As the co-founder and chief executive officer of BTC Inc., David Bailey is an industry leader and evangelist for the decentralized future. Since 2013, BTC Inc has grown to offer critical intelligence, brand-building expertise and technical incubation specialized for the Bitcoin ecosystem, as well as industry-leading projects like Bitcoin Magazine, the Bitcoin 2022 conference, and Carrot. The company now operates in multiple countries and its brands are quickly becoming household names.Bailey sits on the board of advisors for the University of Alabama.  He was managing partner at 402 Digital Partners, which is one of the earliest Bitcoin funds.  He is currently general partner of UTXO Management; and is an active angel investor in the Bitcoin ecosystem.

Simon is the President of Metaplanet Inc., a publicly traded company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Metaplanet is undergoing a strategic transformation, leveraging Bitcoin as its principal treasury reserve asset. Metaplanet utilizes excess cash flow and implements accretive corporate governance, including financial management strategies such as debt and equity financing, to further its Bitcoin accumulation.

Simon has been an active investor in the digital asset ecosystem since 2014. He started his career at Goldman Sachs in Tokyo as an equity derivatives trader. He was a co-founder and Chairman of Red Planet Hotels, a regional hotel company focused on Asia’s value hotel sector. Prior to founding Red Planet Hotels, Simon served as the Chief Executive Officer of Evolution Capital Public Company Limited, a real estate asset management company listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand. As President of Metaplanet, Simon is responsible for spearheading the company's new Bitcoin investment strategy, guiding its overall direction, raising capital, and managing investor relations. He graduated from Harvard University with an AB in Applied Mathematics. Simon is an active member of YPO, the premier global organization of chief executives.

BTB is Director of Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong, which hosts one of the longest-running public Bitcoin Meetups in the world. He is also the convenor of BTC Chamber of Commerce and a core member of Digital Asset Think Tank. Career-wise, he is developing blockchain applications and a new economy built upon Bitcoin as the base layer.

Paul is the co-CEO of a pioneering Bitcoin strategy company in Korea—set to launch at Bitcoin Asia—that will be the first institutional-focused Bitcoin company in the country dedicated to establishing a global standard for corporate Bitcoin treasury strategies. With a mission to reimagine how public companies adopt Bitcoin, the firm aims to bridge traditional finance and digital asset management through innovative financial engineering, global capital markets access, and world-class governance.
Trained as an M&A attorney at Davis Polk & Wardwell, Paul brings deep experience in investing and startup leadership. He is the Founder and Managing Partner of Lobo Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on Bitcoin and fintech infrastructure, and was previously the Head of BitGo Ventures and an investor at Lehman Brothers Private Equity. He has led and managed investments across fintech, IT, and healthcare in the US, Asia, MENA, and LATAM with a cross-functional background in investment execution, deal structuring and operational scaling.
Paul holds a BS in Biological Sciences from Stanford University and a JD from Harvard Law School.

Bitcoin core, lightning and nostr dev. founder @ damus.io.

Keypleb is a founder of Code Orange Dev School, a Bali-based initiative empowering bitcoiners, developers and community leaders in financially repressed Asian regions with technical Bitcoin skills. The school strengthens Bitcoin's decentralisation and security by growing a bitcoiner social layer through online and in-person community building.

Through advanced in-person workshops, online study cohorts and train-the-trainer program, Code Orange Dev School drives adoption by addressing the shortage of Bitcoin developers and node runners, targeting 21,000 new full nodes deployed by 2030.

Before launching Code Orange Dev School, keypleb co-founded Bitcoin House Bali and helped establish 36+ monthly meetups across Indonesia since 2022.

Co-Founder BitcoinVN
- Vietnam's premier #Bitcoin Exchange & OTC trade desk (est. '13/14)

BTB is Director of Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong, which hosts one of the longest-running public Bitcoin Meetups in the world. He is also the convenor of BTC Chamber of Commerce and a core member of Digital Asset Think Tank. Career-wise, he is developing blockchain applications and a new economy built upon Bitcoin as the base layer.

Brian is the CEO of SmashFi, a service that has developed proprietary Bitcoin auto-investment features and a dedicated Bitcoin wallet, supporting the entire journey of Bitcoin investment from accumulation to secure custody. Driven by the mission of enabling everyone to own 1 BTC, he also runs a YouTube channel, where he focuses on Bitcoin education and advocacy. He is the author of The Final Answer Bitcoin (2025), Bitcoin Handbook (2024), and Web 3.0 Handbook (2023).

Hunter Albright made his first Bitcoin purchase in 2018 and has been hooked ever since.

With a career spanning across lending and payments, Hunter has worked with leading global banks like Barclays, HSBC, and Visa, and served on the advisory board of Mastercard Europe. He is passionate about global financial systems and the adoption Bitcoin. At SALT, he helps people transform their Bitcoin into wealth and liquidity through innovative financial solutions.

Additionally, he works to spread the understanding and awareness of Bitcoin through his role as an advisory committee member for the Certified Bitcoin Professional (CBP) program, by the nonprofit C4, and created the first crypto course at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

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Jeff, aka 金融派大星(Financial PaidaXing) is a crypto entrepreneur and capital markets strategist based in Taipei, with over 20 years of experience across investment banking, primary and secondary bond markets, and securities trading. He is the founder of Hayek, a fintech company building stablecoin and RWA-based financial infrastructure aimed at transforming capital markets into systems that are more transparent, efficient, and open.

He previously led capital markets initiatives at major financial institutions, and later launched his own venture fund — through which he was an early investor in Circle, now a global leader in stablecoin issuance and digital financial infrastructure.

Today, he is pioneering the launch of TWD-backed stablecoins, integrating them into semiconductor supply chain finance systems with listed companies in Taiwan, and building USD stablecoins backed by U.S. Treasuries and deployed into tokenized clearing systems. His work bridges TradFi and DeFi with a clear mission: to use Bitcoin and stablecoins to reshape financial power structures for the better.

Social media Influencer, independent investor, Macro Researcher

I have been into bitcoin and zk for a long time and have been working on it full time since 2020. Previously worked on zkSNARK research at Blockstream. Currently research at Alpen Labs trying verify SNARKs on bitcoin to bring about the private, permissionless, decentralized digital cash we were promised.

