Fintech & EM-focused Analyst, KT Capital Group

Alec Tseung

Alec is currently a partner in KT Capital Group and the Chinese shareholder representative of a public P&C insurer in Kazakhstan/Central Asia. 

Previously, he served as the Research & Investments Partner at Re:base Ventures (rebase.vc), a Web3 and DeFi investment firm with a strong focus on building and incubation. 

Before that, he spent time with Tencent, where he was responsible for the group's investments in the overseas markets (Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Europe). 

Prior to Tencent, he was in the Principal Investments team at Swiss Re, where he focused on driving the group's investments into financial services and Fintech sectors in APAC. 

He has been responsible for a wide range of investments and transactions (venture/growth, buyout, direct secondaries, etc.) totaling >$5 billion. Alec started his career with Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Fintech & EM-focused Analyst

DeFi Options Protocols Series (#4): Bringing Real World Risks On-Chain?

DeFi Options Protocols Series (#2): The Story of David and Goliath?

DeFi Options Protocols Series (#1): The New "Robhinhood" Of DeFi?

KT Capital Group

Principal investments and advisory firm that focuses on connecting the CIS countries with East Asia.

Principal investments and advisory firm

Crypto

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<li>DeFi options protocols' TVL did not change much in the past three months despite the bear market we are now in.</li>
<li>Many (TradFi) institutions and institutional investors we spoke to believed the next bull market/major innovations in DeFi might be coming from protocols that offer yields from real-world assets. </li>
<li>To drive the next phase of growth, options protocols should leverage their composability to tap into it by offering those protocols additional use cases related to options. </li>
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DeFi options protocols' TVL did not change much in the past three months despite the bear market we are now in.
Many (TradFi) institutions and institutional investors we spoke to believed the next bull market/major innovations in DeFi might be coming from protocols that offer yields from real-world assets. 
To drive the next phase of growth, options protocols should leverage their composability to tap into it by offering those protocols additional use cases related to options. 


DeFi Options Protocols Series (#3): Where Can the Next Phase of Growth Come From?

Ethereum

DeFi Options Protocols Series (#3): Where Can the Next Phase of Growth Come From?