$SOL ๐ Have you heard about this guy? ๐
He lost $14.5M on FTX. Now, he's the founder of Solana's biggest NFT collection!
Here's the untold story of Armani Ferrante and his insane comeback ๐ฝ๐งต
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๐จโ๐ผ Armani Ferrante is the founder of Backpack. He previously worked as a software engineer at Oasis Labs.
๐ป His journey into crypto began in university and escalated while working at Apple, where the Ethereum white paper blew his mind. He left Apple to focus on crypto, writing open-source code that caught the attention of companies, eventually joining **Alameda**.
โก Turning Point: Sam Bankman-Fried introduced Armani to Solana at Alameda, sparking a major shift in his career.
๐ Armani first introduced Coral, the firm behind anchorlang, a top developer framework for Solana.
๐ Next Project: He began creating Backpack, aiming to make it the leading decentralized exchange on Solana. In 2022, he secured $20M in funding led by FTX and Jump Crypto.
๐ The Twist: Most funds were stored on FTX, and when FTX collapsed, it was chaos. But Armani stayed calm and had a plan.
๐ The team pushed on, introducing xNFTs and creating MadLads, one of Solana's most popular NFT collections.
๐ช After a break, Armani and his team fully launched Backpack Exchange, making it a leading exchange on Solana through relentless effort.
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๐ฅ Follow Armani's incredible journey and see how resilience and innovation lead to success!
