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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

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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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