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Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

Stacks’ Muneeb Ali: Let the Bitcoin L2s Bloom

Fresh off completing significant technical upgrades, Ali is now laser focused on growing Stacks’ user base.

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Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

Agora’s Nick van Eck Is All-In on Stablecoins

The man behind AUSD is a true believer in the critical role that stablecoins can play in emerging markets.

Agora CEO Nick van Eck

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

Animoca Brands' Yat Siu: 2025 Will Be the Year Crypto Goes Mainstream

Crypto will reach a turning point when it becomes as useful for companies as the internet became in the 1990s, argues Animoca Brands' co-founder.

Yat Siu, co-founder of Animoca Brands at Consensus 2023 (CoinDesk)

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

Edith Yeung Sees Big Things to Come for Crypto in Hong Kong

A venture capitalist who was one of the first investors in Solana says building liquidity is now key to Hong Kong’s development as a crypto hub.

Edith Yeung

Opinion

Paul Veradittakit: 8 Predictions For Crypto in 2025

Rise of RWAs. BitcoinFi. Fintechs as crypto gateways, and more. Pantera Managing Partner forecasts an exciting year ahead for crypto assets and infrastructure.

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Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

DeFi to Have ‘Walled Garden’ Moment as Internet of Money Matures: dYdX’s D’Haussy

The CEO of the dYdX Foundation sees parallels between the internet of the 1990s and where Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is today.

Charles D’Haussy, CEO of the dYdX foundation, speaks with CoinDesk at the Hong Kong Fintech Week (Chris Lam/CoinDesk)

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

Justin Sun Wants More TradFi on Tron, Dogs Over Cats for Memecoins

CoinDesk had 20 minutes in person with the Tron founder on the sidelines of Chainlink's Smartcon at Hong Kong Fintech Week. We covered a lot.

Justin Sun speaks with CoinDesk at Chainlink's SmartCon event in Hong Kong (Tron)

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

BlackRock's Entry Into Crypto Matters More Than U.S. Election, QCP Capital's Darius Sit Says

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink appearing on CNBC means more to QCP's founder and chief investment officer rather than presidential candidates promoting crypto.

QCP Capital's Darius Sit (Chris Lam/CoinDesk)

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)

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

As Hong Kong Firms Downsize, Animoca Built a Workspace the Size of 10 Tennis Courts

As law firms and traditional finance companies cut back on office space, Yat Siu's Animoca is taking advantage of the renter’s market to expand its headquarters, reinforcing its commitment to Hong Kong as a global Web3 and digital culture hub.

Evan Auyang, president of Animoca Brands, speaks in an interview at the company's new Web3 workspace in Hong Kong (Chris Lam/CoinDesk)

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