Stephen Duan is the Core Contributor of GOAT Network, Dev Lead at ZKM, former Co-founder of Baidu Blockchain, former Founder of Eigen Network, and holds a Master's degree from Peking University.

Janusz is an independent researcher focused on bitcoin L2s. He maintains the Bitcoin Layers open-source project and also acts as the Editor-in-Chief of the Bitcoin++ Insider Edition.

JP is the CEO of Exodus. In 2015, JP co-founded Exodus to build a beautiful, easy-to-use app that empowers customers to secure, swap, and self-custody their portfolio of crypto. In 2021, JP led Exodus as the first US company to conduct an SEC-qualified crypto-only public stock offering, making it the only US company to have its common stock tokenized on the blockchain. Today, Exodus has 5.5 million customers worldwide and employs 225 people who all receive 100% of their salary in Bitcoin.

Ken Liao is the Founder and CEO of Xverse, the leading Bitcoin wallet with nearly 2 million app downloads. A long-time builder in Bitcoin scaling, his experience includes being an early contributor to the Stacks ecosystem. As a respected voice on the future of the Bitcoin economy, Ken has shared his vision on some of crypto's most significant stages, including the flagship Bitcoin Conference.

He founded Xverse to be the comprehensive gateway for this on-chain Bitcoin future, creating a seamless experience for users to engage with BTC L1 innovations like Ordinals and Runes, while also serving as a unified portal to Bitcoin's expanding ecosystem of Layer 2s and BTC deFi.

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Founder of Chainee (鏈習生), a crypto educational brand which has onboarded more than 15,000 people to the digital asset world. Also a Crypto YouTuber 腦哥Chill塊鏈, making Mandarin content.

Mr. Block is a leading voice in the Asian crypto community, known for bridging East and West through education, media, and strategic advisory. Since 2017, he has created hundreds of Chinese-language videos covering DeFi, GameFi, and blockchain trends, amassing a large following across YouTube and Twitter. Mr. Block has advised top-tier projects like Curve, Puffer, Concrete, Lighter, Etherfi, and Zeeverse, and is the founder of the annual Mr.Block Summit, connecting founders, investors, and builders across Asia.

Self custody is the bedrock of Bitcoin, and not just for ourselves - all the properties of bitcoin the asset are downstream of being able to use it with nobody's permission.

My work at Foundation is to make self custody that's simple, empowering, and beautiful.

A self educated Bitcoiner producing educational content since 2016. Technical and Opinion Editor at Bitcoin Magazine.

Evan Kaloudis is a cybersecurity engineer-turned-entrepreneur deeply embedded in the Bitcoin and Lightning Network ecosystem.

In 2019, he founded ZEUS, a free and open-source, mobile-first Bitcoin and Lightning wallet that enables users to run a full node on their phone or connect remotely to external nodes. ZEUS has since evolved into a company focused on helping individuals and businesses adopt Bitcoin.

ex. Research Scientist @ Meta
Creator of sCrypt, a high-level smart contract language for Bitcoin, and CAT Protocol, the first miner-validated token standard using OP_CAT

Lorenzo is the founder of UniSat, a leading infrastructure provider in the Bitcoin ecosystem. UniSat drives innovation in Bitcoin asset protocols, including Ordinals, BRC-20, and Runes.

Janusz is an independent researcher focused on bitcoin L2s. He maintains the Bitcoin Layers open-source project and also acts as the Editor-in-Chief of the Bitcoin++ Insider Edition.

Bitcoin developer and co-founder of the 2140 Foundation, a Bitcoin-focused developer office in Amsterdam. Known for protocols such as Statechains, Silent Payments, and SwiftSync. Ran the Seoul Bitcoin Meetup (South Korea) from 2014.

Independent researcher focusing on the technical architecture of the Bitcoin protocol and its implementations, as well as developer dynamics around the Core software. Previously worked on secure hardware for novel custodial solutions. Coming from a background in open-source systems engineering.

I have been into bitcoin and zk for a long time and have been working on it full time since 2020. Previously worked on zkSNARK research at Blockstream. Currently research at Alpen Labs trying verify SNARKs on bitcoin to bring about the private, permissionless, decentralized digital cash we were promised.

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A self educated Bitcoiner producing educational content since 2016. Technical and Opinion Editor at Bitcoin Magazine.

Ashu Swami is the Chief Technology Officer at MARA and has a background in chip design, trading, and blockchain infrastructure. At MARA, he brings deep technical, regulatory, and market expertise.

Previously, he was Chief Product Officer at Core Scientific, leading DeFi initiatives and mining optimization. He also served as CTO at Apifiny, a hybrid CEX/DEX exchange, and ran Mining Rent under Quadeye Securities, where he developed mining swaps and advised companies like Intel on blockchain strategy.

Ashu founded LocalPad, a peer-to-peer marketplace platform, and earlier led high-frequency ETF market making at Morgan Stanley. He began his career at Intel as a senior component designer.

He holds multiple patents in electronics and FinTech, an MBA from Duke’s Fuqua School of Management, and a BTech in computer science from IIT Bombay.

Dylan is the Head of Market Research at Bitcoin Magazine PRO and the Lead Analyst at UTXO Management. He is the co-founder of 21st Paradigm, a consulting business with a mission to help individuals and businesses understand and utilize bitcoin. Dylan is passionate about using bitcoin as a tool for freedom and economic empowerment in the digital age.

Simon is the President of Metaplanet Inc., a publicly traded company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Metaplanet is undergoing a strategic transformation, leveraging Bitcoin as its principal treasury reserve asset. Metaplanet utilizes excess cash flow and implements accretive corporate governance, including financial management strategies such as debt and equity financing, to further its Bitcoin accumulation.

Simon has been an active investor in the digital asset ecosystem since 2014. He started his career at Goldman Sachs in Tokyo as an equity derivatives trader. He was a co-founder and Chairman of Red Planet Hotels, a regional hotel company focused on Asia’s value hotel sector. Prior to founding Red Planet Hotels, Simon served as the Chief Executive Officer of Evolution Capital Public Company Limited, a real estate asset management company listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand. As President of Metaplanet, Simon is responsible for spearheading the company's new Bitcoin investment strategy, guiding its overall direction, raising capital, and managing investor relations. He graduated from Harvard University with an AB in Applied Mathematics. Simon is an active member of YPO, the premier global organization of chief executives.

