The long-time former Bloomberg TV anchor has switched sides to the PR world. He talks about why he made the decision, what he’s learned so far and the road ahead. Jack Ma’s Dot Com Warning Of the many stories John Dawson can regale from his rich journalism career, one in particular stands out. He is…
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CMCC Global building “the BlackRock of crypto”
CMCC Global, a $500 million Hong Kong-based crypto investment business, is diversifying its funds portfolio to reach all corners of blockchain-based finance. The team began fundraising for the fourth iteration of its Alpha series of pure token-based investment vehicles in April this year. It’s now preparing its first equity VC fund, with a market-neutral crypto…
CMCC Global’s Latest Fund Attracts Li’s Investment Group
Martin Baumann and Charlie Morris, managing partners and co-founders at CMCC Global, one of the biggest VC Firms that target the crypto space, discuss the target of $300 million for their fourth fund, the types of investors they are talking to and why investors would benefit from their fund. They speak on “Bloomberg Markets: China…
Richard Li, Winklevoss-Backed Crypto Fund Seeks $300 Million
CMCC Global, a Hong Kong-based venture capital firm, is targeting $300 million of assets in its latest crypto fund — and attracting traditional investors like billionaire Richard Li to bet on blockchain technology and its applications. Launched in April, its fourth crypto token fund now has assets under management of close to $90 million, with…
Renegade Crypto Exchange Enlists Mainstream CEO for Makeover
Alexander Höptner, chief executive officer of 100x Group, the holding group behind cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX, discusses the prospects for the market and his company. (Source: Bloomberg)
Crypto Markets Getting ‘Big Push,’ 100x Group CEO Says
Alexander Höptner, chief executive officer of 100x Group, the holding group behind cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX, discusses the prospects for the market and his company. Höptner’s appointment in December came two months after the founders of the exchange were charged with skirting U.S. laws that prevent money laundering. He speaks with David Ingles on “Bloomberg Daybreak:…
Telum Talks to… John Dawson, Acara Strategy
“The journalist wants a headline and you want to get a message across” – former Bloomberg journalist and TV Anchor, and founder of Acara Strategy, John Dawson talks to us this week about interviewing both from the interviewers and interviewees perspective and on the founding of an agency during a pandemic. Bringing with him experience…
Surviving under the microscope
As businesses come under intense stakeholder scrutiny, communication with stakeholders has become a top priority. Pressure on business performance as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and Sino-US trade tensions has, along with intense interest in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) concerns among regulators and stakeholders, have placed companies, both public and private, under the…
Hong Kong Inc. in Crisis – What’s Your Strategy?
“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently”– Warren BuffettThe old adage of “fail to prepare, prepare to fail” could not be more salient when it comes to a crisis coming at you full speed and, as is often the…
Inside H.K.’s first regulated crypto fund
This week has started with a groundbreaking fund launch, the first SFC-regulated crypto fund in Hong Kong for professional investors. This now gives financial institutions a clear vehicle to get simple exposure to Bitcoin. But the achievement took two years of volatile fortunes – in the markets, in negotiations, and in the management team. On…