The last time that Bitcoin came close to hitting $20,000 was in 2017.
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Well folks, the day has finally come: Bitcoin is past $20K.
And not only that, at press time, Bitcoin was more than halfway towards reaching the $25,000 mark, and it does not appear to be slowing down anytime soon (Editor’s note: seriously, it was adding $100 every time I refreshed CoinMarketCap.)
While BTC’s lifespan is still relatively short in the grand scheme of things, it may be safe to say that in a way, this $20K has been a long time in coming, for some, agonizingly long (particularly the last several weeks, when Bitcoin almost reached up to the $20,000 mark several times before shyly backing away.)
"Just a Number"?
Moreover, the $20K milestone is especially significant because of BTC’s price run in late 2017. BTC did not quite have the momentum to break through the $20K ceiling; in fact, $20K seemed to be a sort of turning point for Bitcoin in 2017. The FOMO that was largely driving the rally was not fundamentally strong enough to sustain Bitcoin. (We all know what happened next.)
Now, things have changed. Three years later, it seems that BTC has finally come full-circle from its 2017 boom (and bust.) And while BTC’s journey past $20K may have felt like a long journey to some, BTC’s transition from 'magic internet money' to the mainstream world of finance has been remarkably quick.
Indeed, in a statement shared with Finance Magnates, Matteo Dante Perruccio, President International of Wave Financial Group, said that “while $20,000 is just a number, the real story is that it has only taken 12 years for Bitcoin to become a generally accepted financial asset.”
What has caused Bitcoin to have achieved this status as a 'generally accepted financial asset'? To finally crash through $20,000, and to hurtle past it?
Large Institutions and Hedge Funds Are Betting Big on Bitcoin
Matteo Peruccio pointed to the fact that institutional investors are increasingly “embracing Bitcoin as an efficient inflation hedge and either a substitute for or complement to gold.”
Indeed, “the recent news of Ruffer IC, the prominent investment manager, diversifying into Bitcoin is certainly contributing to this move and will only serve to pave the way for more institutional investment into digital assets,” he said.
A number of other institutional investors have recently made their way into Bitcoin in a very public way.
Matteo Dante Perruccio, President International of Wave Financial Group.
Indeed, Dan Simerman, Head of Financial Relations at the IOTA Foundation, told Finance Magnates that “institutional demand is finally here.”
“With traditional financial institutions like Guggenheim Partners exploring Bitcoin, it’s clear that the king of digital assets is no longer at risk of ‘going to zero’ and is starting to be treated as a real asset with real value.”
This increased institutional interest in Bitcoin is represented in the number of BTC wallets that contain between 1,000 and 10,000 BTC. Data from Santiment shows an increase from 1,692 such wallets one year ago to 2,193 wallets today; however, there have been decreases in wallets of slightly smaller (100-1,000) and larger (10,000-100,000) sizes.
via Santiment
Financial Institutions Embrace Bitcoin as Protection against USD Inflation
What is particularly notable about these investments is the fact that many of these institutions seem to be viewing Bitcoin as a hedge against inflation.
Dan Simerman, Head of Financial Relations at the IOTA Foundation.
Indeed, following a $22 million investment in Bitcoin Futures, Paul Tudor Jones told investors in his Tudor BVI Fund that he saw Bitcoin as a hedge against “great monetary inflation.”
“I am not a millennial investing in cryptocurrency,” wrote Jones in a letter to investors, “but a baby boomer who wants to capture the opportunity set while protecting my capital in ever-changing environments.”
Additionally, he said that “the best profit-maximizing strategy is to own the fastest horse,” says Jones. “If I am forced to forecast, my bet will be Bitcoin.”
And Paul Tudor Jones is not the only hedge fund manager who sees Bitcoin this way: a number of other big names in the hedge fund world have recently tossed their hats into the BTC ring, including Guggenheim Partners, MassMutual, Stan Druckenmiller and Ray Dalio.
Furthermore, Wave’s Matteo Peruccio pointed out to Finance Magnates that a recent survey by Bank of America has “indicated that one of the most common trades among hedge funds is to buy Bitcoin and sell the US dollar, which should provide continued support.”
Indeed, “there continues to be a strong argument for Bitcoin being seen as not only a legitimate store of value but an inflation hedge during times of economic uncertainty.”
Retail Investors Are Also Flocking to Bitcoin
And it is not only financial institutions that seem to be looking to BTC as a possible protection against USD inflation.