With 20+ years of technical expertise, Wright Wang joined MicroBT in 2018 and contributed to the development of two generations of ASICs. Subsequently, he transitioned from R&D to marketing and was promoted to Marketing Director in 2019. Wright possesses a profound understanding of the technical challenges faced by MicroBT’s customers and has successfully collaborated with numerous clients to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes. In 2023, he was bestowed with the Outstanding Contribution Award of MicroBT, led the key client project team and won the award for outstanding team.

Co-Founder and CEO of HashWhale Andy Wang has been at the forefront of Bitcoin mining since 2017. He has successfully led the development of numerous professional mining facilities worldwide, driving the industry toward refined operations and enhanced efficiency.

With a deep understanding of global energy systems and mining regulations, Andy focuses on strategic investments within the Bitcoin ecosystem. His sharp industry acumen and extensive hands-on experience have established him as a highly respected figure in Bitcoin mining and computational power management.

《Bitcoin TV》 是亚洲及新兴市场进入web3的流量入口。频道开播五年，日更15分钟web3新闻评论及深度专题。社群人数超过50万，会员3000人。频道覆盖：中文、日文、英文、韩语、越南语、泰语、西班牙语，7个语种，每日触达7万人次。拥有亚洲单体最大的比特币矿场；亚洲首个DAO治理VC；创始人MICHAEL 拥有25年专业传媒经验，曾任卫视总编！上市传媒公司CEO！北野武工作室亚洲代表！日本朝日电视台中国代表！出版著作《区块链的N个陷阱》

Self custody is the bedrock of Bitcoin, and not just for ourselves - all the properties of bitcoin the asset are downstream of being able to use it with nobody's permission.

My work at Foundation is to make self custody that's simple, empowering, and beautiful.

JP has been studying Bitcoin for 12 years and from 2018, co-founded and hosts Bitcoin Sydney, an educational and social group focused on helping existing Bitcoiners and general public understand and get involved in this burgeoning ecosystem. He also presents talks to other community groups on the necessity of owning Bitcoin.

His other topics of interest include Bitcoin Game Theory, Bitcoin as sound money/savings tech, Bitcoin satellite connected nodes (first to run one in Aus), Why Bitcoin is the only blockchain that matters, and Bitcoin history.

Uli Sigg in his career traversed very diverse fields: from graduating 1976 with a doctorate in law at the Zurich University to journalism, to industry, to global corporate boards, to diplomacy serving as Swiss ambassador to China, North Korea and Mongolia, to venture capital investing – and during all that period to art. Of his extensive interactions in more than 45 years with the PR China, two are of historic significance: to establish 1980 the first industrial joint venture between PRChina and the outside world which marks the beginning of the PRC‘s epochal globalization process; and to form the singular collection of Chinese contemporary art that can represent the story line from its very beginnings in the 70ies to the present - and then repatriating 1500 works back to China, to the M+ Museum in Hongkong. He also established 1997 the Chinese Contemporary Art Award (CCAA) for Chinese contemporary artists now transformed into the SIGG PRIZE and the Chinese Contemporary Art Critic Award. He is a member of the M+ Museum Board, the International Council of New York Modern Art Museum MOMA, International Advisory Council of Tate Gallery, London and member of the Board of Kunstmuseum Zürich.

Investor in BTC, BTC Treasury companies, Board member

btcviv is a Bitcoin advocate focused on marketing, communications, and experience. She’s the Event Director of Bitcoin Asia, part of the global Bitcoin Conference series, where she helps connect East and West through community and culture.

She also hosts Life with Bitcoin, a podcast exploring personal transformation through the lens of Bitcoin. As singer-songwriter Ivy Lumi, she shares the emotional side of Bitcoin through music and storytelling.
Through it all, btcviv is dedicated to shaping how Bitcoin is understood — not just as technology, but as a way of life.

Rockstar Dev is a Core Contributor @ BTCPay Server, a self-hosted, free open-source Bitcoin payment processor. Rockstar also serves as the Head of Bitcoin @ Strike, where he leads non-profit efforts.

Jack started in aerospace engineering, applying precision and risk management to digital assets. At TokenInsight, he built APAC’s largest crypto quant fund database and led research and investment, managing a $200M+ AUM trading platform. Now at LTP, Jack drives the development of secure, regulated, and scalable financial infrastructure, bridging traditional finance and blockchain through execution, clearing, settlement, custody, lending, and financing solutions.

Michael Wu is co-founder and CEO of Amber Group, a leading global digital asset company. Prior to founding Amber Group, Michael was a quantitative analyst at Goldman Sachs, a macro trader at Morgan Stanley, and a portfolio manager at a billion-dollar hedge fund. Michael is a member of Mensa International and a 2019 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia honoree.

Moshe is Director of Business Development and Strategic Partnerships at Wintermute. Wintermute is a leading global algorithmic trading firm and liquidity provider in digital assets. At Wintermute, Moshe focuses on regional growth across liquidity provision and OTC trading across spot and derivatives. Prior to joining Wintermute, Moshe spent over 10 years in electronic and algorithmic trading in Goldman Sachs, spanning across London and Hong Kong.

Bitcoin Educator | Secondary School Teacher in Hong Kong

Jeremy is a secondary school teacher in Hong Kong passionate about making Bitcoin accessible to young people. With a mission to educate the next generation on the transformative power of Bitcoin, he’s exploring how it can change the world. He actively engages with students and the community, sharing insights and fostering discussions about innovation and financial literacy. Jeremy is dedicated to inspiring curiosity and critical thinking about the future of money.

Jimmy Kostro, Founding Partner of Bitcoin Chiang Mai, is a seasoned entrepreneur, founder, and investor with a passion for impact. He established the Bitcoin Learning Center, one of Asia’s largest and most active Bitcoin hubs, and the first to collaborate with local city government and major academic institutions.

With 12 years as CEO of a Meal Plan Delivery, a company that scaled to 24 major U.S. markets at its peak, Jimmy brings extensive expertise to his ventures. His vision is to expand Bitcoin education across all 11 Southeast Asian countries, using Chiang Mai, Thailand, as the central hub to empower communities through knowledge.

