Ben Zhou is the Co-Founder and CEO at Bybit, the 3rd largest crypto exchange with more than 20 Million customers worldwide trading $13 Billion daily!

Ben is previous FOREX sales and marketing master who managed to pull within 5 years what most will never achieve in a lifetime: start a crypto exchange, acquire 20 million customers, start a non-profit PreSchool and become one of the key personalities in the crypto space.

In this conversation, we talk about:

- Ben’s early life

- why you should challenge authority

- Financial Nihilism and why people gamble

- The Bybit Story

- Why Ben created Singapore’s first non-profit school

And much more!

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Chapters:

0:00 Meet Ben

01:32 Ben’s Life Mission

05:00 Ben’s early life

09:50 Importance of Wealth in Chinese Culture

14:30 Challenging the Authority

15:24 Moving to New Zealand at 11 years old

21:30 Ben’s Key values

24:35 Moving to the US for College

28:00 9 to 5 Job in the US

32:45 Advice to bored Gen Zs

35:30 The Side Hustle That Changed Everything

37:40 The Golden Age for FOREX in China

44:30 Financial Nihilism and Gambling Relationship

48:39 FOREX Cracked down in China

53:08 Transition into Crypto

58:05 Starting Bybit

01:06:09 How to bootstrap a crypto exchange

01:08:20 Building an Affiliate Marketing Power House

01:12:50 Covid March Crash impact on Bybit

01:15:25 Bybit Market Share

01:15:50 Moving to Singapore

01:18:30 FTX Bankruptcy Impact on Singapore Crypto Stance

01:21:50 Building a Non-Profit School

01:25:00 Rethinking PreSchool Education from Scratch

01:27:55 Technology and Education

01:30:40 PreSchool DAO

01:35:09 Why you should have hobbies

01:39:20 Gaming & Entrepreneurship Success

01:42:30 How to Find your Passion

01:48:37 Ben’s Advice to his Younger Self

01:49:03 Ben’s 12-month Prediction