Eduard Jubany Tur, Founder of ZKX, on Perpetual Futures, DeFi Growth in Asia, and How DeFi Can Democratize Finance | Ep. 333
Eduard Jubany Tur, the founder of ZKX, a decentralized perpetual futures exchange on Starknet, sat down for an exclusive interview with Cryptonews Podcast.
He talked about the growth of the crypto industry in Asia, which is home to most of the early adopters, and the region’s key relevance for the industry.
Tur also discussed differences between crypto users in Asia and the rest of the world, noting that most people are nonetheless still on centralized exchanges rather than in DeFi.
Getting people to move to DeFi is currently difficult given its overall complexity, but there are clear solutions, Tur remarked.
While working in venture capital, Tur was based out of Taiwan, getting a clear view of the Asia market, he said.
He helped startup founders across various countries, including Indonesia, India, Thailand, Korea, and China.
Through this work, he got to learn the advantages of each country and the specific issues each deals with.
Notably, the data showed that “most of the growth in crypto has always come from these markets in Asia.”
Most centralized exchanges that we know today and many of the projects were born out of Asia.
And that's how ZKX was born.
With a very exciting combination of real market insight, the gap in the market
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