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Firelight Chats Ep013 | Crypto Surfing w/Alan Fai & Alex Olin


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In this episode of Firelight Chats, Alan Fai surfed into the Spacelab with mutual friend Alex Olin to chat with Kane & Mocha by the fireside. Besides delving deep and wide into the crypto, blockchain, NFT, DeFi, and Web3 ocean, they also paddle through a range of topics including their favorite projects, "x to earn" games, scarcity and utility, Pokemon regrets, Ponzi schemes, biggest losses, highest highs, mitigating risk, the beauty of youth, blockchain startups, venture capital, and the upcoming Ethereum Merge.

On the personal side, Alan also shares stories about working for Apple in China, coming from a political family in Taiwan, the family's wartime escape from the mainland via boat, his burgeoning interest in ESG, and his plans otherwise for the future. To bookend the episode, Kane suggests a name for Alan's first child and also reveals the ultimate truth about Satoshi Nakamoto.

Alan Fai is a crypto king of Taiwan, a graduate of Rutgers University, and a soon-to-be father. Alan currently works in a new role at Red Building Capital, a blockchain venture capital fund based in Taiwan. Alex Olin is originally from Colorado, lived and worked in China for 5 years as a professional basketball agent, and currently works out of Taiwan for the East Asia Super League (EASL).

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