Tether co-founder Brock Pierce teases possible return to Hong Kong, says China will open to cryptocurrencies
- Cryptocurrency investor Brock Pierce said he is in conversations to bring a new venture to Hong Kong a decade after co-founding the world’s largest stablecoin
- Pierce is striking a positive tone as several crypto exchanges have withdrawn their licence applications in the city amid a ban on serving mainland customers
Cryptocurrency investor Brock Pierce, who co-founded the stablecoin Tether in Hong Kong a decade ago, has teased that he is looking at returning to work in the city for a third time as the government works to entice the crypto industry back.
Pierce, who is also chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation, was coy about what his new venture would be doing or whether Hong Kong would be its permanent base of operations. He said the city was part of a “continued conversation”.
“Big things may come from this,” he told the South China Morning Post after the Solowin and Sequire Asia Investor Summit in Hong Kong on Wednesday. “I’m going to go where I think my time is most valuable. I’m enthusiastic about what’s happening in Hong Kong, which means I’m enthusiastic about working here, which means the likelihood of something happening is good right now.”
Still, Pierce said he remains confident that it will happen.