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Matt Haldane
Production editor, Technology
Matt joined the Post in 2019 after covering technology trends in Shenzhen for more than three years. He previously covered business and technology for publications including The Arizona Republic, Phoenix Business Journal, and Reuters. Matt has a master's degree in business journalism and a bachelor's in economics.
As the world’s factory, China cornered the market on bitcoin mining, leading to a flurry of crypto business activity before a harsh crackdown in 2021.
The founder of a blockchain has eaten an infamous artwork commonly known as the “duct-taped banana” at an event in Hong Kong.
Retreat came as analysts warn Bitcoin surge was overblown.
As Chainlink touts its technology that has brought blockchain transfers to the Swift network, geopolitical scrutiny is growing in the space.
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Jeremy Allaire envisions a ‘global network of stablecoins’ enabling ‘better, faster, cheaper’ transactions for emerging markets trading through Hong Kong.
Tokenisation is a major focus of FinTech Week this year, in addition to AI, as Web3 in Hong Kong looks beyond ‘speculative’ cryptocurrencies.
In this week’s issue of the Global Impact newsletter, we take an in-depth look at the latest in China’s chip development.
Speakers at the Jumpstarter Ignition Gala highlighted the city’s advantageous position between mainland China and the larger Asia-Pacific market.
SenseTime CEO Xu Li says the company’s infrastructure and AI model services will help it stay competitive in the years ahead.
The US$600 G1 glasses are a premium, display-oriented product in a market increasingly flooded with cheap Chinese alternatives.
Two years after showcasing Hong Kong’s crypto pivot, FinTech Week organisers say the event can serve as an incubation platform for frontier technologies.
In this week’s issue of the Global Impact newsletter, we look at what the success of action role-playing game Black Myth: Wukong means for China’s gaming industry.
China-backed Global Switch is rolling out new liquid-cooling solutions in Hong Kong as its Tseung Kwan O facility see increased demand from the mainland.
Lazada Thailand CEO Varitha Kiatpinyochai said free returns and chatbots are proving to be important differentiators amid rising e-commerce competition.
Mox says it is the first virtual bank to offer spot cryptocurrency ETFs as part of an effort to offer a holistic banking and investing solution to customers.
Hong Kong-based Solos Technology prepares to take on the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses with AirGo V, as Harvard-trained founder John Fan touts city’s design prowess.
In this week’s issue of the Global Impact newsletter, we take a look at the price war that is developing in China as tech firms fight to keep up with the likes of Nvidia.
The SFC updated the exchanges’ status on its website, while the situation of six operators remains unknown, after several China-linked exchanges pulled out.
Cryptocurrency investor Brock Pierce said he is in conversations to bring a new venture to Hong Kong while a ban on selling to mainland residents pushes some exchanges out.
AI is ‘going through a kind of a bubble right now’, the Nobel Prize-winning economist said, suggesting that limits to the technology’s capabilities could soon set in.
Encode Justice, founded by 19-year-old US student Sneha Revanur, is pushing governments to take more concrete steps on AI regulation, with support from academics and officials.
The Securities and Futures Commission has warned of a fraudulent crypto trading platform called Quantum AI, a long-time scam that uses deepfakes of Elon Musk.
A mix of mainlanders and international visitors showed up at Bitcoin Asia amid surging interest owing to a crypto bull market and recently launched ETFs.
Blockchain made up about 15 per cent of the talks at Money20/20 Asia this year, just slightly below the proportion of talks on AI, as interest remains high in Asia.
Charles Li, former head of the Hong Kong stock exchange, wants to bring its model of financing for a cut of daily revenue to Southeast Asia as early as the fourth quarter.
HashKey will facilitate the sale and purchase of Toncoin, the native token of the TON blockchain, which was started by Telegram Messenger.
While there were fewer exhibitors this year, the Web3 Festival has attracted a more international crowd with 80 per cent of participants from outside the city.
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino’s new venture Holepunch has launched a peer-to-peer messaging app called Keet to aid the mission of ‘financial freedom’.
HKVAEX is advising users to withdraw funds this month ahead of its May 1 shutdown, just three months after it submitted an application for a crypto licence.
BitTorrent downloads topped 90,500 on the first day of release, far surpassing those of other popular Netflix series like Squid Game and Stranger Things.
