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Yat Siu transitioned from Outblaze to Animoca, leading blockchain gaming investments and pushing for mainstream adoption by 2025. He actively promotes Web3 adoption, serving on Hong Kong’s Task Force to shape blockchain regulation, ecosystem growth, and industry development. Yat Siu, born in Vienna in 1973, is a tech entrepreneur with a unique and inspiring path in technology and blockchain. Yat was first guided to follow in his parents’ footsteps into music, from a family steeped in music—his mother was an orchestra conductor and his father was an instrumentalist turned businessman. But early on, particularly once he started programming his Atari console, his fascination in computers started to grow. From Atari to Innovation: Yat Siu’s Early Tech Journey Yat started his professional adventure at Atari Germany in 1990. This encounter let him realize the possibilities of the technological sector. A few years later, he headed and directed East Coast operations for Silicon Valley-based graphics software company Lexicor. This encounter deepened Yat’s awareness of the worldwide technological sector. Yat made a career turning point decision in 1995 when he decided to migrate to Hong Kong. There he started Cybercity, subsequently known as Freenation, the first free email and internet service provider in Asia. This creative action shows Yat’s idea of using technology to reach more people. Animoca Brands and the Rise of Web3 Gaming Yat started Outblaze in 1998, originally concentrating on multilingual web-based communication technologies. Outblaze developed under his direction into a technological innovator leader. Yat sold Outblaze’s messaging division to IBM in 2009, which subsequently made use of the assets to set up the first cloud computing lab in Hong Kong. With this action, Yat changed his emphasis to create digital entertainment. 2014 saw Yat start Animoca Brands, a business today known as a worldwide leader in gaming and blockchain.…

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