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Launch the Next Billion-Dollar Idea at the Consensus EasyA Hackathon in Hong Kong

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🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Announcing the Consensus EasyA Hackathon with EasyA Co-Founders Dom and Phil Kwok. EasyA Co-Founders Dom and Phil Kwok join CoinDesk's Sam Ewen to share how to participate in the Consensus EasyA Hackathon in Hong Kong this February. Plus, they unveil what industry leaders are looking for in winning projects, from technical skill and compelling narratives to the ideal co-founder team makeup. - Break the cycle of exploitation. Break down the barriers to truth. Break into the next generation of privacy. Break Free. Free to scroll without being monetized. Free from censorship. Freedom without fear. We deserve more when it comes to privacy. Experience the next generation of blockchain that is private and inclusive by design. Break free with Midnight, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠midnight.network/break-free⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Need liquidity without selling your crypto? Take out a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Figure Crypto-Backed Loan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, allowing you to borrow against your BTC, ETH, or SOL with 12-month terms and no prepayment penalties. They have the lowest rates in the industry at 8.91%, allowing you to access instant cash or buy more Bitcoin without triggering a tax event. Unlock your crypto’s potential today at Figure! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://figuremarkets.co/coindesk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - This episode was hosted by Sam Ewen.

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0:00.0

Anybody who has come to an easy-a-consens tax number four has realized the power of.

0:05.5

You are literally meters away from the world's best venture capitalists.

0:10.1

You are meters away from the smartest people in Web3, the people who literally created

0:14.4

the blockchains that you are building on are there.

0:23.5

Break the cycle of that. Break the cycle of exploitation,

0:25.4

break down the barriers to truth,

0:26.8

break into the next generation of privacy,

0:29.1

break free, free to scroll without being monetized,

0:31.7

free from censorship,

0:32.9

freedom without fear,

0:34.2

we deserve more when it comes to privacy,

0:36.3

experience the next generation of blockchain

0:38.3

that is private and inclusive by design. Break free with Midnight, visit Midnight.net.net.

0:43.1

Network, forward slash break-dash-free. Looking for the best way to unlock your crypto's liquidity?

0:47.5

Whether you're funding a major purchase like a down payment on a home, investing in new opportunities,

0:51.9

or even buying more Bitcoin, Figure makes it straightforward

0:54.5

and transparent. Take out a crypto-back loan in the Figure app today. All right, we are just about

0:59.8

two and a half months away from Consensus coming to Hong Kong. Nothing could be more exciting to me

1:05.9

than to talk to Dom and Phil Kwok about the hackathon, which is always one of our most popular

1:10.3

activations and partnerships at Consensus. So first, Dom and Phil Kwok about the hackathon, which is always one of our most popular activations and partnerships at Consensus. So first, Dom and Phil, welcome to CoinDesk. Thank you very much. Thanks for having us on, Sam. Yeah, it's always exciting to see you guys. We love the energy that you bring, both to the hackathon as well as just to the space in general. So February 11th and 12th, we'll be in Hong Kong together. Tell us a little bit

1:28.8

about what people can expect when it comes to the hackathon this year. First of all, it's going to be

1:33.8

our biggest and best ever. So last year we had the Hong Kong Consensus Hackathon, and that was

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