Location: Taipei, Vorpal Bunny Gastropub - OffChain Taipei
Travel note: Another day from traditional finance to blockchain finance. In the morning, discussed a recent U.S. stock IPO listing case with Cindy and Dennis from Richwell, hoping everything goes smoothly for the Nasdaq bell-ringing. In the afternoon, visited KGI Futures to see Shinong, a manager there. He introduced several friends in the circle, including Minghui, who has worked in proprietary trading, futures management, and sales at major futures firms and is very familiar with groups like Freemen, Xiaolian Gang, and Alumi—a true veteran in the futures industry; Bin, a salesperson working with the tall and mighty Shen; and Xiao Tan from the Options Gang, who has also been on the Freemen财经下酒菜 show. We chatted all afternoon at Howdy Coffee. Xiao Tan's own options fan page has several thousand users. Thanks to Shinong for the bottle of whisky! In the evening, thanks to Ethan from the crypto unicorn Matrixport for inviting me to the offline Offchain event hosted by Ivan and Denny from Red Building Capital. The circle is small as usual; when chatting with everyone, it's easy to find mutual friends—Quanttrend, ACE, Ascent, Ga…
