Chief Operating Officer @MoonIncHK, Former Head of China Access, Sales & Trading @HSBC ₿itcoiner, Optimist
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For years, I worked in Asia’s TradFi system while quietly building conviction in Bitcoin. Eventually, those worlds converged.
I joined @jeremyalmond on @ReDeFined_talks to discuss that journey, and why Asia will matter in the next chapter of Bitcoin adoption.
Check out the episode: piped.video/Z0YxFNxDf5A
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Hosted Brian Roberts, MD and Head of Equities Product Development at HKEX, at Bitcoin Asia.
Quick context for anyone outside this market: the US listed the first spot Bitcoin ETFs in January 2024. Hong Kong followed in April 2024 with Asia’s first, and launched them with in-kind creation and redemption from day one.
That means authorized participants can create or redeem ETF shares by delivering or receiving actual Bitcoin, not just cash. Cleaner plumbing, lower friction, and a path for holders to wrap BTC into a regulated, exchange-listed product.
The SEC did not allow the same structure until July 2025; more than a year later.
HKEX was not copying Wall Street. It built the better version of the product first.
Thank you, Brian, for walking a global audience through how this market actually works!
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We are a handful of years away from every major factory in the developed world being fully automated, running 24/7, and for a fraction of the current cost. Prices on consumer goods will drop to unthinkable levels. Most likely, the Chinese will continue to dominate, even with tariffs.
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The US listed spot Bitcoin ETFs first. Hong Kong followed three months later and built something the SEC wouldn't allow for another year: in-kind creation and redemption. Bitcoin in, ETF out.
At Bitcoin Asia I'm sitting down with Brian Roberts of HKEX, who was central to bringing those products to market. The guy who made the plumbing work.
@Bitcoinconfasia @_btcinc
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Excited for the conference. Bear markets are when the best voices show up.
COO OF MOON INC. @RUSSJACOBSEN TO SPEAK AT BITCOIN ASIA 2026 🇭🇰
"We believe #Bitcoin is the future of global finance and are committed to leading the region into a Bitcoin‑powered era." ⚡️
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ACOUNT WAS HACKED. Safe now, but a scammer was impersonating me with DMs. Please be careful, and I’m sorry this happened.
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Love this framing.
David Friedberg: It's not rich vs poor, it's makers vs takers.
@friedberg:
“ The great lie is that there are two sides to society, that is the rich and the poor.
And the great truth is that there are two sides that are the makers and the takers.
The lie is that the rich are unfairly rich and the poor are unfairly poor, and therefore, the poor must take from the rich.
But the truth is that it's the takers that tell you that lie, that the real truth is that artists, plumbers, electricians, woodworkers, computer scientists, people that build, people that make from all walks of life, all income levels, all wealth brackets, are the makers.
And the takers are what Sacks calls this intelligentsia, the analysts, the espousers, the armchair mechanics, the critics, the commentators, the politicians. They are the takers.
They are the people that watch the rest of society make stuff, build stuff, specifically doing things that create value for other people in society. That's what a maker is.”
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Perma-Bull posters are not the droids you are looking for.
Andy, you’ve been signal.
Time to re-curate your follows, friends.
How many of the people you follow failed to call the #Bitcoin bear market?
And how many of them expressed confidence in the last 4 months that it was over?
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Russ Jacobsen retweeted
🚨 It's not just ZCash.
Opus 4.8 also found a vulnerability in $USD that allows for unlimited issuance which could theoretically enrich insiders at the expense of all holders
huge breaking
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The Moon Inc. prepaid bitcoin cards are now available in stores in HK.
Fantastic product for beginner cold wallet user, or gifting to no-coiners.
Now available in store: Prepaid Bitcoin Cards from Moon Inc.
Secure storage. Instant access. The professional way to gift Bitcoin.
Visit us at World Wide House, Central, Hong Kong.
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Russ Jacobsen retweeted
Just learned that @walletofsatoshi enabled Spark privacy a few weeks ago, meaning their users' transaction data is no longer searchable. Glad to hear it!
Now we just have to get @tetherwallet to follow suit.
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I’m glad @Saylor has backed off from the ‘never sell your bitcoin’ mantra.
On stage in Abu Dhabi, I highlighted @MoonIncHK’s policy to maintain both a ‘treasury stack’ and an ‘operational stack’ (i.e. a sellable Bitcoin reserve) and felt like I was spewing blasphemy to the audience of @BitcoinForCorps members.
Locking away a companies balance sheet (funding) to never be touched is extremely limiting and often unrealistic, particularly if the operating business has needs and/or market conditions change.
In fact, I would take it a step further and argue that bitcoin on the balance sheet, being the prestige capital that it is, should also be used for yield generation. Increasingly there are more options that allow for YG and do NOT require giving up custody (triparty, lien-type arrangements).
When done safely, such strategies can generate 6-8% in additional balance sheet gains with little downside/margin call risk, and no upside-capping.
I believe discerning BTCTC investors will begin differentiating on the basis of Co’s maximizing returns in such a way.
Michael Saylor
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Was great to catch up with top-notch human being and innovator @jeremyalmond and lovely colleague Alexandra in Vegas.
@paystand just launched USDb, the first stablecoin built on Bitcoin. This is what we love to see!
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