""AI has been a great force multiplier for somebody who's an expert," said Yakovenko, describing his experience with agentic coding after more than 15 years developing software. "Now I can just watch Claude churning through its thing and I can almost smell when it's going off the rails.""
""If people are in a meeting with me and I'm not paying attention," he continued, "it's because I'm watching Claude.""
""If you are a back-office finance person, you actually get crypto much, much faster," Yakovenko said. "Finance people deal with settlement risk all the time. They deal with banking risk all the time.""
"The system announced $2.85 billion in annual revenue earlier this month, fueled largely by crypto trading platforms."
Anatoly Yakovenko has grown comfortable stepping back from hands-on software development by relying on agentic coding tools like Claude, which he monitors for errors. He describes AI as a force multiplier that increases expert productivity and lets him oversee work without direct coding. Solana reported $2.85 billion in annual revenue driven largely by crypto trading platforms, and a newly launched Solana ETF by Bitwise drew nearly $70 million in a single day. Yakovenko attributes momentum to greater acceptance among conventional finance professionals who understand settlement and banking risk. Cryptocurrencies face criticism for enabling public bribery, notably Solana-hosted Trumpcoin directing an estimated $350 million to the president amid controversy over high-profile pardons.
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