Hong Fang: From China Via Wall Street to Bitcoin
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My guest is Hong Fang, CEO of OKCoin, a global, US-licensed cryptocurrency platform serving 190+ countries - the largest reach of any US-based exchange. Hong was born and raised in China, holds an MBA in Finance, Accounting and Entrepreneurship from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. After that she worked at Goldman Sachs and left Wall Street for cryptocurrency after realizing digital assets offer the financial inclusion that traditional finance only claims to. Topics: - Hong Fang: from Wall Street to Bitcoin - Free markets vs. central planning - Wealth inequality - Her view on China's Bitcoin bans - CBDC's and Bitcoin - El Salvador's Bitcoin law - OKcoin's trading data in different regions - Use cases Western and emerging countries - A danger for Bitcoin - Experiences from their Lightning integration - "Earn" product, STX and MiamiCoin - Bitcoin in 2022 presented by SOVRYN DeFi for Bitcoin https://live.sovryn.app ----------- Buy, sell and earn bitcoin on Paxful https://paxful.com ----------- Live on Crypto with Bitrefill https://bitrefill.com ---------- and ---------- (L)earn Bitcoin - Become Financially Sovryn A beginners guide to self-sovereignty https://learnbitcoin.link ----------- Like it? My work is open and free to use. If you value my work and would like to send me a tip, they are always appreciated! https://anita.link/donate ---------- Anita Posch is author of the book (L)earn Bitcoin, host of the Anita Posch show and Bitcoin advocate and solopreneur. She is a member of the board at Bitcoin Austria - an educational non-profit organization. Anita translated two volumes of "The Internet of Money" by Andreas M. Antonopoulos to German. Her research and activities around Bitcoin are discussed in media all over the world: Bitcoin Magazine, CoinDesk, German radio and television. ---------- Follow and Subscribe: Anita's weekly newsletter: https://anita.link/weekly Twitter: https://twitter.com/anitaposch YouTube: https://youtube.com/AnitaPosch ---------- #Bitcoin #Interview #Education
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