Cito

Media & Events since 2017.
Sovereign, interoperable finance.
Founder @CosmoverseHQ @Stakecito

[Cito @Cryptocito]

What happened to Cosmos & is there still a path forward?

Some raw thoughts after 5+ years deep in the ecosystem

[Cito @Cryptocito]

New episode of Double Down in the books 📺

This week, we sat down with Coinbureau CEO Nic @Puckrin to discuss the Clarity Act, the Fed’s rate hike and whether Altseason is EVER coming back.

Full episode drops this Sunday at 3 PM UTC on Youtube, Spotify and X.

Double Down is a Bitcoin podcast presented by @babylonlabs_io.

[Cosmoverse @CosmoverseHQ]

The Road to Hong Kong starts in Brazil 🇧🇷🇭🇰

At Digital Assets Conference Brazil, we captured the people, capital and infrastructure connecting Latin America with Asia’s digital asset economy.

This is The Brasil Connection, the opening story on our journey to Cosmoverse Hong Kong.

[Cito @Cryptocito]

From Neutron to Circle’s Arc.

Ethan Buchman told me Cycles had rewritten its stack for EVM and was moving to a new chain.

Today, we know which one: Cycles Pay is live on @Arc mainnet from day one.

Here’s what @buchmanster said before the announcement:

[Cycles @cyclesmoney]

Cycles Pay is now officially running on @arc mainnet.
This is the first application built on top of the Cycles protocol, a privacy-preserving clearing algorithm that finds loops of mutual debt and settles them without altering what each party is owed on net.

Try it today at https://t.co/byfG341cbt

We already have a web app and a mobile app, and we’ve already added support for both businesses and individuals.

Perhaps more importantly, it has a combination of features no one else in the industry has built yet: private stablecoin payments, earn vaults, invoicing, expense splitting and AI assistants.

And we’re working on adding invoice financing, credit scores, balance lending, and rotating savings groups with the ultimate goal of becoming the first on-chain credit bureau to deliver credit scores based on real payment history and active payment obligations.

@arc is the foundation. We chose it because it is designed for payments with USDC as gas, sub-second finality, and reliable global infrastructure.

[Cito @Cryptocito]

@cyclesmoney @arc Congrats!

[Cito @Cryptocito]

🇭🇰 Solana Foundation joins Cosmoverse Hong Kong!

Stablecoin payments are the one part of this industry institutions already run in production.

Anna Zhang leads payment growth for @SolanaFndn across APAC and sees firsthand which flows are actually moving onchain in our region.

She's on our stage in November.

$22T+ AUM in the room. Now the payment rails too.

November 4-6 at the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong @CosmoverseHQ

https://t.co/sSD3V5stKs

[Cosmoverse @CosmoverseHQ]

We are pleased to welcome Anna Zhang, Head of Payment Growth, APAC at the @SolanaFndn, to our Hong Kong Digital Asset Summit.

Anna leads payment growth for Solana across Asia Pacific, with a focus on stablecoin and agentic payments as emerging infrastructure for global money movement. Prior to joining the Solana Foundation, she spent over five years at Airwallex, overseeing key partnerships and go-to-market initiatives across APAC. Earlier in her career, she spent three years at McKinsey & Company across China and the Middle East, advising global enterprises on digital transformation and go-to-market strategy.

Her participation brings a perspective on how stablecoin payment infrastructure is developing in practice across Asia Pacific, and what the conditions for institutional-grade adoption of onchain payment rails look like on the ground.

[Cito @Cryptocito]

🇭🇰 Coinbase confirmed for Cosmoverse Hong Kong!

We’re building the most senior institutional digital asset room during Hong Kong FinTech Week this November.

Senior voices on stage. Decision-makers in the room.
November 4-6 at the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong.

https://t.co/BtQ2OfZ7DG

[Cosmoverse @CosmoverseHQ]

🇭🇰 We are pleased to welcome Andrew Robinson, Global Institutional Sales & CaaS GTM @coinbase to our Hong Kong Digital Asset Summit.

Andrew co-leads Coinbase's institutional business across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Asia Pacific, spanning Coinbase Markets, Coinbase Prime and Crypto-as-a-Service.

Prior to joining Coinbase, Andrew was a senior strategy consultant in A.T. Kearney's Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions practice. He previously held roles at Lehman Brothers, Jefferies and HSBC across interest rate swaps trading and institutional equity sales.

With experience spanning capital markets, corporate strategy and digital asset infrastructure, Andrew brings a deep understanding of how institutional requirements are shaping the next phase of the industry.

His participation adds a senior perspective on the evolution of institutional digital asset markets across EMEA and APAC, and how platforms are adapting to support broader adoption.

[Cito @Cryptocito]

🇭🇰 Binance confirmed for Cosmoverse Hong Kong!

The room we've built represents $22T+ AUM from the biggest names in finance.

Now we've got the world's largest exchange joining the lineup too. Proud of what the team's built @CosmoverseHQ.

https://t.co/0tPQ6X3QOC

[Cosmoverse @CosmoverseHQ]

🇭🇰 We are pleased to welcome Adrian Tan, APAC Head of VIP & Institutional Sales Binance, to our Hong Kong Digital Asset Summit.

