Welcome back to CoinDisc Live from Consensus Hong Kong.

We are bringing you conversations with some of the biggest names here at the event and highlights from the stages and showroom floor.

Our next guest has been instrumental in bridging the gap between decentralized tech and the Tradai powerhouses in the Asia region. Joining me now is Slana Foundation's head of APEC, Lou Yin. Hi, Lou. How you doing? Thanks for having me. Of course, thanks for being here. I'm kind of chained to the desk, so I've been asking all of our guests how they've been experiencing the conference. And I'm going to start with you the exact same way. What have you been up to? What have you been seeing? It's been great. I mean, look around. It's such a vibrant community. So we've been working with consensus. So we actually have a satellite down the street. And so very excited to be part of this community. And just walking around, you can still definitely feel the energy.

And obviously, Hong Kong has always welcomed us with open arms.

So very excited to be here.

Solana Accelerate has more than 2,000 builders.

3,000.

More than 3,000 builders.

The numbers increased since I checked.

More than 100 fintech companies, more than 50 startups, more than 20 policy makers

and attendance. Talk to us a little bit about Solana Accelerate. What do you hope the event

is able to bring to Hong Kong? Absolutely. So from our perspective, we wanted an opportunity

to showcase the Solana ecosystem. I think what sets

a lot ecosystem apart is that we're not just traditional finance, individuals, we're not

just startup builders, we're not just policymakers, we're not just users. We're a combination

of everything. We truly believe that having a robust ecosystem, you need to have multiple

participants, multiple stakeholders. And so that's the robust ecosystem, you need to have multiple participants,

multiple stakeholders.

And so that's the kind of, I would say, overall ecosystem and the general theme and genre

trying to push.

And specifically, I mean, given your role as head of APAC, how was Solano looking at the region?

Yeah, absolutely.

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