{"id":1198,"date":"2020-03-25T09:58:46","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T01:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobbyong.com\/blog\/?page_id=1198"},"modified":"2023-05-15T14:47:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T06:47:26","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bobbyong.com\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1198\" class=\"elementor elementor-1198\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-610f172 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"610f172\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-55cb170\" data-id=\"55cb170\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e94c83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2e94c83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bobbyong.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bobby-ong-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1201\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bobbyong.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bobby-ong-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bobbyong.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bobby-ong-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bobbyong.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bobby-ong-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bobbyong.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bobby-ong-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bobbyong.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bobby-ong.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1321040 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1321040\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cf319be\" data-id=\"cf319be\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c171f43\" data-id=\"c171f43\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a06543 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8a06543\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #1d2d35;\"><strong>BOBBY ONG<\/strong><\/span><\/h3><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #1d2d35;\">Co-Founder, CoinGecko\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #1d2d35;\">I am the co-founder of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #1d2d35; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/\">CoinGecko<\/a><\/span>, one of the world&#8217;s leading cryptocurrencies data aggregator operating since early 2014. CoinGecko tracks over 10,000 cryptocurrencies from more than 700 exchanges.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #1d2d35;\">I am also a research fellow in Singapore University of Social Science and have written 3 chapters in 2 digital currencies books:\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #1d2d35; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/books\/handbook-of-blockchain-digital-finance-and-inclusion\/lee-kuo-chuen\/978-0-12-812283-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Chapters 8 &amp; 9 of the Handbook of Blockchain, Digital Finance, and Inclusion, 1st Edition<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #1d2d35; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/book\/9780128021170\/handbook-of-digital-currency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Chapter 5 of the Handbook of Digital Currency, 1st Edition<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #1d2d35;\">I have been featured in several major news publications such as\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #1d2d35; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/technology\/venezuelas-digital-coin-makes-debut\/2018\/02\/20\/6cdcd61a-163e-11e8-930c-45838ad0d77a_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Washington Post<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #1d2d35; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theedgemarkets.com\/article\/cover-story-tokenising-real-assets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">The Edge Malaysia<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #1d2d35; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.todayonline.com\/business\/singapore-hotbed-cryptocurrency-startups\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Today Online<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and many more.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38c6074 elementor-shape-rounded elementor-grid-0 e-grid-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-social-icons\" data-id=\"38c6074\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"social-icons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-social-icons-wrapper elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-envelope elementor-repeater-item-70e7358\" href=\"mailto:bobby@coingecko.com\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Envelope<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-envelope\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-twitter elementor-repeater-item-524b09e\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bobbyong\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Twitter<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-linkedin elementor-repeater-item-cccfede\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bobbyongce\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Linkedin<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-linkedin\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-15bd740\" data-id=\"15bd740\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOBBY ONG Co-Founder, CoinGecko\u00a0 I am the co-founder of CoinGecko, one of the world&#8217;s leading cryptocurrencies data aggregator operating since early 2014. CoinGecko tracks over 10,000 cryptocurrencies from more than 700 exchanges. I am also a research fellow in Singapore University of Social Science and have written 3 chapters in 2 digital currencies books:\u00a0Chapters 8 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"disabled","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"disabled","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"disabled","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1198","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobbyong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobbyong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobbyong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobbyong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobbyong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1198"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/bobbyong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1232,"href":"https:\/\/bobbyong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1198\/revisions\/1232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobbyong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}