The Truth About Crypto Super Apps with Mert and Backpack Co-Founder Armani Ferrante
The Rollup21 Apr 2025

The Truth About Crypto Super Apps with Mert and Backpack Co-Founder Armani Ferrante

The race for the ultimate crypto super app is heating up. Who will own the user experience?

In this episode, we chat with Mert Mumtaz, CEO of Helius, and Armani Ferrante, CEO of Backpack. Armani takes us through his transition from Apple to Alameda Research, and how that journey led to building one of Solana’s fastest-growing platforms.

As markets deal with tariff tensions, institutional adoption is quietly gaining momentum. We dive into the "fat wallet thesis," the shifting role of Bitcoin in smart contract platforms, and how the finance-crypto merger creates opportunities.

We also talk about Backpack’s unique approach to balancing censorship resistance with compliance, which is one of the biggest challenges for crypto to go mainstream.

Let's jump in.


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