In addition to the increased institutional interest in Bitcoin, there also seems to be a wave of new retail interest that has hit BTC.
Matt Luongo, Chief Executive of Thesis, the a16z-backed crypto venture firm behind Visa's first Bitcoin rewards card, pointed out that “there’s no real way to know who exactly is buying bitcoin.”
However, “what we can observe is a major spike in new Bitcoin addresses,” he said. “According to Glassnode, the number of new BTC addresses registered per hour hit nearly 25,000 addresses for the first time since January 2018 — the month following Bitcoin’s all-time high of $20,000.”
Matt Luongo, Chief Executive of Thesis.
Additionally, data from Santiment shows that throughout 2020, there has been an increase in the number of BTC wallets that likely belong to retail investors.
For example, in November of 2019, there were 670,000 BTC wallets with 1-10 BTC in them, and 7.56 million BTC wallets with 0.001 to 0.01 coins in them. Now, there are 675,5000 wallets with 1-10 BTC and 8.37 million BTC wallets with 0.001 to 0.01 coins.
via Santiment
There has also been an increase in wallets that likely belong to retail investors of a slightly larger size (10-100 BTC.)
“From a Tech Adoption Perspective, the Market Has Now Evolved to a Point Where We’re Ready to Use Bitcoin in New Ways.”
Beyond the 'BTC as store-of-value' narrative, Bitcoin is significantly more accessible and practical for retail investors than it was a year ago.
But it is not just PayPal that has made Bitcoin more accessible to the average retail investor. Matt Luongo told Finance Magnates that “from a tech adoption perspective, the market has now evolved to a point where we’re ready to use Bitcoin in new ways.”
“You can buy BTC and immediately put it to work (not just wait for the price to go up) in more high-opportunity ecosystems, like the DeFi space that’s happening on Ethereum,” he said.
“People are making money by putting it into alternative peer-to-peer financial applications that offer the same services such as lending and borrowing, for example,” he added. Indeed, companies that offer loans and interest-bearing crypto accounts have recently announced record-breaking amounts of assets under management.
Additionally, “DeFi applications are providing opportunities for people to collateralize, loan, stake their BTC in ways never before possible,” Luongo said.
In other words, retail adoption could be poised to grow even bigger. Steve Ehrlich, Chief Executive of US-based cryptocurrency broker, Voyager Digital, told Finance Magnates that “we’ve seen retail investors rushing in to convert their cash into crypto, to build their digital asset portfolio and build wealth by earning compounding interest.”
Steve Ehrlich, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of crypto Trading Platform, Voyager.
“We expect this adoption to skyrocket in 2021 based on all the trends we are witnessing.”
What Could Cause Bitcoin to Fall?
Of course, it is possible that BTC’s upward trajectory could change, in fact, retracements are almost an inevitability.
However, there are also certain forces that could pose more serious threats to Bitcoin over the long-term. Dr. John Edmunds, a financial expert and professor at Babson College, told Finance Magnates that “the most immediate risk to Bitcoin is an ill-considered attempt to tax Bitcoin.”
“It is possible to tax cyber currency income but requires new approaches, not ham-fisted, bumbling attempts,” he said. “It is very easy to scare cyber currency businesses away from any country that is too crude, clumsy or punitive in its treatment of cyber currency.”
Dr. John Edmunds, Financial Expert and Professor at Babson College.
Further, Matt Luongo said that there could be another Bitcoin bubble in the year to come: “In 2017, we saw a Bitcoin bubble. In 2021, I expect we will see another,” he said.
However, “unlike the last, the alternative financial system has grown tremendously. We’re beginning to see real, parallel economic activity outside of trading, [as well as] commerce and credit facilities. This growth represents real adoption, and it won’t disappear when the next bubble bursts.”
Where do you think Bitcoin is headed next? Let us know in the comments below.
Well folks, the day has finally come: Bitcoin is past $20K.
And not only that, at press time, Bitcoin was more than halfway towards reaching the $25,000 mark, and it does not appear to be slowing down anytime soon (Editor’s note: seriously, it was adding $100 every time I refreshed CoinMarketCap.)
While BTC’s lifespan is still relatively short in the grand scheme of things, it may be safe to say that in a way, this $20K has been a long time in coming, for some, agonizingly long (particularly the last several weeks, when Bitcoin almost reached up to the $20,000 mark several times before shyly backing away.)
"Just a Number"?
