Angie Lau

Angie Lau is the founder and CEO of Forkast.News, a digital media platform that covers emerging technology at the intersection of business, politics and economy-starting with blockchain. Forkast.News provides deep insights and analysis of the impact of innovation across industries and borders for corporate decision-makers and professionals.

Angie is an award-winning 20+ year veteran in broadcast journalism, most recognized for her role as Bloomberg Television's Asia anchor of "First Up with Angie Lau" where she collected 10,000+ interviews in her career, including some of the top newsmakers and business leaders in the world.

The transition from journalist to founder began with the recognition that old media was being quickly disrupted by increasing demand for digital content. To remain impactful and relevant, media and journalism had to evolve. Her desire to understand blockchain technology better, as a possible tool for better media, led to founding Forkast.News in late 2018.

Angie is a long-time advocate and mentor in journalism. As the former two-term President of AAJA Asia Chapter, she supercharged the membership from dozens to now 300+ members across the Asia Pacific region. Under her tenure, AAJA Asia continued to grow its flagship journalism conference for media professionals: New.Now.Next Media Conference, now going into its next decade. As the former co-director of AAJA's other flagship national youth program, "J Camp" - a 5-day bootcamp for high school students interested in journalism - Angie has proudly helped inspire, mentor, and lead the next generation of journalists. She always makes time to mentor and speak to students and young professionals across the region.

Today, this mother, founder, CEO, Editor-in-Chief, and sought-after keynote speaker and host of innovation conferences around the world is continuing to build –– and hopes to illuminate with not only better-quality journalism, but also provide the technology tools that can return trust to a global audience. She has spoken, led, and moderated for IBM, EY, UN General Assembly, Arup, Swire, OECD, Asian Development Bank, PwC, UBS, Blackrock and others. Angie's TEDx Talk "I Am Not Supposed to Be Here" is now a TED Ed Lesson for its global audience of 6.7 million followers.

Angie was born in Hong Kong, raised in Canada, and returned to Hong Kong in 2011 as a correspondent for Bloomberg. She is a proud alum of Ryerson University's School of Journalism. Angie is also an active member in the community, serving two terms as Foreign Correspondent Club Board Governor, and today currently serves as governor on the Executive Committee of Canadian Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong. She remains in this region today, recognizing this next decade will be very much led by developments in innovation in Asia.

Latest from Angie Lau

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Pradyumna Agrawal: Temasek’s Blockchain Ambitions

Singapore’s Temasek, one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds, has been looking at blockchain technology since the crypto winter of 2018. How much of its $270 million portfolio is geared towards crypto and blockchain projects? Have they invested in Bitcoin? And how do they pick and choose businesses they’d like to be a part of? Get the answers to all these questions and more as Forkast’s Editor-in-Chief Angie Lau meets Pradyumna Agrawal of Temasek in Singapore.

Jun 10, 2022

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Eric Anziani: Reaching for the Next 50 Million Users

Singapore-headquartered Crypto.com is dreaming big and hopes to have 100 million users on its platform by the end of 2022. Brand recall and trust are going to play a big part in acquiring new customers for the crypto exchange. So what are the challenges ahead of them and how are they dealing with cross jurisdiction regulatory differences? Find out more in this conversation between Forkast’s Editor-in-Chief Angie Lau and Crypto.com’s Eric Anziani.

Jun 3, 2022

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Piyush Gupta: Banking on the Future

DBS Group is one of the oldest and biggest financial groups in South East Asia, and they now have their eyes focused on the digital economy. Forkast’s Angie Lau talks to the group’s CEO about how they are transforming not just DBS but the architecture of the existing financial systems. And what’s the role for regulators in shaping this new economy?

May 27, 2022

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Ronit Ghose: Decoding the Metaverse

What exactly is the metaverse and how will it transform our lives? Will legacy financial institutions continue to remain relevant in the new virtual reality? And what is attracting Web 3 and crypto firms to Dubai? Forkast Editor in Chief Angie Lau speaks to Citi’s Ronit Ghose to answer these questions and more.

May 20, 2022

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Sam Bankman-Fried & Amy Wu: Crypto’s Architects

The recent events in crypto markets have reiterated the need for a crypto regulator and greater oversight of digital assets. Will this be a key factor in bringing traditional finance firms to the world of DeFi? What is the knowledge gap that exists in the crypto industry? And where and how is FTX looking to deploy its $2 billion dollar crypto venture fund? FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and Amy Wu, head of FTX’s Ventures join in on this exclusive conversation to answer these questions and more.

May 13, 2022

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Anthony Scaramucci: Turning Crypto Skeptics Into Believers

Anthony Scaramucci, Founder & Managing Partner of alternative investments firm SkyBridge says he’s looking to create the bridge between traditional finance and DeFi, the future of finance. He says it is odd that legacy financial firms are investing in companies that buy crypto tokens but won’t invest in underlying tokens directly. He also believes crypto is about individualism and empowerment and governments cannot ignore it anymore. Listen in to the entire conversation between Anthony Scaramucci and Forkast’s Editor-in-Chief Angie Lau straight from the Bahamas.

May 7, 2022

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Dwayne Desaulniers: Journalism on the Blockchain

From the rustle of the paper to news at your fingertips on your smart device, technology has not only changed how we consume news, but how the people who bring you the news work. Will blockchain technology be the next leap for journalism? How could NFTs help journalists benefit from their work? Could crypto tech raise the trust between news providers and their audiences?

Apr 29, 2022

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Kristin Smith: Shaping the Future of Crypto

Will China beat the U.S. to the first Central Bank Digital Currency? How soon might we see the first digital dollar? And what’s the role played by dollar-backed stablecoins playing in the current financial system? How are policymakers and regulators in the U.S. shaping the crypto story? Kristin Smith, executive director of the Blockchain Association answers all these questions and more in conversation with Forkast’s Angie Lau.

Apr 22, 2022

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The New Reality: GameFi, NFTs and the Metaverse

From Gucci to Louis Vuitton, Spider-Man to Batman, there’s no escaping the craze for NFTs. The market for NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, catapulted to $18.5 billion in 2021, a rise of over 500 times compared to the previous year. So what are the opportunities for this segment? Will GameFi continue to drive the rise or will we see new use cases take the lead? Forkast’s Angie Lau is in conversation with Duc Luu of Spores Network to answer these questions and more in this episode of “Word on the Block”.

Apr 8, 2022

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Jason Lee: Solving the Blockchain Trilemma

Security, scalability and decentralization—the three pillars of any blockchain project. And Algorand believes they have cracked the formula to achieve them all while being environmentally sustainable. Algorand Foundation’s Jason Lee also talks about the impact protocol leaders have on their projects and what Web 3 means to him.

Apr 1, 2022

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