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Bootstrapping CoinGecko: Bobby Ong on Integrity, Surviving Crypto Cycles, and Playing the Long Game
In this episode of When Shift Happens , I sit down with Bobby Ong, co-founder and CEO of CoinGecko, to discuss how he bootstrapped one of crypto’s most trusted data platforms with just $200 and no venture capital. Over the course of the conversation, Bobby reflects on discovering Bitcoin in 2013, building CoinGecko through multiple brutal market cycles, resisting the many shortcuts that exist in crypto, and why playing long-term games with long-term people may be the only way

Kevin Follonier
4 days ago5 min read


Drunk Wisdom and Digital Wealth: Raoul Pal’s Playbook to the Banana Zone
Raoul Pal is known for spotting macro shifts before they hit the mainstream. But in his latest appearance on When Shift Happens , he...

Kevin Follonier
May 15, 20253 min read
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