ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Ryu Dang is the co-founder of Bitgosu, one of the largest cryptocurrency media platforms in Korea. His cofounder is one of Korea's biggest social media influencers in the cryptocurrency + blockchain space, who goes by the name of Spunky. Together Ryu and Spunky founded Bitgosu delivering content related to blockchain through Youtube and 2 of the largest financial TV channels in Korea with a reach of over 15 million korean viewers. Bitgosu also offers seminars on how to trade cryptocurrency and hosts many events around blockchain at their studio and headquarter in Gangnam.
Ryu was born in Vietnam and is a Belgian citizen. He founded several businesses in Europe and Asia prior to launching Bitgosu. In this episode we discuss why Ryu chose to start the business in Korea, the business model of Bitgosu, and all things related to crypto market trends along with the challenges of running his business.
In this episode, we discuss the following:
- How and why Ryu came to Korea
- How Bitgosu was formed
- Events offered at Bitgosu and Spunky’s live Youtube streams, technical Analysts, updates on ICOs and acclerating projects (Nexo, Coinbit)
- Cost of Seminars are free
- Business model for Bitgosu
- Crypto market trends from 2017-present
- Founder roles and managing staff of 20 employees
- Macro perspective of Bitcoin and why BTC will do well in 2020 (1st-2nd-3rd bitcoin halving)
- Predictions, opportunities, and concerns for crypto market
- Possible effects of Bitcoin Halving
- Challenges of running a business as an Expat
- 2020 plans: Become the crypto landmark of Korea
- Due diligence team during listing (never below ICO price)
- Crypto space is still in infancy
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