--- title: Ex-Meta employees’ Aptos tests Hong Kong’s crypto appetite description: Ex-Meta employees' Aptos blockchain network is testing Hong Kong's crypto appetite. Aptos is set to host a DeFi event in Hong Kong and has garnered interest... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ex-meta-employees-aptos-tests-hong-kong-s-crypto-appetite-nhinit2bh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Ex-Meta employees’ Aptos tests Hong Kong’s crypto appetite | daily.dev og:description: Ex-Meta employees' Aptos blockchain network is testing Hong Kong's crypto appetite. Aptos is set to host a DeFi event in Hong Kong and has garnered interest... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ex-meta-employees-aptos-tests-hong-kong-s-crypto-appetite-nhinit2bh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/nhiNIt2Bh.png og:image:alt: Ex-Meta employees’ Aptos tests Hong Kong’s crypto appetite og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Ex-Meta employees’ Aptos tests Hong Kong’s crypto appetite **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Ex-Meta employees' Aptos blockchain network is testing Hong Kong's crypto appetite. Aptos is set to host a DeFi event in Hong Kong and has garnered interest from web3 developers in Asia. Despite mainland China's ban on cryptocurrency trading, Hong Kong serves as a sandbox for blockchain experimentation. Aptos also collaborates with Alibaba and has an ambitious venture called JamboPhone, targeting emerging markets. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#crypto](https://daily.dev/tags/crypto), [#blockchain](https://daily.dev/tags/blockchain), [#web3](https://daily.dev/tags/web3), [#decentralized-finance](https://daily.dev/tags/decentralized-finance) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/ex-meta-employees-aptos-tests-hong-kong-s-crypto-appetite-nhinit2bh) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Ex-Meta employees’ Aptos tests Hong Kong’s crypto appetite","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/ex-meta-employees-aptos-tests-hong-kong-s-crypto-appetite-nhinit2bh","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/ex-meta-employees-aptos-tests-hong-kong-s-crypto-appetite-nhinit2bh"},"datePublished":"2024-02-29T09:23:02.670Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:29:02.242Z","description":"Ex-Meta employees' Aptos blockchain network is testing Hong Kong's crypto appetite. Aptos is set to host a DeFi event in Hong Kong and has garnered interest...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/b73d594ea4c1b2bfb464cc1434b6ff1b?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/b73d594ea4c1b2bfb464cc1434b6ff1b?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"TechCrunch","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TechCrunch","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tc","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/ex-meta-employees-aptos-tests-hong-kong-s-crypto-appetite-nhinit2bh","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"crypto,blockchain,web3,decentralized-finance","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"TechCrunch","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Ex-Meta employees’ Aptos tests Hong Kong’s crypto appetite"}]} ```