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How Asia's Crypto Communities View the Tariffs and Trump's Embrace of Crypto

Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 01:21:44
Publish Date: 2025-04-22 16:00:00
Description:

The U.S. is rattled by tariffs, economic uncertainty, and political U-turns on crypto. But across Asia, the response has been … different.

In this episode of Unchained, we check in with two of the sharpest observers of Asia’s crypto landscape: Emily Parker, China and Japan advisor of the Global Blockchain Business Council, and Yat Siu, chairman of Animoca Brands. They unpack how Asia views the Trump crypto pivot, what’s actually happening inside China, why Hong Kong may be the most important jurisdiction in crypto right now, and how Japan and Korea are quietly shaping the future of regulation, stablecoins, and DeFi.

Plus:

  • Is crypto really banned in China?
  • Why Korea is lifting its “shadow ban”
  • Why crypto gaming is thriving in Asia
  • And what the West can learn from it all


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Guests:

  • Emily Parker, China and Japan Advisor at the Global Blockchain Business Council
  • Yat Siu, Chairman of Animoca Brands

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Timestamps: 

0:00 Introduction

5:43 Why Chinese sentiment around tariffs is calmer than in the U.S.

️ 8:24 What crypto conversations are really about in China right now

11:28 How Asia reacted to the U.S. crypto U-turn under Trump

20:13 Are Asian nations quietly building up bitcoin reserves?

23:19 How Asia has more regulatory clarity than the U.S.

25:13 Why crypto adoption in Asia is outpacing that of other regions 

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