Moreover, the $20K milestone is especially significant because of BTC’s price run in late 2017. BTC did not quite have the momentum to break through the $20K ceiling; in fact, $20K seemed to be a sort of turning point for Bitcoin in 2017. The FOMO that was largely driving the rally was not fundamentally strong enough to sustain Bitcoin. (We all know what happened next.)
Now, things have changed. Three years later, it seems that BTC has finally come full-circle from its 2017 boom (and bust.) And while BTC’s journey past $20K may have felt like a long journey to some, BTC’s transition from 'magic internet money' to the mainstream world of finance has been remarkably quick.
Indeed, in a statement shared with Finance Magnates, Matteo Dante Perruccio, President International of Wave Financial Group, said that “while $20,000 is just a number, the real story is that it has only taken 12 years for Bitcoin to become a generally accepted financial asset.”
What has caused Bitcoin to have achieved this status as a 'generally accepted financial asset'? To finally crash through $20,000, and to hurtle past it?
Large Institutions and Hedge Funds Are Betting Big on Bitcoin
Matteo Peruccio pointed to the fact that institutional investors are increasingly “embracing Bitcoin as an efficient inflation hedge and either a substitute for or complement to gold.”
Indeed, “the recent news of Ruffer IC, the prominent investment manager, diversifying into Bitcoin is certainly contributing to this move and will only serve to pave the way for more institutional investment into digital assets,” he said.
A number of other institutional investors have recently made their way into Bitcoin in a very public way.
Matteo Dante Perruccio, President International of Wave Financial Group.
Indeed, Dan Simerman, Head of Financial Relations at the IOTA Foundation, told Finance Magnates that “institutional demand is finally here.”
“With traditional financial institutions like Guggenheim Partners exploring Bitcoin, it’s clear that the king of digital assets is no longer at risk of ‘going to zero’ and is starting to be treated as a real asset with real value.”
This increased institutional interest in Bitcoin is represented in the number of BTC wallets that contain between 1,000 and 10,000 BTC. Data from Santiment shows an increase from 1,692 such wallets one year ago to 2,193 wallets today; however, there have been decreases in wallets of slightly smaller (100-1,000) and larger (10,000-100,000) sizes.
via Santiment
Financial Institutions Embrace Bitcoin as Protection against USD Inflation
What is particularly notable about these investments is the fact that many of these institutions seem to be viewing Bitcoin as a hedge against inflation.
Dan Simerman, Head of Financial Relations at the IOTA Foundation.
Indeed, following a $22 million investment in Bitcoin Futures, Paul Tudor Jones told investors in his Tudor BVI Fund that he saw Bitcoin as a hedge against “great monetary inflation.”
“I am not a millennial investing in cryptocurrency,” wrote Jones in a letter to investors, “but a baby boomer who wants to capture the opportunity set while protecting my capital in ever-changing environments.”
Additionally, he said that “the best profit-maximizing strategy is to own the fastest horse,” says Jones. “If I am forced to forecast, my bet will be Bitcoin.”
And Paul Tudor Jones is not the only hedge fund manager who sees Bitcoin this way: a number of other big names in the hedge fund world have recently tossed their hats into the BTC ring, including Guggenheim Partners, MassMutual, Stan Druckenmiller and Ray Dalio.
Furthermore, Wave’s Matteo Peruccio pointed out to Finance Magnates that a recent survey by Bank of America has “indicated that one of the most common trades among hedge funds is to buy Bitcoin and sell the US dollar, which should provide continued support.”
Indeed, “there continues to be a strong argument for Bitcoin being seen as not only a legitimate store of value but an inflation hedge during times of economic uncertainty.”
Retail Investors Are Also Flocking to Bitcoin
And it is not only financial institutions that seem to be looking to BTC as a possible protection against USD inflation.
In addition to the increased institutional interest in Bitcoin, there also seems to be a wave of new retail interest that has hit BTC.
Matt Luongo, Chief Executive of Thesis, the a16z-backed crypto venture firm behind Visa's first Bitcoin rewards card, pointed out that “there’s no real way to know who exactly is buying bitcoin.”
However, “what we can observe is a major spike in new Bitcoin addresses,” he said. “According to Glassnode, the number of new BTC addresses registered per hour hit nearly 25,000 addresses for the first time since January 2018 — the month following Bitcoin’s all-time high of $20,000.”
Matt Luongo, Chief Executive of Thesis.
Additionally, data from Santiment shows that throughout 2020, there has been an increase in the number of BTC wallets that likely belong to retail investors.