Keypleb is a founder of Code Orange Dev School, a Bali-based initiative empowering bitcoiners, developers and community leaders in financially repressed Asian regions with technical Bitcoin skills. The school strengthens Bitcoin's decentralisation and security by growing a bitcoiner social layer through online and in-person community building.

Through advanced in-person workshops, online study cohorts and train-the-trainer program, Code Orange Dev School drives adoption by addressing the shortage of Bitcoin developers and node runners, targeting 21,000 new full nodes deployed by 2030.

Before launching Code Orange Dev School, keypleb co-founded Bitcoin House Bali and helped establish 36+ monthly meetups across Indonesia since 2022.

Reyna Chicas is the Director of Education at Mi Primer Bitcoin, where she leads global efforts in Bitcoin-only financial education. Her work includes the strategic planning and implementation of international initiatives that bring open-source, accessible Bitcoin education to communities around the world. Reyna oversees curriculum development, educator training, and partnerships, ensuring the quality and impact of programs across more than 35 countries.

A passionate advocate for autonomy through learning, she is deeply committed to accessible, high-quality, community-driven education and continues to lead with purpose and conviction, driven by the belief that Bitcoin gives us the opportunity to build a future grounded in collaboration, sovereignty, and freedom.

Dr. Xiao Feng is currently the Vice Chairman and Executive Director of China Wanxiang Holding Co, Ltd, Chairman and CEO of HashKey Group, and Chairman of Wanxiang Blockchain Inc. Dr. Xiao holds a PhD in Economics from China Nankai University. He has spent over 30 years working for Chinese securities and asset management industry. He is the founder of Bosera Funds. Prior to founding Bosera in 1998, Dr. Xiao had held several senior positions (deputy department head, department head, and deputy director) in the CSRC’ s Shenzhen Office. Dr. Xiao also held various positions (section chief, deputy department head) at the People’ s Bank of China (PBoC) in its Shenzhen Special Economic Zone branch. Moreover, Dr. Xiao was the Secretary of Board at Konka Group.

Mark Moss is the founder of Market Disruptors.

Simon is the President of Metaplanet Inc., a publicly traded company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Metaplanet is undergoing a strategic transformation, leveraging Bitcoin as its principal treasury reserve asset. Metaplanet utilizes excess cash flow and implements accretive corporate governance, including financial management strategies such as debt and equity financing, to further its Bitcoin accumulation.

Simon has been an active investor in the digital asset ecosystem since 2014. He started his career at Goldman Sachs in Tokyo as an equity derivatives trader. He was a co-founder and Chairman of Red Planet Hotels, a regional hotel company focused on Asia’s value hotel sector. Prior to founding Red Planet Hotels, Simon served as the Chief Executive Officer of Evolution Capital Public Company Limited, a real estate asset management company listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand. As President of Metaplanet, Simon is responsible for spearheading the company's new Bitcoin investment strategy, guiding its overall direction, raising capital, and managing investor relations. He graduated from Harvard University with an AB in Applied Mathematics. Simon is an active member of YPO, the premier global organization of chief executives.

Balaji S. Srinivasan (@balajis) is an angel investor, tech founder, WSJ bestselling author of The Network State (thenetworkstate.com), and founder of the Network School (ns.com).

Formerly the CTO of Coinbase and General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, he is an early investor in many successful tech companies and crypto protocols, including Alchemy, Anduril, Benchling, Celestia, CoinTracker, Culdesac, Dapper Labs, Deel, Digital Ocean, Espresso Systems, Farcaster, Hadrian, Instadapp, Luma, Minicircle, Mirror, Nucleus Genomics, Omada Health, OpenGov, OpenSea, Orchid Health, Paradigm, Perplexity, Polymarket, Prospera, Replit, Republic, Roam Research, Starkware, Stedi, Superhuman, Synthesis, Varda, Vitalia, VoteAgora, and Zora, to name a few. Balaji was also an early investor in many important crypto protocols including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, Chainlink, NEAR, Polygon, XMTP, and Zcash.

Dr. Srinivasan was the cofounder of Earn.com (acquired by Coinbase), Counsyl (acquired by Myriad), Teleport (acquired by Topia), and Coin Center. He holds a BS/MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University.

Stephan Livera hosts one of Bitcoin’s leading podcasts (Stephan Livera Podcast), and he is also Head of Education, Swan Bitcoin. Stephan is also a partner in Bitcoiner Ventures. He contributes for various outlets and publications, such as Bitcoin Magazine, Mises Institute as well as speaking at Bitcoin conferences internationally. He is listed in the top 20 globally for Bitcoin relevance on hive.one/bitcoin.

Previously he worked as an Australian Chartered Accountant for Deloitte, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, and Macquarie Bank. Stephan grew up in Sydney, Australia and studied Commerce with Accounting & Finance majors at the University of New South Wales.

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R&D at Bitfinex, working on RGB open source development and Bitcoin derivatives

Currently serving as Business Development Manager at Citrea, the first zk-rollup on Bitcoin, where I focus on driving strategic partnerships and ecosystem growth. Previously I spent three years as a Bitcoin researcher at Galaxy, where I specialized in Layer 2 solutions, Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIPs), Ordinals development, on-chain analytics, and mining.

Leading Fulgur’s Japan initiatives since 2021. Recently launched Tokyo Bitcoin Base—a physical hub to unite Bitcoiners in Satoshi’s homeland. Co-organizer of Bitcoin Tokyo conference. Japanese translator of The Bitcoin Standard, The Bullish Case for Bitcoin, The Little Bitcoin Book, and Check Your Financial Privilege. Creator of educational resources lostinbitcoin.jp.

Jimmy Kostro, Founding Partner of Bitcoin Chiang Mai, is a seasoned entrepreneur, founder, and investor with a passion for impact. He established the Bitcoin Learning Center, one of Asia’s largest and most active Bitcoin hubs, and the first to collaborate with local city government and major academic institutions.

With 12 years as CEO of a Meal Plan Delivery, a company that scaled to 24 major U.S. markets at its peak, Jimmy brings extensive expertise to his ventures. His vision is to expand Bitcoin education across all 11 Southeast Asian countries, using Chiang Mai, Thailand, as the central hub to empower communities through knowledge.

