doing in real time — is a structural advantage for consumer crypto products and a fundamental difference from traditional finance.
ClaudeChatGPTGemini
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Creator-Driven Distribution as Growth Model22:22
Crypto products can leverage creators as distribution channels in ways traditional finance cannot — creators can showcase their trading on their audience's feed, making product virality organic rather than paid.
ClaudeChatGPTGemini

Editorial

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Frictionless Onboarding as Product Moat58:00
The quality of onboarding — removing every possible barrier to a first trade — is a structural competitive advantage in consumer crypto, more important than feature parity or fees.
ClaudeChatGPTGemini

Misc

✧Fomo positions itself as the 'social layer' for crypto trading — democratizing what has been gatekept by crypto natives
✧Discussion frames 'frictionless onboarding' as a product design principle, not just a feature
✧Emphasis on transparent onchain data as the competitive moat — retail investors can see what smart money is doing
✧Comparison to Robinhood (early mobile trading) and X (social distribution) as structural precedents
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