The Crypto Scene in Hong Kong and China's CBDC Status: A Conversation with Charles d'Haussy (Crypto Hipster’s Silhouettes)

The Crypto Scene in Hong Kong and China's CBDC Status: A Conversation with Charles d'Haussy (Crypto Hipster’s Silhouettes)

Crypto Hipster Chronicles series is a combination of three to five individual podcast interviews that make up an important theme or topic in the Web 3.0 economy, including nonfungible tokens (NFTs), metaverses, decentralized finance (DeFi), and a host of other important issues. My Crypto Hipster Podcasts (anchor.fm/crypto-hipster-podcast) differ from post other cryptocurrency podcasts. While the top venture capital studios focused on price and market action of Bitcoin, venture-backed alternative coins, and risky stable coins that de-pegged from the Dollar and wreaked havoc in the global economy, I focused on something else: The long-term societal and personal benefits of blockchain technology use cases, globally. I hope you find this book both educational and useful in your crypto and life journey. This book focuses on my conversation with Charles d'Haussy, who is the Asia Managing Director at ConsenSys, a leading blockchain engineering company. Among his responsibilities, he leads ConsenSys' projects on central-bank digital currencies with HKMA, BOT, PBOC, CBUAE & BOK. Prior to this, Charles served as head of FinTech with the Hong Kong government (InvestHK). In that capacity, he helped found and scale Hong Kong FinTech Week, and supported the growth of over 450 FinTech companies. He has 15 years of prior experience in Hong Kong's private sector and is licensed to invest and deal with securities. In 2018, Charles was elected as a Top-50 FinTech influencer in Asia. In 2021, he published Block Kong, a book about Blockchain leaders shaping the Hong Kong blockchain ecosystem. He studied in France at Rennes International Business School and in Guangzhou, China at Sun Yat Sen University. He is a certified Bitcoin professional and studied blockchain business strategy at Be9 London.