Piccolo is the Founder and Curator of BOB Space, a Bitcoin-only incubator and community space focused on freedom tech tools and education. BOB stands for "Build On Bitcoin" and BOB Space has its headquarters in Bangkok with a satellite location in Chiangmai in conjunction with the Bitcoin Learning Center there. In addition to organizing local meetups, Bitdevs and workshops, BOB Space also runs a Residency Program aimed at supporting and enabling open source developers building on Bitcoin, Lightning, ecash and Nostr.

Pauline Shangett is the Chief Strategy Officer at ChangeNOW, a top-tier crypto exchange platform with over $1 billion in monthly trading volume. Since joining the industry in 2018, she has quickly grown from CMO to a key strategic leader, helping scale the platform’s user base and trading activity twofold in just six months.
Pauline specializes in building scalable growth and revenue strategies in Web3, combining deep blockchain expertise with a sharp focus on sustainable growth. She’s known for her flexible, transparent approach and long-term vision for ecosystem development.

About CEO
Gracy Chen is the CEO of Bitget, a leading global cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 platform, ranked among the industry’s top three by trading volume. She is the only woman-CEO amongst the top 10 crypto exchanges. Since stepping into the CEO role from her previous position as Managing Director, in her time as the CEO, Gracy has led Bitget’s expansion from nearly 20 million to over 120 million users worldwide.
Under her leadership, Bitget has evolved beyond its origins as a derivatives platform into a full-scope crypto ecosystem, offering spot trading, Launchpad and Launchpool initiatives, copy trading, asset management tools, a self-custody wallet, and a wide range of Web3 projects. Gracy also plays a key role in institutional business development, working closely with major clients and partners to strengthen Bitget’s global presence. Chen also heads $10M Blockchain4Her initiative within Bitget, dedicated to fostering inclusivity and gender diversity in the blockchain industry where she and the team focuses on elevating, empowering, educating, and embracing women in blockchain, ensuring equal opportunities and representation in the cryptospace.

1. Expert in Security Protocols, a Computer Science cyberpunk currently working on applied miniscript use cases i.e Future of Inheritance in Bitcoin, BitVM and Hardware/Software B2B Wallets + HSMs specially for enterprise offerings like Banks to upgrade to Bitcoin standard for their clients.

2. 10+ yrs in Bitcoin (Class of 2013) as a Bitcoin Maxi, a Bitcoin Globe trotter from Shanghai, Bangalore, NewYork, Las Vegas, Ireland, Austin, Hong Kong, Prague, Lugano, Zurich and Amsterdam attending Bitcoin Conferences and meetups orange pilling my extended family and friends

3. He has Angel invested in 28+ Bitcoin native startups

4. Cool Bitcoin Story: He got his first Trezor from OG Slush in person at the Shanghai conference in 2014 and bought his Bitcoin via an ATM in Shanghai. He has been a big believer in self custody of keys ever since.

5. He has 15+yrs experience as a Founder/CTO(serial entrepreneur-venture capital backed) who has built/sold 3 AI/ML startups in Asia (Singapore, Hong Kong & India)

I've worked in the Bitcoin space for 5 years, with over different 20 Bitcoin YouTube channels as a growth strategist, including names such as Mark Moss, Ben from Btc Sessions, TFTC, and Simply Bitcoin.

I like to practice what I preach, as I'm also the face of the 2 fastest growing Bitcoin YouTube channels under 50,000 subscribers.

I'm a former real estate broker and entrepreneur turned bitcoiner. I got seriously into bitcoin at the end of 2020. In early 2021, I started the Bitcoin Gandalf Twitter account and grew it from 0-80,000 followers in 3 years. I also worked in marketing at bitcoin mining company Braiins from 2021-2023. In addition to writing about bitcoin, I'm also focused on helping people become more sovereign by building their personal brands through my ghostwriting and personal branding strategy consulting services.

Hervé Larren is the CEO and founder of Airvey.io, a leading US-based Web3 advisory firm.
Since discovering Bitcoin in 2013, he has helped guide over 20 projects to a combined market
capitalisation exceeding $15 billion. Prior to his career in digital assets, Hervé worked at LVMH.
He is a graduate of Columbia and Harvard and a member of YPO.

Louis is the founder, CEO, and CIO of Mimesis Capital, a multi-strategy family office focused on preserving wealth through Bitcoin.

Mr Leigh Travers is Non-Executive Chairman of ASX-Listed DigitalX Ltd (DCC.ASX), Australia's largest listed BTC Treasury.
DigitalX launched Australia's first Bitcoin fund, achieving first place in the best performing Funds in Australia, as well as Australia's first listed BTC ETF.
Mr Travers has also been a director of public tech and investment companies on the NASDAQ, CSE and ASX over the past 10 years.

Cynthia Wu
COO
Matrixport

As COO, Cynthia leads investor relations and oversees global business strategies at Matrixport. Previously Investment Director at Bitmain Technologies, Cynthia focused on investments in blockchain technology and decentralized applications.

Prior to venturing into crypto, Cynthia was Vice President at Hong Kong Exchange (HKEX), responsible for derivatives product development and institutional sales. She started her career in HK as a commodities trader.

Jason Lan, COO of Avenir Group, spearheads the firm’s crypto investment growth, leveraging his deep expertise in finance and technology. He previously served as Vice President at Huobi Group in 2018, overseeing key operations and derivatives trading, and as Executive Director at Huobi Technology Holdings Limited in 2019. Before his crypto ventures, he was Technology Vice President at Goldman Sachs, honing his institutional finance skills. Jason holds a Bachelor’s degree in Automation and a Master’s degree in Control Science and Engineering from Tsinghua University, complemented by a Master’s degree in Investment Management from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Kennix Chan
Deputy CEO
Kennix Chan graduated from the University of Nottingham with a Bachelor of Arts in Management and a Master of Finance from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has been appointed as an executive director since 2017 and is also one of the controlling shareholders. He manages the Group's internal operations, including legal affairs, compliance, settlement and clearing, IT, and risk management. As part of the group's efforts to be listed on Hong Kong Exchange in 2018, he has been involved in different projects and developments and recently deploying virtual asset related businesses, helping Victory Securities to become the first financial group granted by the SFC for the provision of the full spectrum of virtual asset dealing and advisory services.Kennix Chan is currently the responsible officer for Type 1, 4 & 9 regulated activities of the Company as approved by the Securities and Futures Commission.


