David Low (Hata) on Crypto in Southeast Asia (EP.574)
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This is Wyatt from Castle Island. And on today's episode of On the Brink, I was joined by David Lo, cofounder of Hata. Hata is an emerging crypto asset exchange serving the Southeast Asia market and a portfolio company, Castle Island. David and I chatted at length about the state of crypto in the region and what to be excited about. Without further ado, I hope you enjoy this episode. Matt
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David, thanks for coming on the podcast. Excited to have you join today. I think it'd probably be best to start with a quick introduction. So I'd love to hear more about your personal background, how you got into crypto, and what you're up to now.
Sure. Sounds good. So just a brief introduction of my personal background. I started my career as a lawyer. So I was a commercial litigator. I graduated in the UK then went back to Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, to be specific. Spent about a year plus in legal practice before I then start moving into startups. I discovered Bitcoin in 2017. I would argue that I was very late into the scene, but some will argue otherwise in this day and age. But like most people who've discovered Bitcoin for the first time, when I discovered it, to me, it was revolutionary. I knew that this was a space to be in. This w
Yeah. I definitely wanna hear more about the market gaps that you're talking about. One thing you said, which I think is interesting, your initial interest or draw to crypto and to Bitcoin specifically in 2017, was that out of pure interest for yourself, or was it out of excitement having grown up in Malaysia and that the part of the world that you were in and you thought there was specific application to that case? Or was it from a legal point of view, or what drew you to it in the first place? I
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