Location: Taipei, W Hotel, Yi Yen Chinese Restaurant
Travel note summary: Yi Yen Chinese Restaurant at W Hotel Taipei & Falan Qi Ying Duo English Tea Restaurant. Yesterday, visited Yansheng Fintech with Cindy, who just returned from Hong Kong. They have a quantitative fund of about 5 billion RMB in mainland China and hold a Type 9 license in Hong Kong with some running hedge funds. Discussed potential cooperation opportunities like FOF (fund allocation to Crypto Fund) or crypto-denominated dedicated account management. This morning, went with Cindy and Eric to Cathay Landmark Building to visit the QuanTrend team. Taiwan is small—Clark knows both me and his NTU EMBA senior Eric, so this meeting came about. Besides Popo and Clark, core members like CTO Kaede and BD Ariel were also there. Their AI prediction models and market maker technology are truly excellent, ranking 7th globally on Binance with over $1 billion in daily trading volume. For lunch, everyone went to Yi Yen across the street. I haven't been here in over ten years—time flies. Thanks to Clark for the treat! In the afternoon, visited the DeFITs office at the United Daily News building near Taipei City Hall Station. A…
