Charlie Hu

Co-founder
Bitlayer
Charlie Hu is an entrepreneur and investor with a long tenure in the crypto space. He bought his first bitcoin in 2013 and since then he has been actively involved in the crypto spaces holding key positions in Polkadot, Tezos and Polygon.
He is an active proponent of Bitcoin DeFi and scalability, believing that the largest liquidity unlock potential remains to be seen.
Currently he is the the Cofounder of Bitlayer, a Bitcoin Layer 2 supercharging BitcoinDefi through YBTC and BitVM technology, a third generation bridging solution.
Charlie is an active public speaker having participated in panels and delivering keynotes participated in Korea Blockchain Week, Bitcoin Nashville, Bitcoin Asia, Consensus. He is regularly featured in top media such as Cointelegraph, Coindesk, Bitcoin.com, Forbes amongst others.
He is also a key connector between east and west unlocking opportunities between Asia retail communities and large investors and institutions in the US.