ByBit Founder: I Survived the Biggest Crypto Hack and Still Had My Best Year | E168

About this episode

Ben Zhou discusses his experience leading Bybit through a major crypto hack and the company's recovery efforts.

Ben Zhou, co-founder and CEO of Bybit, reveals how he led the company back from the biggest crypto theft in history - filling the $1.5 billion hole in just 8 months while still paying bonuses and dividends. THE SHIFT NEWSLETTER 💡Go beyond the mic - subscribe to The Shift, my new weekly newsletter where I share the uncut stories, raw takes, and behind-the-scenes notes from When Shift Happens: https://www.kevinfollonier.com/crypto-web3-newsletter ___________ PARTNERS 🚀 Jupiter is the most used Decentralized Exchange in Crypto and the largest DEX by volume on Solana: https://jup.ag/ 💳 KAST lets you manage and spend stablecoins or crypto with a Visa Card or Apple Pay. Live in 100+ countries: https://go.kast.xyz/VqVO/SHIFT 🔓 Trezor offers the safest cold-storage wallets for crypto and true financial independence. Buy with 10% off (promo code in video): https://trezor.io/?transaction_id=102... 🌱 Bitwise Asset Management manages $15B+ across 30+ crypto investment products — ETFs, index funds, alpha, staking, and more. https://bitwiseinvestments.com/ ⚖️ Ethena is a synthetic dollar protocol on Ethereum, offering a crypto-native, non-bank-dependent stablecoin called USDe. It uses a…

People in this episode

Host: Kevin Follonier

Guest: Ben Zhou

Topics covered

• crypto
• business recovery
• financial independence
• blockchain
• investment strategies

Keywords

• crypto hack
• Bybit
• financial recovery
• blockchain technology
• investment

Sponsors

Jupiter, KAST, Trezor, Bitwise Asset Management, Ethena, Sumsub

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bybit

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