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陳沛泉先生畢業於英國諾丁漢大學獲頒管理學文學士學位及於香港中文大學獲頒財務學碩士學位。他於2017年獲委任為執行董事，亦為控股股東之一。他負責管理集團的內部運作，包括法律事務、合規、交收及結算、資訊科技及風險管理。陳沛泉自2018年協助集團在香港上市後開始部署虛擬資產業務，使勝利證券能成為香港第一間獲證監會同時頒發虛擬資產交易和諮詢牌照的金融集團。目前，陳先生為證券及期貨事務監察委員會（ 「證監會」 ）第1,4,9類業務負責人。

Evan Kaloudis is a cybersecurity engineer-turned-entrepreneur deeply embedded in the Bitcoin and Lightning Network ecosystem.

In 2019, he founded ZEUS, a free and open-source, mobile-first Bitcoin and Lightning wallet that enables users to run a full node on their phone or connect remotely to external nodes. ZEUS has since evolved into a company focused on helping individuals and businesses adopt Bitcoin.

Ethan is a former software engineer at Uber, turned Founder and CEO of Pouch.ph, the Philippines-based financial company for lightning payments, stacking sats, and cross-border remittance rails.

Pierre Corbin
Co-Founder & CEO, Flash

Pierre Corbin is the co-founder and CEO of Flash, a Bitcoin-native payments platform empowering businesses to accept Lightning payments in a fully non-custodial way. With Flash, merchants can offer one-time payments, subscriptions, and invoicing — all while maintaining full control of their funds.

A passionate advocate for freedom-enhancing technologies, Pierre’s work focuses on making Bitcoin accessible and useful for real-world commerce. His background spans finance, tech, and film — including producing The Great Reset and the Rise of Bitcoin, a documentary exploring Bitcoin's role in the global financial system.

Ryan, with experience in finance at PwC and HSBC, holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science. His journey in the blockchain industry began in 2013 when he started investing in Bitcoin. Currently managing partner at HashKey Capital, Ryan has embarked on two successful entrepreneurial ventures and remains dedicated to driving innovation in technology.

Purchased my first bitcoin in 2013，and then joined BitShares community as committee member. Founded Waterdrip Capital in 2017，and then invested in over 150 startups. Currently managing three funds in Hongkong，including a bitcoin liquid fundan altcoin liquid fund and a VC fund.

Co-Founded Luxor in 2018. Luxor operates a Bitcoin mining software, hardware and financial services company. Prior to Luxor, Ethan worked at Goldman Sachs covering the Blockchain and Bitcoin sector.

Emmanuel Montero is the Founder and CEO of Omnes, a Switzerland based institutional Bitcoin mining platform, Omnes provides institutional-grade access to Bitcoin mining hashrate without the need to own or manage hardware. He is also the owner of Terahash Solutions, a top-tier ASIC hosting company based in the UAE. A former U.S. Navy Diver turned serial entrepreneur.

Derar Islim, Ph.D. – Chief Operating Officer, Antalpha Platform Holding Company and CEO, Americas & EMEA

Derar Islim, PhD, is a seasoned financial executive with significant experience in the digital asset industry, building and managing premier digital assets financial services and products globally. Islim’s career reflects a blend of academic rigor and practical experience in high-stakes financial environments. Derar’s leadership at Genesis, particularly during its crisis, showcased his ability to navigate complex operational and financial challenges from execution and governance perspectives.

Derar formerly held the roles of Interim CEO and COO at Genesis and, prior to that, Head of Risk at Hard Yaka. He has an established track record of leading at the forefront of modern financial markets. Early in his career, he served as a senior trader at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he co-managed the Funding Valuation Adjustment (FVA) trading desk and worked on modeling, pricing, and hedging credit structured products. 

Derar holds a Ph.D. in Financial Mathematics from Florida State University, focusing on financial derivatives and applied partial differential equations. 

Derar is a recipient of the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship, alongside other academic and professional awards.

Building on bitcoin with RGB

R&D at Bitfinex, working on RGB open source development and Bitcoin derivatives

Darius is the co-founder of Lnfi Network. Prior to founding Lnfi, Darius worked as a transformation researcher at WorldQuant, a quantitative trading firm with over $7 billion in assets under management, and Blackstone, the world's largest alternative asset management firm, for 7 years. Darius graduated from the National University of Singapore.

John Riggins is the CEO of Moon Inc. (HKG-1723), a Hong Kong Stock Exchange listed Bitcoin Treasury company.

Prior to Moon Inc, John was a founding partner of UTXO Management’s Bitcoin Ecosystem Fund, the most active early-stage venture capital fund across the Bitcoin landscape and led Asia business for BTC Media, the world’s preeminent Bitcoin focused media group, with brands including Bitcoin Magazine and The Bitcoin Conference

Kip Tiaviwat, PhD, is a leading strategist in the institutional adoption of Bitcoin for corporate treasuries in Asia, serving as a key architect behind the transformation of DV8 Public Company Limited into Southeast Asia’s first crypto-native treasury company. Kip also serves as the lead strategist at Kliff Capital, a leading hedge fund in Thailand where he drives the firm’s venture investment strategies and structures deal frameworks. Previously, he served as a specialist advisor to senator(s) in Thailand’s Department of Public and Political Development, contributing to policy initiatives at the national level. He has also held prominent leadership roles, including Chairman of the Executive Committee, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Investment Committee Member for publicly listed companies in Thailand.

Alessio Quaglini is leading the institutional adoption of digital assets. In 2018, he co-founded Hex Trust, a digital asset financial institution specialising in custody, staking, and markets services. Hex Trust has secured licenses across major financial hubs and become a trusted partner for institutions seeking secure, strategic engagement with digital assets. Hex Trust goes beyond safekeeping to support staking, markets execution, and emerging opportunities in Bitcoin finance.

