Ben Zhou is the Co-Founder and CEO at Bybit, the 3rd largest crypto exchange with more than 20 Million customers worldwide trading $13 Billion daily!

Ben is previous FOREX sales and marketing master who managed to pull within 5 years what most will never achieve in a lifetime: start a crypto exchange, acquire 20 million customers, start a non for profit PreSchool and become one of the key personalities in the crypto space.

In this conversation we talk about:

- Ben’s early life
- why you should challenge authority
- Financial Nihilism and why people gamble
- The Bybit Story
- Why Ben created Singapore’s first non for profit school

And much more!
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Chapters

0:00 bybit
01:32 Ben’s Life Mission
05:00 Ben’s early life
09:50 Importance of Wealth in Chinese Culture
14:30 Challenging the Authority
15:24 Moving to New Zealand at 11 years old
21:30 Ben’s Key values
24:35 Moving to the US for College
28:00 9 to 5 Job in the US
32:45 Advice to bored Gen Zs
35:30 The Side Hustle That Changed Everything
37:40 The Golden Age for FOREX in China
44:30 Financial Nihilism and Gambling Relationship
48:39 FOREX Cracked down in China
53:08 Transition into Crypto
58:05 Starting Bybit
01:06:09 How to bootstrap a crypto exchange
01:08:20 Building an Affiliate Marketing Power House
01:12:50 Covid March Crash impact on Bybit
01:15:25 Bybit Market Share
01:15:50 Moving to Singapore
01:18:30 FTX Bankruptcy Impact on Singapore Crypto Stance
01:21:50 Building a Non-Profit School
01:25:00 Rethinking PreSchool Education from Scratch
01:27:55 Technology and Education
01:30:40 PreSchool DAO
01:35:09 Why you should have hobbies
01:39:20 Gaming & Entrepreneurship Success
01:42:30 How to Find your Passion
01:48:37 Ben’s Advice to his Younger Self
01:49:03 Ben’s 12-month Prediction