For example, in November of 2019, there were 670,000 BTC wallets with 1-10 BTC in them, and 7.56 million BTC wallets with 0.001 to 0.01 coins in them. Now, there are 675,5000 wallets with 1-10 BTC and 8.37 million BTC wallets with 0.001 to 0.01 coins.
via Santiment
There has also been an increase in wallets that likely belong to retail investors of a slightly larger size (10-100 BTC.)
“From a Tech Adoption Perspective, the Market Has Now Evolved to a Point Where We’re Ready to Use Bitcoin in New Ways.”
Beyond the 'BTC as store-of-value' narrative, Bitcoin is significantly more accessible and practical for retail investors than it was a year ago.
But it is not just PayPal that has made Bitcoin more accessible to the average retail investor. Matt Luongo told Finance Magnates that “from a tech adoption perspective, the market has now evolved to a point where we’re ready to use Bitcoin in new ways.”
“You can buy BTC and immediately put it to work (not just wait for the price to go up) in more high-opportunity ecosystems, like the DeFi space that’s happening on Ethereum,” he said.
“People are making money by putting it into alternative peer-to-peer financial applications that offer the same services such as lending and borrowing, for example,” he added. Indeed, companies that offer loans and interest-bearing crypto accounts have recently announced record-breaking amounts of assets under management.
Additionally, “DeFi applications are providing opportunities for people to collateralize, loan, stake their BTC in ways never before possible,” Luongo said.
In other words, retail adoption could be poised to grow even bigger. Steve Ehrlich, Chief Executive of US-based cryptocurrency broker, Voyager Digital, told Finance Magnates that “we’ve seen retail investors rushing in to convert their cash into crypto, to build their digital asset portfolio and build wealth by earning compounding interest.”
Steve Ehrlich, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of crypto Trading Platform, Voyager.
“We expect this adoption to skyrocket in 2021 based on all the trends we are witnessing.”
What Could Cause Bitcoin to Fall?
Of course, it is possible that BTC’s upward trajectory could change, in fact, retracements are almost an inevitability.
However, there are also certain forces that could pose more serious threats to Bitcoin over the long-term. Dr. John Edmunds, a financial expert and professor at Babson College, told Finance Magnates that “the most immediate risk to Bitcoin is an ill-considered attempt to tax Bitcoin.”
“It is possible to tax cyber currency income but requires new approaches, not ham-fisted, bumbling attempts,” he said. “It is very easy to scare cyber currency businesses away from any country that is too crude, clumsy or punitive in its treatment of cyber currency.”
Dr. John Edmunds, Financial Expert and Professor at Babson College.
Further, Matt Luongo said that there could be another Bitcoin bubble in the year to come: “In 2017, we saw a Bitcoin bubble. In 2021, I expect we will see another,” he said.
However, “unlike the last, the alternative financial system has grown tremendously. We’re beginning to see real, parallel economic activity outside of trading, [as well as] commerce and credit facilities. This growth represents real adoption, and it won’t disappear when the next bubble bursts.”
Where do you think Bitcoin is headed next? Let us know in the comments below.
Rachel is a self-taught crypto geek and a passionate writer. She believes in the power that the written word has to educate, connect and empower individuals to make positive and powerful financial choices. She is the Podcast Host and a Cryptocurrency Editor at Finance Magnates.
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This session looks at how broker loyalty programmes are moving from “nice-to-have rewards” into a serious retention layer inside the client portal.
In this session, Desmond Leong, CEO of Returning.AI, will break down the practical mechanics behind high-performing broker loyalty programmes: what to reward, what not to reward, how onshore and offshore entities need different incentive structures, what belongs in the rewards store, and how brokers can recycle reward budgets back into trading value instead of letting them disappear as pure cost.
The talk will cover common mistakes brokers make when launching loyalty programmes, including copying retail-style rewards, ignoring jurisdictional constraints, over-relying on bonuses, failing to connect rewards to lifecycle stages, and measuring vanity engagement instead of retention, LTV, CAC payback, deposits, and active trading behaviour.
Attendees will leave with a clear do-and-don’t framework they can use to pressure-test their own loyalty strategy.
