Talking Heads: Are Centralized Exchanges Dying? ft. Chainalysis' Joshua Foo

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Joshua Foo, regional director (ASEAN and Central Asia) at Chainalysis, spoke to Blockhead about the rise of self-custody solutions in the wake of FTX’s collapse, the importance of education, and how centralised exchanges can remain relevant in the Web3 ecosystem at large.

Highlights:

  • 00:00 - Fund movements from centralized exchanges to self-custody
  • 00:29 - Importance of self-custody
  • 01:08 - Importance of centralized exchanges
  • 01:47 - Trust in the crypto space and three things the ecosystem needs
  • 03:15 - How institutional investors can come in
  • 03:45 - Security of Web3

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