{"id":"QUEeIrFlVwk","title":"Zaki Manian Journey in Chain Abstraction and DeFi","description":"Zaki Manian (Co-Founder of Sommelier Finance) intro to the cryptocurrency industry through chain abstraction and co-founding the innovative DeFi protocol, Sommelier Finance. Discover the collaborations, achievements, and insights gained from working with Cosmos, Near, Polygon, Gorick, Frontier, and more. Don't miss this industry-wide effort towards a better future. #CryptocurrencyRevolution #ChainAbstraction #DeFiInnovation #SommelierFinance #Collaborations #CryptoCommunity #IndustryInsights #CosmosProject #FutureOfFinance #TechAdvancements #Chainabstracted #chainabstractedpodcast","channel_name":"NEAR Protocol","published_at":"2024-05-29T00:00:00.000Z","thumbnail_url":"https://img.youtube.com/vi/QUEeIrFlVwk/hqdefault.jpg","transcript_text":"uh hi my name is Zaki M I have been on uh been working in cryptocurrency since 2013 uh been contributed to Cosmos co-founder of a defi protocol called similary Finance which is an example of chain abstraction me and my co-founder Christie uh conceived of it as a chain abstraction app from the beginning um uh and we also uh and then I've been working on this chain abstraction concept with a bunch of people I've been working on it with near I've been working on it with polygon I've been working on it with goric been working on it with Frontier it's a group effort uh just talking to socket people uh last week in Dubai uh you know everyone is this is a big uh industry effort so why why why why why uh I started working with interoperability protocols um for a long time because I thought you know I was always skeptical decided there going to be one blockchain um now we have blockchains they do interoperate um it's pretty great","transcript_synced_at":"2026-11-03T05:52:28.550Z","segments":[{"start_seconds":0,"text":"uh hi my name is Zaki M I have been on uh been working in cryptocurrency since","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUEeIrFlVwk&t=0s"},{"start_seconds":6,"text":"2013 uh been contributed to Cosmos co-founder of a defi protocol called similary Finance which is an example of","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUEeIrFlVwk&t=6s"},{"start_seconds":14,"text":"chain abstraction me and my co-founder Christie uh conceived of it as a chain abstraction app from the beginning um uh","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUEeIrFlVwk&t=14s"},{"start_seconds":22,"text":"and we also uh and then I've been working on this chain abstraction concept with a bunch of people I've been working on it with near","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUEeIrFlVwk&t=22s"},{"start_seconds":29,"text":"I've been working on it with polygon I've been working on it with goric been working on it with Frontier it's a group effort uh just talking to socket people","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUEeIrFlVwk&t=29s"},{"start_seconds":37,"text":"uh last week in Dubai uh you know everyone is this is a big uh industry effort so why why why why why uh I","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUEeIrFlVwk&t=37s"},{"start_seconds":46,"text":"started working with interoperability protocols um for a long time because I thought you know I was always skeptical decided there going to be one blockchain","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUEeIrFlVwk&t=46s"},{"start_seconds":54,"text":"um now we have blockchains they do interoperate um it's pretty great","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUEeIrFlVwk&t=54s"}],"youtube_url":"https://youtube.com/watch?v=QUEeIrFlVwk","url":"https://near-pedia.xyz/videos/QUEeIrFlVwk"}