Why loyalty is no longer a “nice-to-have” marketing feature for brokers
The building blocks of any loyalty program and what they mean: points, tiers, missions, stores, leaderboards, boosters, and cashback-style mechanics
Understanding of how key regulators read loyalty incentives and where the compliance lines are
What should go in the rewards store, and what quietly destroys ROI
How trading credits, rebates, VIP perks, education, and service benefits can recycle value back into the brokerage
The 5 mistakes brokers should avoid when building or buying a loyalty programme
Real figures from a live deployment: what moved in daily activity, tier progression, and trader spend
Stablecoins from Experimentation to Implementation
Stablecoins from Experimentation to Implementation
Stablecoins from Experimentation to Implementation
Stablecoins from Experimentation to Implementation
Stablecoins from Experimentation to Implementation
Stablecoins from Experimentation to Implementation
With over $300 billion in stablecoins now in circulation and APAC regulators moving from frameworks to enforcement, the conversation has shifted.
Held in partnership with 8Circle, this session brings together the builders of new payment rails and the institutions putting them to work.
Attendees will walk away with:
A clear view of which stablecoin use cases have cleared proof of concept and are now operating at scale in APAC
Understanding of what the MAS Payment Services Act and Hong Kong's fiat stablecoin licensing regime mean for brokers and payment providers in practice
Insight into the infrastructure gaps firms most commonly underestimate before going live
Perspective on where the next wave of adoption is heading and what existing systems need to accommodate
With over $300 billion in stablecoins now in circulation and APAC regulators moving from frameworks to enforcement, the conversation has shifted.
Held in partnership with 8Circle, this session brings together the builders of new payment rails and the institutions putting them to work.
Attendees will walk away with:
A clear view of which stablecoin use cases have cleared proof of concept and are now operating at scale in APAC
Understanding of what the MAS Payment Services Act and Hong Kong's fiat stablecoin licensing regime mean for brokers and payment providers in practice
Insight into the infrastructure gaps firms most commonly underestimate before going live
Perspective on where the next wave of adoption is heading and what existing systems need to accommodate
With over $300 billion in stablecoins now in circulation and APAC regulators moving from frameworks to enforcement, the conversation has shifted.
Held in partnership with 8Circle, this session brings together the builders of new payment rails and the institutions putting them to work.
Attendees will walk away with:
A clear view of which stablecoin use cases have cleared proof of concept and are now operating at scale in APAC
Understanding of what the MAS Payment Services Act and Hong Kong's fiat stablecoin licensing regime mean for brokers and payment providers in practice
Insight into the infrastructure gaps firms most commonly underestimate before going live
Perspective on where the next wave of adoption is heading and what existing systems need to accommodate
With over $300 billion in stablecoins now in circulation and APAC regulators moving from frameworks to enforcement, the conversation has shifted.
Held in partnership with 8Circle, this session brings together the builders of new payment rails and the institutions putting them to work.
Attendees will walk away with:
A clear view of which stablecoin use cases have cleared proof of concept and are now operating at scale in APAC
Understanding of what the MAS Payment Services Act and Hong Kong's fiat stablecoin licensing regime mean for brokers and payment providers in practice
Insight into the infrastructure gaps firms most commonly underestimate before going live
Perspective on where the next wave of adoption is heading and what existing systems need to accommodate
With over $300 billion in stablecoins now in circulation and APAC regulators moving from frameworks to enforcement, the conversation has shifted.
Held in partnership with 8Circle, this session brings together the builders of new payment rails and the institutions putting them to work.
Attendees will walk away with:
A clear view of which stablecoin use cases have cleared proof of concept and are now operating at scale in APAC
Understanding of what the MAS Payment Services Act and Hong Kong's fiat stablecoin licensing regime mean for brokers and payment providers in practice
Insight into the infrastructure gaps firms most commonly underestimate before going live
Perspective on where the next wave of adoption is heading and what existing systems need to accommodate
With over $300 billion in stablecoins now in circulation and APAC regulators moving from frameworks to enforcement, the conversation has shifted.
Held in partnership with 8Circle, this session brings together the builders of new payment rails and the institutions putting them to work.
Attendees will walk away with:
A clear view of which stablecoin use cases have cleared proof of concept and are now operating at scale in APAC
Understanding of what the MAS Payment Services Act and Hong Kong's fiat stablecoin licensing regime mean for brokers and payment providers in practice
Insight into the infrastructure gaps firms most commonly underestimate before going live
Perspective on where the next wave of adoption is heading and what existing systems need to accommodate
Overfunded or Underregulated? The APAC Prop Trading Story
Overfunded or Underregulated? The APAC Prop Trading Story
Overfunded or Underregulated? The APAC Prop Trading Story
Overfunded or Underregulated? The APAC Prop Trading Story
Overfunded or Underregulated? The APAC Prop Trading Story
Overfunded or Underregulated? The APAC Prop Trading Story
APAC now accounts for nearly half of global prop firm sign-up growth, with emerging markets pulling away from established hubs. The pass rates, however, tell a different story.