Alessio brings over 15 years' experience in banking, regulation, and consulting, including roles at BBVA, First Abu Dhabi Bank, and the Italian Financial Services Authority (Consob), where he oversaw equity and derivatives markets in the market abuse department. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in telecommunication engineering from La Sapienza University in Rome, an MBA from IE Business School, and is a CFA Charterholder.

Kyu Ho is the Chief of Staff at DDC Enterprise, a NYSE-listed Asian food platform with a growing presence across Asia and the U.S.. He has been involved in DDC's Bitcoin Accumulation Strategy which was launched in May 2025.

Kyu has extensive experience in the crypto space, as the Co-founder and Managing Partner at Initial Ventures, which focused on investing in early stage crypto investments. He has over 20 years of extensive experience in fund portfolio management and digital asset investments. Kyu was also a Managing Director at the US$500B Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, where he led the Thematic Investing program in Asia, focusing on disruptive technologies including blockchain and AI.

Kyu received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Northwestern University, and a Master of Business Administration from The Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania.

Currently, leading Galaxy Digital's derivatives and OTC trading business. Prior trading experience in both crypto and traditional markets as Head of Derivatives at Hex Trust, Options Trader at Eclipse Trading, and Equity Derivatives Sales and Trading in JP Morgan HK.

Bitcoiner since 2013. Co-founder of BTC.com and Poolin mining pools. Led the Miner-activated-softfork Taproot.

Early bitcoin miner from the era of GPUs and first generation ASICS, was the cofounder and previous CEO of Softbank Investment's subsidiary that built over 200MW of mining and a mining pool, now he is cofounder of an energy and mining datacenter development company to build the most competitive datacenters in the US and the Middle East.

Mark is the President and co-founder at ocean.xyz, a leading Bitcoin mining pool focused on decentralization, by empowering miners to reclaim their prominent position in the Bitcoin ecosystem. Mark is an electrical engineer and former utility executive, having spent 2 decades in high voltage power system design and operations in Canada and the USA prior to becoming a full time Bitcoin entrepreneur. Mark is a father of 7 and advocate of Bitcoin as the freedom technology/money of our lifetime.

Nick Vitalis is the CEO of SBI Crypto, the crypto mining arm of Japan's SBI Group. Over more than seven years with the group, he has played a key role in shaping its overall crypto strategy and presence in the industry. Under his leadership, SBI Crypto's mining pool has risen to become a globally respected operation, known for its transparency and reliability. Beyond the pool, SBI Crypto is committed to helping others in the space scale through financing solutions and infrastructure services.
With a background in physics and banking and rich experience in Asian markets, Nick's sharp analytical skills and bold vision for the future of digital assets have been the driving force for SBI Crypto's strategic partnerships, strengthened infrastructure, and integration of the business within the global crypto ecosystem.

A passionate advocate for the potential of the crypto industry as a whole, Nick is dedicated to building a trustworthy and sustainable mining sector — one that thrives on collaboration and shared success.

Evan Kaloudis is a cybersecurity engineer-turned-entrepreneur deeply embedded in the Bitcoin and Lightning Network ecosystem.

In 2019, he founded ZEUS, a free and open-source, mobile-first Bitcoin and Lightning wallet that enables users to run a full node on their phone or connect remotely to external nodes. ZEUS has since evolved into a company focused on helping individuals and businesses adopt Bitcoin.

Bitcoin core, lightning and nostr dev. founder @ damus.io.

started as a personal investment to hedge against traditional assets class of equity and gold. having realised the depth of an asset such as bitcoin pivoted a 40 year old organisation to hold bitcoin on its balance sheet making it the first publicly listed company in India to do so. Ambition to navigate a complex regulatory market of India to bring bitcoin or associated stock to a 100M people in India.

Matt Cole serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Strive and Chief Investment Officer of Strive Asset Management, where he is leading Strive's focus as a transformative Bitcoin-company. With a vision to integrate Bitcoin into the portfolios of everyday Americans and institutional investors alike, Matt is pioneering efforts to democratize access to Bitcoin Bonds and expand Bitcoin from being just an asset into a fully recognized asset class.

A long-time Bitcoin investor and advocate, Matt brings years of experience in institutional asset allocation, having led research on integrating Bitcoin into public pensions. His conviction that Bitcoin is the ultimate asset for delivering return opportunities and hedging against the long-term risks of the global fiat debt crisis, inflation, AI innovation, geopolitical tensions, and regulatory overreach drives Strive’s mission to make Bitcoin a cornerstone of modern investment strategy.

Under Matt’s leadership, Strive is committed to empowering investors by providing innovative Bitcoin investment solutions, alongside Strive's pro-shareholder focused equity ETFs and actively managed Fixed Income ETFs. Strive also achieved a landmark victory in challenging and defeating ESG and DEI overreach, reshaping the financial landscape to prioritize capitalism, meritocracy, and shareholder-first principles. His efforts are now aimed at reshaping how Americans interact with Bitcoin, making it accessible, practical, and central to their financial futures.

Matt’s expertise in Bitcoin and finance has earned him recognition across the industry. He has been widely published and quoted in major outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, The Hill, Bloomberg, Financial Times, and Semafor. He has appeared on leading platforms like Fox Business Channel, Bloomberg News, and several prominent Bitcoin podcasts, where he shares his deep insights on capitalism, meritocracy, and the transformative power of Bitcoin.

Prior to Strive, Matt was a Portfolio Manager at CalPERS, where he oversaw over $70 billion in actively managed Fixed Income portfolios. Notably, during his tenure, the portfolios he managed consistently met or exceeded benchmark performance every single year.

Today, Matt Cole is not just a leader in asset management but a visionary shaping the future of Bitcoin as the most critical investment opportunity of the 21st century. His work continues to inspire investors and institutions to embrace Bitcoin as the ultimate vehicle for growth, security, and innovation.

Alexandre is Deputy CEO and Director of Bitcoin Strategy at Capital B, Europe’s first Bitcoin Treasury Company, focused on increasing Bitcoin per share over time. Previously, Alexandre was Digital Assets Lead at Accenture, where he advised 30+ financial institutions on their digital assets strategy to accelerate bitcoin capital markets adoption.

