#367: Rebecca Liao, CEO of Saga, on Crypto’s Political Playbook, Launching an L1 for L1s, and Web3 Gaming

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Rebecca Liao is the CEO of Saga and an advisor to Sommelier Protocol, where she is designing their DAO. She is also the co-founder, advisor, and former COO at Skuchain, a currency agnostic blockchain for global trade. Before Skuchain, she was director of business development and head of Asia for Globality, a Softbank-backed B2B unicorn for AI-powered procurement of professional services.
Rebecca was a member of President Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign, where she helped advise on China, technology, and Asia economic policy. She also served on Secretary Clinton’s foreign policy team for her 2016 presidential campaign, responsible for Asia trade and economic policy.
She also writes for the New York Times, Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, The Atlantic, Bloomberg View, and various other publications. Rebecca is also a fellow at the Stanford Program in Law, Science, and Technology, where she focuses on tech policy.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- Launching an L1 for L1s
- Crypto’s political playbook
- Working for President Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign
- Politics and crypto
- Empowering developers
- Monolithic blockchains
- Present day web3 gaming
- Web3 entertainment
- Web3 games need L1s for scalability and zero gas fees
- Little - Saga’s liquidity integration layer
- Saga Origins, the publishing arm of the Saga Protocol
Saga
Website: www.saga.xyz
X: @Sagaxyz__
Rebecca Liao
X: @beccaliao
LinkedIn: Rebecca Liao

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