A Conversation About Rebuilding Trust in Digital Assets | Natalya Thakur and Kevin Hoang

About this episode

Monica Millares discusses rebuilding trust in digital assets with guests Natalya Thakur and Kevin Hoang.

In this episode, I speak with Natalya Thakur , CEO of Knova, and Kevin Hoang Founder of EQ Exchange (EQX) , two innovative founders who are tackling the fundamental issue of trust in the digital assets space 🔑 Key Highlights: How EQX aims to become the first company in the world to disclose financial statements in real-time The critical difference between "compiled" vs "generated" financial statements for transparency How technology can play a central role in creating new trust frameworks for financial services 👉 Follow Natalya and Kevin Natalya: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nthakur9/ Kevin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinh5/ https://www.eq.exchange/ Press release of their partnership: https://www.eq.exchange/blog/building-a-new-era-of-trust-in-digital-assets-with-knox-network 👉Follow Monica: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicamillares/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@moni_millares TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moni_millares We cover: [00:00:00] Introduction and defining trust in financial services [00:04:00] Exploring the components of trust: what is transacted and who is transacting [00:06:00] Knox's purpose: creating a multi-asset ledger as a unified source of…

People in this episode

Host: Monica Millares

Guests: Natalya Thakur, Kevin Hoang

Topics covered

• trust in digital assets
• financial transparency
• technology in finance
• crypto exchanges
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• digital assets
• trust frameworks
• financial statements
• real-time disclosure
• crypto exchanges

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Knova, EQ Exchange, EQX

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