In this episode of BeaconLayer Podcast, Kenzi Morikawa, Diksha Wells, and Sachi Miyasaki sit down with Jack Lu, CEO and one of the four co-founders of Magic Eden, to talk through the platform’s evolution from a Solana-native NFT marketplace into a broader multi-chain hub — and what that shift says about where NFTs are actually going.

Before co-founding Magic Eden, Jack built experience across FTX, Google, and Boston Consulting Group. Magic Eden launched in September 2021 and quickly became a home base for Solana NFT collections. As the market matured, the team leaned into a multi-chain thesis — integrating Ethereum-based NFT collections and later adding Polygon as a third supported chain in November 2022, reinforcing their commitment to a multi-chain future.

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