“As Much As We Compete, When It Makes Sense to Cooperate, We Do” - Changpeng Zhao, CTO OKcoin

“As Much As We Compete, When It Makes Sense to Cooperate, We Do” - Changpeng Zhao, CTO OKcoin

The ‘big three’ Chinese exchanges – BTC China, OKcoin, and Huobi – have been ramping up their offerings to customers and have demonstrated their desire to expand into lucrative western markets. In a follow-up to our previous interview with OKcoin, this time we got the chance to talk with the CTO of the Beijing-based exchange, Changpeng Zhao, who shared his thoughts on his company’s recent audit, the NY state BitLicense and a whole lot more. CoinTelegraph: OKcoin has revealed it has 104% reserves when it underwent an audit last month. Why did you decide to do this audit and are you looking....


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