I began my journey in Bitcoin development in 2013 as both a wallet and game developer, creating SaruTobi, the first mobile game to integrate Bitcoin. The game rewarded players with real Bitcoin tips as they played. Following SaruTobi, I developed several more Bitcoin-based games and was involved in some of the earliest experiments with NFTs on Bitcoin via Counterparty.

Today, I'm a co-founder of ZBD, a company that leverages the Lightning Network to help game developers seamlessly integrate Bitcoin into their games at scale.

I also continue to release titles through my studio Mandelduck Ltd, most recently adding Lightning payments into SaruTobi—a first for mobile games—and open-sourcing projects like ZBD Kart, a Mario Kart-style racing game powered by Bitcoin.

Yat Siu
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Animoca Brands
Founder and CEO, Outblaze

A veteran technology entrepreneur/investor based in Hong Kong, Yat Siu is the co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands, a global leader in blockchain and gaming with the mission to deliver digital property rights to the world's gamers and Internet users, thereby creating a new asset class, play-and-earn economies, and a more equitable digital framework contributing to the building of the open metaverse.

Yat began his career at Atari Germany in 1990. In 1995 he moved to Hong Kong to establish Hong Kong Cybercity/Freenation, the first free web page and email provider in Asia. In 1998 he set up Outblaze, an award-winning pioneer of multilingual white label web services. In 2009, he sold Outblaze’s messaging unit to IBM and pivoted Outblaze to become an incubator of projects and companies to develop digital entertainment services and products. One of those incubated companies is Animoca Brands, which was created in 2014.

In 2017 he set up the Dalton Learning Lab, an afterschool digital lab for skills not emphasized by most education systems, including divergent thinking and design thinking. He is the founder of ThinkBlaze, the research arm of Outblaze investigating socially meaningful issues in technology.

Since 2018, Yat has been an early advocate for the use of blockchain and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in the gaming industry, which will allow gamers to enjoy true ownership of their own game assets, data, and, consequently, equity. With a clear vision of the potential of decentralized apps and assets, Yat quickly steered Animoca Brands to a leadership position in blockchain, gaming, NFTs, and the open metaverse. Animoca Brands operates a series of NFT-centric subsidiaries and products, and has invested in over 540 blockchain-related companies to build one of the largest blockchain portfolios in the world.

Yat has earned numerous accolades including Global Leader of Tomorrow at the World Economic Forum, Young Entrepreneur of the Year at the DHL/SCMP Awards, and recognition as one of the Cointelegraph top 100 notable people in blockchain.

A classically trained musician, Yat is a member of the advisory board of BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) and a director of the Asian Youth Orchestra.

Erin Redwing is a central figure in the Ordinals community, advancing the protocol's open source development through her work at the Open Ordinals Institute and spearheading Inscribing Atlantis as CEO, where she harmonizes technical innovation with artistic expression on Bitcoin. As a co-host of the Hell Money Podcast alongside Casey Rodarmor, Erin works tirelessly to bring the vibes to Bitcoin. She envisions Ordinals and Inscriptions as a form of modern-day hieroglyphics on the Digital Megalith of our era, a testament to the enduring legacy of human creativity within the vast expanse of digital eternity.

Sébastien Borget is the Co-founder of The Sandbox, a virtual platform where players can create, play, own, govern and monetize their experiences using NFTs & SAND, the main utility token of the platform.

In addition to his role at The Sandbox, Sébastien serves as the President of the Blockchain Game Alliance in 2020, a non-profit organization comprising 600 key members within the industry. His contributions to the crypto and blockchain space have garnered significant recognition, including being ranked #4 on CoinTelegraph's Top 100 Most Influential People in Crypto for 2022: https://cointelegraph.com/top-people-in-crypto-and-blockchain/sebastien-borget

Calvadev is a free market maximalist, ecash respecter, and the founder of Shopstr, a permissionless marketplace for Bitcoin commerce. Having attended the alma mater of Ross Ulbricht, working from the inside of JPMorgan, and dealing with the bloat of Big Tech, the discovery of Bitcoin and Nostr allowed him to tie in all of the values and lessons learned throughout his journey down the rabbit hole and fully realize his sovereignty to go all-in on freedom tech. He now dedicates his time to making it as easy as possible for anyone and everyone to tap into the parallel economy and exit the grasp of the state.

Bitcoin core, lightning and nostr dev. founder @ damus.io.

Coder and Bitcoin enthusiast, on a mission to supercharge the web economy with Bitcoin. Building getAlby.com and Alby Hub.

Facilitated over 200MW of energy for Bitcoin mining companies.

Facilitated over 30MW of energy for AI companies.

Founding Partner of the Indonesian Digital Council, consulting the Indonesian Government on digital assets like Bitcoin.

Creator of the Circular Approach, leveraging Bitcoin as a catalyst to solve real problems in emerging markets.

Author of The Importance of Tier 0 (Bitcoin Mining and Crypto Mining) for Data Center Evolution (to be published after Summer 2025).

As a 2nd generation oil & gas professional, Mario is passionate about the intersection of Bitcoin, Bitcoin mining, and energy. He serves as VP of Business Development at Giga Energy, a leading Bitcoin mining and power infrastructure company.

After his tenure in ExxonMobil's upstream technology company, Mario has spent time in the Bitcoin space across financial services (Unchained Capital), private equity (AEXA Digital), and consulting (Vibe Energy).

Mario helps organize the Houston Bitcoin Meet Up, is active in supporting the Bitcoin adoption in his home country of Colombia and the greater Latam region, and advises startups across the Bitcoin technology space.

With 20+ years of technical expertise, Wright Wang joined MicroBT in 2018 and contributed to the development of two generations of ASICs. Subsequently, he transitioned from R&D to marketing and was promoted to Marketing Director in 2019. Wright possesses a profound understanding of the technical challenges faced by MicroBT’s customers and has successfully collaborated with numerous clients to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes. In 2023, he was bestowed with the Outstanding Contribution Award of MicroBT, led the key client project team and won the award for outstanding team.

Purchased my first bitcoin in 2013，and then joined BitShares community as committee member. Founded Waterdrip Capital in 2017，and then invested in over 150 startups. Currently managing three funds in Hongkong，including a bitcoin liquid fundan altcoin liquid fund and a VC fund.

Long termism and continuous construction.