How a team of academics built a billion-dollar blockchain startup in Singapore

Alumni, Department of Computer Science, Faculty, News Media

Zilliqa, a public blockchain network that is based off the research of Assistant Professor Prateek Saxena, hit its billion-dollar market cap in May this year, a little under a year since its founding. It is one of the first Singapore-based blockchain startups to achieve the feat. CEO of Zilliqa and NUS Computing graduate Dong Xinshu shares about Zilliqa and their journey so far.

Tech in Asia, 26 June 2018

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