Changpeng Zhao, founder and CEO of Binance, the world’s biggest bitcoin and altcoin crypto exchange by volume, will deliver the first session in a special series of talks hosted by the newly-opened Museum of the Future in Dubai.
The Future Talks will see prominent futurists, industry experts and scientists offering unique insights into the greatest challenges humanity will face in the future.
The initiative is part of the museum’s mission to create a platform where the world’s brightest minds meet and collaborate to design innovative solutions for tomorrow’s world, a statement said.
Zhao will discuss his experience before launching Binance, which began by building large-scale trading systems for brokerage firms on Wall Street.
Today, Binance has a trading value of $2 trillion while its own cryptocurrency, known as Binance Coin (BNB), is ranked third globally in terms of market share.
He will also share his vision for the future of finance, the potential future applications of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology, and the pivotal role of Dubai in globalising the future of the sector.
Changpeng, a Chinese-Canadian businessman, was a member of the founding team of Blockchain Info, before he later took a senior position with cryptocurrency company OKCoin, to later leave and announce the establishment of Binance.
Zhao’s fortune is currently estimated at $96 billion, making him the richest businessman in Canada and the 14th on the list of the world’s richest people issued by Bloomberg.
Zhao is a big fan of Dubai, which he said offer great opportunities to empower creators and innovators.
Zhao announced last November that he had bought an apartment in Dubai, which he described as a “friendly city for crypto-financial solutions”, praising the government’s future-proof vision and the city’s business environment.
Zhao’s session is part of a series of nine talks that the Museum of the Future plans to hold from February 24 to March 29 and is open to the public free of charge.
The Museum of the Future, which opened this week, is a permanent exhibition to review various aspects of the future of humanity and the most important technologies that await humanity in the coming decades.
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