"Asia, Crypto, and The Coronavirus" w/ Joyce Yang of Global Coin Research (Ep. 0074)

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Today's guest is Joyce Yang, founder & CEO of Global Coin Research, a content and advisory platform focused on the Asian cryptocurrency space. Drawing on first-hand knowledge, Joyce will highlight the most important crypto-related developments taking place in Asia to help us predict how the local market might rebound from Coronavirus.

The conversation is split into 3 chapters:

The Asian cryptocurrency ecosystem

Recent developments in the region

Crypto’s future in Asia

It also covers:

The state of DeFi in Asia

How Chinese Bitcoin miners spurred a dedicated crypto lending market

Why India is crypto’s “sleeping giant"

The explosive growth of Asian derivatives trading

How miners survived China’s crypto crackdown

Why everyone in crypto should learn Chinese

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