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Infrastructure should be abstracted like AWS, focusing on the right primitives for finance
  • Jeff draws a parallel between cloud infrastructure (AWS) and DeFi infrastructure (Hyperliquid).
  • By abstracting away low‑level details, developers can concentrate on business logic.
  • The platform combines general‑purpose capabilities with performant native financial primitives.
  • This design philosophy enables rapid, composable innovation across the ecosystem.
Jeff YanWhen Shift Happens55:55:00

Supporting quotes

“we're building the AWS of liquidity ... abstracting away the messy details of the exchange platform to let builders focus on product” — Jeff Yan
Summarizing the infrastructure vision
“general purpose infrastructure plus performant native implementations of financial primitives” — Jeff Yan
Detailing the technical stack

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