This session brings together prop firms, regional brokers, and specialists to examine where the APAC growth story holds and where it doesn't.
Attendees will walk away with:
A clear view of which APAC markets are generating real funded trader volume versus registration noise, and why that gap matters more than the headline figures
Understanding of how mobile-first acquisition funnels and grey-market legacies complicate KYC, payout infrastructure, and regulatory standing across jurisdictions
Insight into how India, Vietnam, and Singapore are each handling the shift from offshore leverage workarounds to licensed operations
Perspective on whether the low-barrier, high-volume prop model can survive regional professionalization without hollowing out its core audience
APAC now accounts for nearly half of global prop firm sign-up growth, with emerging markets pulling away from established hubs. The pass rates, however, tell a different story.
This session brings together prop firms, regional brokers, and specialists to examine where the APAC growth story holds and where it doesn't.
Attendees will walk away with:
A clear view of which APAC markets are generating real funded trader volume versus registration noise, and why that gap matters more than the headline figures
Understanding of how mobile-first acquisition funnels and grey-market legacies complicate KYC, payout infrastructure, and regulatory standing across jurisdictions
Insight into how India, Vietnam, and Singapore are each handling the shift from offshore leverage workarounds to licensed operations
Perspective on whether the low-barrier, high-volume prop model can survive regional professionalization without hollowing out its core audience
APAC now accounts for nearly half of global prop firm sign-up growth, with emerging markets pulling away from established hubs. The pass rates, however, tell a different story.
This session brings together prop firms, regional brokers, and specialists to examine where the APAC growth story holds and where it doesn't.
Attendees will walk away with:
A clear view of which APAC markets are generating real funded trader volume versus registration noise, and why that gap matters more than the headline figures
Understanding of how mobile-first acquisition funnels and grey-market legacies complicate KYC, payout infrastructure, and regulatory standing across jurisdictions
Insight into how India, Vietnam, and Singapore are each handling the shift from offshore leverage workarounds to licensed operations
Perspective on whether the low-barrier, high-volume prop model can survive regional professionalization without hollowing out its core audience
APAC now accounts for nearly half of global prop firm sign-up growth, with emerging markets pulling away from established hubs. The pass rates, however, tell a different story.
This session brings together prop firms, regional brokers, and specialists to examine where the APAC growth story holds and where it doesn't.
Attendees will walk away with:
A clear view of which APAC markets are generating real funded trader volume versus registration noise, and why that gap matters more than the headline figures
Understanding of how mobile-first acquisition funnels and grey-market legacies complicate KYC, payout infrastructure, and regulatory standing across jurisdictions
Insight into how India, Vietnam, and Singapore are each handling the shift from offshore leverage workarounds to licensed operations
Perspective on whether the low-barrier, high-volume prop model can survive regional professionalization without hollowing out its core audience
APAC now accounts for nearly half of global prop firm sign-up growth, with emerging markets pulling away from established hubs. The pass rates, however, tell a different story.
This session brings together prop firms, regional brokers, and specialists to examine where the APAC growth story holds and where it doesn't.
Attendees will walk away with:
A clear view of which APAC markets are generating real funded trader volume versus registration noise, and why that gap matters more than the headline figures
Understanding of how mobile-first acquisition funnels and grey-market legacies complicate KYC, payout infrastructure, and regulatory standing across jurisdictions
Insight into how India, Vietnam, and Singapore are each handling the shift from offshore leverage workarounds to licensed operations
Perspective on whether the low-barrier, high-volume prop model can survive regional professionalization without hollowing out its core audience
APAC now accounts for nearly half of global prop firm sign-up growth, with emerging markets pulling away from established hubs. The pass rates, however, tell a different story.
This session brings together prop firms, regional brokers, and specialists to examine where the APAC growth story holds and where it doesn't.
Attendees will walk away with:
A clear view of which APAC markets are generating real funded trader volume versus registration noise, and why that gap matters more than the headline figures
Understanding of how mobile-first acquisition funnels and grey-market legacies complicate KYC, payout infrastructure, and regulatory standing across jurisdictions
Insight into how India, Vietnam, and Singapore are each handling the shift from offshore leverage workarounds to licensed operations
Perspective on whether the low-barrier, high-volume prop model can survive regional professionalization without hollowing out its core audience
