Asia


Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

What’s Better Than CEX? DEX

CoinDesk caught up with CoinGecko’s Bobby Ong to talk about all the good things — but mostly the bad things — about crypto’s centralized exchanges.

CoinGecko co-founder Bobby Ong speaks at Invest: Asia 2019 (Wolfie Zhao/CoinDesk)

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy Discusses the Future of Crypto Trading

The algorithmic trading firm’s founder opines on AI’s growing role, the differences between Asian and Western markets, and liquidity fragmentation.

Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

Figment CEO Lorien Gabel’s Big Bet on Staking Has Paid Off

The staking provider’s co-founder and CEO discusses the evolution of staking and its growing adoption in Asia.

Figment CEO Lorien Gabel

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

EasyA Wants to Attract More Than Just ‘Bounty Hunters’ to Its Hackathons

The start-up is hosting hackathons at the upcoming Consensus conferences in Hong Kong and Toronto that are expected to attract hundreds of developers.

Easy A co-founders Phil (left) and Dominic Kwok

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

ARC’s Elroy Cheo on How Asia Is Doing Web3 Differently

The co-founder of the exclusive Web3 community argues that Asia is uniquely positioned to lead the next phase of NFT innovation.

ARC co-founder Elroy Cheo

Tech

Chainlink Unveils 'Chainlink Runtime Environment,' Aiming for Better Blockchain Workflows

Chainlink hopes the new programming environment, under the acronym "CRE," will be as important for Web3 as Cobol and JavaScript languages, which were important for automating finance and bringing it to the internet.

Chainlink's Sergey Nazarov presents at SmartCon in Hong Kong on Wednesday. (Chainlink)

Finance

Binance Unveils 'Binance Wealth' for Elite Customers

The initial focus will be on Asia and Latin America, Binance said.

Two large stacked blocks displaying Binance's logo at a trade show.

Policy

Stablecoins Will Drive Institutional Adoption in Asia: Chainalysis CEO

In an interview, Michael Gronager also said it doesn't matter who wins the U.S. presidential election.

Chainalysis CEO Michael Gronager (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

Coinbase’s Paul Grewal Says Crypto Should Remain Non-Partisan

Technology should transcend the political divide, Coinbase’s Chief Legal Officer says

Paul Grewal, Chief Legal Officer, Coinbase (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Policy

IMF Says CBDCs Could Boost Middle East's Financial Inclusion, Payment Efficiency

The survey said that the 19 central banks in the region are exploring issuing a CBDC and the countries are mainly focused on how CBDCs can enhance financial inclusion and payment system efficiency.

The IMF is looking at crossborder payments using CBDC (World Bank/Flickr)