Why Hong Kong Is Winning Crypto in 2026 (Allen Ng Explains)

Allen Ng, Co-Founder & CEO of Everest Venture Group (EVG), joins us to break down why Hong Kong has emerged as Asia’s leading crypto hub in 2026.

From launching startups in college to working on venture deals later acquired by Amazon, Allen’s journey spans the early days of tech to the rise of crypto. Since entering the space during the 2017 ICO era, he has built EVG into a 200-person firm delivering 400+ smart contract audits annually across major blockchain networks.

In this conversation, we explore how Asia’s crypto landscape has evolved — and why Hong Kong is now at the center of it.

Allen shares insights on:

- The shift from the ICO era to today’s institutional crypto landscape

- How Hong Kong overtook Singapore as Asia’s top crypto hub

- The key differences between Hong Kong’s “bottom-up” ecosystem and Singapore’s “top-down” approach

- Why talent and execution matter more than regulation

- How Hong Kong connects to China’s vast engineering talent pool

- Emerging markets like Vietnam and their growing crypto adoption

- What founders should consider when choosing where to build in Asia

This is a grounded, experience-driven discussion on the realities of building in crypto — based on over a decade of firsthand experience in the industry.

📍 Recorded at Consensus HK | Bitcoin.com News

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Guest: Allen Ng — Co-Founder & CEO, Everest Venture Group (EVG) | https://www.evg.co/

Host: David Sencil

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