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Matt Haldane
Production editor, Technology
Matt joined the Post in 2019 after covering technology trends in Shenzhen for more than three years. He previously covered business and technology for publications including The Arizona Republic, Phoenix Business Journal, and Reuters. Matt has a master's degree in business journalism and a bachelor's in economics.
Matt joined the Post in 2019 after covering technology trends in Shenzhen for more than three years. He previously covered business and technology for publications including The Arizona Republic, Phoenix Business Journal, and Reuters. Matt has a master's degree in business journalism and a bachelor's in economics.
Areas of Expertise:
Web3, gadgets, technology trendsLanguages Spoken:
English
Web3 Harbour, in collaboration with PwC Hong Kong, will launch five action groups in August on stablecoins, funds and other critical segments.
HKUST scientist De Kai says AI is more akin to climate change than a geopolitical challenge, requiring a new way of thinking.
The entrepreneur says biotech should be less contentious than AI, as a breakthrough in Beijing is just as usable in Boston.
OKX chief commercial officer Lennix Lai says the exchange is focused on building compliant services in the US and Singapore, among other markets.
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Animoca chairman Yat Siu said Hong Kong has ‘leapfrogged’ the US with its new stablecoin law, but experts warn of high short-term costs.
The Tron founder, with the largest holding of the $TRUMP memecoin, tells the Post that he sees recent US crypto moves affecting China.
Officials again touted the strength of the local Web3 industry, while Binance founder CZ avoided the event despite recent activity in the city.
Wood’s newer project Polkadot is focused on scaling decentralised applications, with many developers coming from China.
Stablecoin transactions are now a fifth of all cryptocurrency transactions, and they make it easier to transact in US dollar-backed assets.
The SFC licensed its first international crypto exchange on Tuesday as it courts global business at major Web3 conference.
Hong Kong is leaning into its role in traditional finance as it courts Web3 enthusiasts to the city for CoinDesk’s Consensus Hong Kong.
A cyberattack against the Chinese AI start-up has led to days of intermittent outages, as third parties including Nvidia tout self-hosted solutions.
Experts say AI model distillation is likely widespread and hard to detect, but DeepSeek has not admitted to using it on its full models.
As the world’s factory, China cornered the market on bitcoin mining, leading to a flurry of crypto business activity before a harsh crackdown in 2021.
The founder of a blockchain has eaten an infamous artwork commonly known as the “duct-taped banana” at an event in Hong Kong.
Retreat came as analysts warn Bitcoin surge was overblown.
As Chainlink touts its technology that has brought blockchain transfers to the Swift network, geopolitical scrutiny is growing in the space.
Jeremy Allaire envisions a ‘global network of stablecoins’ enabling ‘better, faster, cheaper’ transactions for emerging markets trading through Hong Kong.
Tokenisation is a major focus of FinTech Week this year, in addition to AI, as Web3 in Hong Kong looks beyond ‘speculative’ cryptocurrencies.
In this week’s issue of the Global Impact newsletter, we take an in-depth look at the latest in China’s chip development.
Speakers at the Jumpstarter Ignition Gala highlighted the city’s advantageous position between mainland China and the larger Asia-Pacific market.
SenseTime CEO Xu Li says the company’s infrastructure and AI model services will help it stay competitive in the years ahead.
The US$600 G1 glasses are a premium, display-oriented product in a market increasingly flooded with cheap Chinese alternatives.
Two years after showcasing Hong Kong’s crypto pivot, FinTech Week organisers say the event can serve as an incubation platform for frontier technologies.
In this week’s issue of the Global Impact newsletter, we look at what the success of action role-playing game Black Myth: Wukong means for China’s gaming industry.
China-backed Global Switch is rolling out new liquid-cooling solutions in Hong Kong as its Tseung Kwan O facility see increased demand from the mainland.
Lazada Thailand CEO Varitha Kiatpinyochai said free returns and chatbots are proving to be important differentiators amid rising e-commerce competition.
Mox says it is the first virtual bank to offer spot cryptocurrency ETFs as part of an effort to offer a holistic banking and investing solution to customers.
Hong Kong-based Solos Technology prepares to take on the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses with AirGo V, as Harvard-trained founder John Fan touts city’s design prowess.
