Invisible Payments, Visible Growth: Bybit’s CEO Ben Zhou Highlights Path to Mainstream Crypto at ADFW 2025
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Dubai, UAE, December 17th, 2025, Chainwire Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, was represented by its CEO and Co-founder, Ben Zhou, in a high-level panel at Fintech Abu Dhabi, held as part of Abu Dhabi Finance Week (ADFW) 2025. The discussion examined the shifting power dynamics shaping the future of global payments and financial infrastructure. Caption: Bybit CEO and Co-Founder Ben Zhou speaks during a session at Fintech Abu Dhabi, held as part of Abu Dhabi Finance Week (ADFW) 2025. The session, titled “Invisible Payments, Visible Growth: Under the Hood of Today’s Power Plays,” brought together leaders who are helping redefine the modern financial stack. Zhou appeared alongside Hosam Arab, CEO and Co-founder of Tabby, and Mark Rydquist, managing director at Google. The panel was moderated by Lenah Hassaballah, editor at CNN Business Arabic. Set against ADFW 2025’s theme, “Engineering the Capital Network,” the panel explored how financial systems are being redesigned to harness innovation, artificial intelligence and global capital flows, with the UAE and the wider Gulf Cooperation Council increasingly positioned as a hub for finance and investment. Addressing Industry Security Challenges Following the February 2025 Incident The panel also addressed security and governance, with Zhou responding to questions about the major security incident in February 2025. He said the incident represented “the ultimate test” of Bybit’s operational discipline and its dedication to user protection. Zhou pointed to a broader industry challenge: the speed at which attackers can move funds across blockchains and through decentralized mixers, often outpacing traditional tracing processes. “When an incident like this happens, it’s really a time race,” he said, noting that decoding transactions can involve a two-day lag, during which “the hacker can simply move money to multiple locations.” To reduce this systemic vulnerability, Zhou highlighted a coordinated industry initiative he…
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