Adrian oversees APAC coverage of the exchange's most sophisticated clients, ranging from individual traders and mid-sized proprietary teams to global financial institutions.

Prior to joining Binance, Adrian spent 20 years in traditional finance at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and BNP Paribas, specializing in Equities.

With two decades on the institutional side of traditional markets and a front-row seat on how those same clients now approach digital assets, Adrian brings a rare view of both worlds.

His participation adds a senior perspective on how institutional and professional clients across APAC are entering digital asset markets and what they expect from the platforms serving them.

[Cosmoverse @CosmoverseHQ]

🇭🇰 A billion-dollar Hong Kong empire is exploring tokenization.

@Cryptocito sits down with Do Do Chan, Head of Legal at Emperor Group, to discuss movie financing, real estate, IP rights, stablecoins and where blockchain can solve real business problems.

[Cosmoverse @CosmoverseHQ]

Money is moving on new rails.
The story leads to Hong Kong.

The Road to Hong Kong starts in Rio.
Chapter 01 teaser: The Brasil Connection.

[Cito @Cryptocito]

@janbtc Thanks mate!

[Cito @Cryptocito]

🇭🇰 Hong Kong SFC joins our institutional Digital Asset Summit this November.

I'm very proud to welcome the SFC on our stage this year.

This year will by far the most senior and institutional conference we've ever put together.

$22T of AUM represented in the room, from BlackRock to Fidelity, China AMC, Invesco, Mirae Asset and more.

More big speaker and partner announcements cooking.

[Cosmoverse @CosmoverseHQ]

We are pleased to welcome Elizabeth Wong, Director and Head of the Fintech unit Intermediaries at the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), to our Hong Kong Digital Asset Summit.

Elizabeth leads the SFC's Fintech unit within its Intermediaries Division. Her work covers fintech policy and the licensing application approval process for virtual asset trading platforms, robo-advisers, virtual asset fund managers and traditional securities and asset management firms.

Before taking up her current role, Elizabeth worked in the Investment Products Division and the Intermediaries Supervision Department. She played a key role in Commission-wide initiatives to strengthen Hong Kong as an international asset management centre and introduce guidelines regulating the sale of investment products through online distribution and advisory platforms.

Prior to joining the Commission, Elizabeth practised as a banking and finance lawyer in Hong Kong. Her experience spans legal practice, investment products, intermediary supervision and fintech regulation.

Her participation adds a senior regulatory perspective on the development of Hong Kong's virtual asset framework, the evolution of fintech policy and the foundations required for responsible institutional adoption.

[Cito @Cryptocito]

@ethereuminsti @qivaliseu Just did an interview with them. Dropping soon, but VERY interesting insights 👀

[Cito @Cryptocito]

What’s next for TX?

I cover the tx Super App, migration from IBC Wallet (which was recently sunset), staking and governance + the bigger opportunity in tokenized assets.

@txEcosystem

[Lava Network 🌋 @lavanetxyz]

Starting soon! 🌋

Lava X Spaces: Cosmos Migration and EVM.

https://t.co/9HnBEIwlD7

[Cito @Cryptocito]

Mirae Asset at Cosmoverse Hong Kong 🇭🇰

The $350B asset manager joins our digital asset summit this November.

Total AUM of participating organizations at our conference now exceeds well over $20 Trillion.

Cosmoverse is going to be the most institutional room for digital assets in Hong Kong during Fintech Week.

More announcements cooking 👨🏼‍🍳

[Cito @Cryptocito]

Full video: https://t.co/8ySNUemx0i

[Cito @Cryptocito]

What happened to Cosmos & is there still a path forward?

Some raw thoughts after 5+ years deep in the ecosystem

[Cito @Cryptocito]

Bitcoin's Next Phase: LIVE from Bitcoin Asia Hong Kong | Double Down Podcast https://t.co/po2gWbTygy

[Babylon @babylonlabs_io]

Don't miss this episode of Double Down in less than 1 hour.

Hear from @baby_fisherman co-founder of Babylon as he dives into the market, shares Babylon updates and insights from @Bitcoinconfasia 🎥

[Cito @Cryptocito]

@IvanOnTech Thanks bro really did my best, but wasn't enough

[Cito @Cryptocito]

I've been deep Cosmos for 5+ years.

Sad to see the ecosystem collapsed the way it did, but the strategic focus of Cosmos Labs is purely on institutions, so it came with a massive tradeoff.

I continue observing where it's going and still (maybe naively) believe there is always a path for recovery. A lot has crashed and burnt, and it's not been easy to sustain.

Many projects, validators, developers have surrendered, exited or migrated to other ecosystems (mostly Solana + Zcash).

The latest Cosmos EVM vulnerability is bad. Not only because it exposes technological- but also coordination issues.

In my latest video (which I've recorded before the Cosmos EVM story unfolded), I reflect a bit on that journey and what might come next.

In my view, one "positive" side effect of the brutal past 12+ months for large parts of the industry is that everyone is forced to generate revenue, otherwise we'll be washed out.

Some raw thoughts after 5+ years deep in Cosmos.

Either way, we'll run it back inshallah