Building Solana Economic Zones I Farhaj Mayan, Forma

This week, Dave speaks with Farhaj Mayan from Forma to better understand their recent announcement about creating the world's first Solana Economic Zone in Buenos Aires, Argentina. There is a long history of highly successful economic zones occurring outside the realm of crypto - and so it feels a natural next step to start talking with governments about how the crypto industry could also help to benefit trade within the relevant country. Argentina's recent history of high inflation and a crypto-savvy population makes it the ideal first step to showcase the benefits that such an economic arrangement could have for Argentinian citizens, and hopefully other citizens around the world as the economic model is rolled out elsewhere. - - Episode Resources Follow Farhaj : https://Twitter.com/farhajmayan Follow Forma : https://Twitter.com/formacity - - Podcast Resources Follow Sal: https://twitter.com/salxyz Follow Dave: https://twitter.com/SolBeachBum Follow Zen : https://twitter.com/ZenLlama Follow Unlayered: https://twitter.com/UnlayeredPod Subscribe on Spotify, Apple, or Google: https://unlayered.io/ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UnlayeredPod - - Time Stamps (0:00) - Farhaj’s Route To Crypto & Solana (8:45) - Examples of Existing Non-Crypto Economic Zones (13:17) - Bottom Up vs Top Down Approach (18:10) - Helping Bring Dollars Into Argentina (21:24) - Why Are Zones Required (25:43) - Which Crypto Companies Need Regulatory Exemptions (31:20) - Why Would Argentina Allow Citizens To Escape To A Foreign Currency (33:45) - Parallels With Balaji's Network States (37:59) - Upcoming Forma Conference In Buenos Aires (42:23) - Why Build A Solana-Only Initiative (46:39) - Dealing With Lack Of USDT On Solana (50:16) - Expanding To New Countries (51:31) - Differences To Work Done By Superteam