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Crypto Hubs 2023
The best places to live freely and work smart in Web3 and blockchain.
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Why Edinburgh Is Zumo's Crypto Hub
A conversation with Nick Jones, the co-founder and CEO of digital-assets infrastructure platform Zumo, on how being accepted to a blockchain accelerator and COVID-19 workplace changes influenced their choice to establish and remain in Scotland.
Why Lisbon Is Immunefi's Crypto Hub
A frank conversation with founder and CEO Mitchell Amador about where he optimized his startup’s locations from the perspective of regulations, taxes and human health. This interview is part of Crypto Hubs 2023.
What New York Can Learn From Hong Kong in Regulating Crypto
A small number of unelected individuals in Washington D.C. are exercising alarming authoritarian power as regulators, counter to the Big Apple’s stated desire to move from antiquated financial systems to digital ones, writes Omer Ozden.
Don’t Overlook Tokyo and Hong Kong as Crypto Hot Spots
The two Far East financial hubs take a comprehensive approach to overseeing crypto, and are likely to attract businesses from around the world. They don’t appear on CoinDesk’s Crypto Hubs 2023 ranking of the 15 best places to live and work for crypto professionals, but they should not be ignored.
Crypto Hubs 2023: Where to Live Freely and Work Smart
With shifting regulatory regimes worldwide, crypto is on the move to find the best locales to put down roots, get licensed, register or just be. Crypto Hubs 2023, our ranking of the top 15 global crypto hubs, is a good place to start.
Zug: Where Ethereum Was Born and Crypto Goes to Grow Up
What is not to like about the tiny Swiss city where Vitalik Buterin and his cofounders launched Ethereum? The No. 1 spot on CoinDesk’s Crypto Hubs 2023 ranking has it all: regulatory clarity, crypto-friendly banks and a lively crypto job market and events calendar.
Singapore: The Center of Asian Crypto Wealth Is Ready for a Reset
A fintech hub turned early crypto adopter, Singapore raised billions through ICOs. Cue parties on yachts and at luxury villas. But after the collapse of homegrown crypto darlings Terraform Labs and Three Arrows Capital, the No. 2 spot in CoinDesk’s Crypto Hubs 2023 is searching for the right regulatory balance to encourage crypto without getting burned again.
London: The World’s Capital for Foreign Exchange Adds Cryptocurrencies to Its Ledger
Already a global hub for finance, the No. 3 spot in CoinDesk’s Crypto Hubs 2023 has a healthy grassroots crypto adoption rate and a prime minister eager to attract the digital asset industry.
Seoul: Asia’s Retail Crypto Capital Moves on After Do Kwon
South Korea’s nearly 7 million registered users, many in the nation’s capital, show a huge interest in trading crypto. But No. 4 in CoinDesk’s Crypto Hubs 2023 is still licking its wounds after the catastrophic collapse of Terra blockchain – for a time, South Korea’s favorite crypto project.
Dubai: Launching a Crypto Regulatory Arm to Become a Global Financial Power
The center of the crypto universe has been shifting toward Dubai since March 2022, when the UAE announced the world’s first independent crypto regulator: the Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority. With its stated intention to provide legal clarity for crypto, the No. 5 spot in CoinDesk’s Crypto Hubs 2023 has attracted jurisdiction shoppers such as Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao and crypto exchange WazirX.
