Arthur Cheong

Arthur Cheong is Investor at DeFiance Capital, Founder of Chaintech Ventures. Arthur is an investor and trader in the crypto industry with a unique background spanning startup, oil trading, and cryptoasset. He is the founder & Fund Manager of DeFiance Capital, a cryptoasset investment fund combining fundamental research & activist investing approach. Arthur is featured as one of the top DeFi investors by The Block Research, one of the top research firms in the crypto space. Arthur has a deep understanding of cryptoeconomics specifically around system incentives design and token value capture. Previously, he was the Vice President of Growth & Strategy at Zilliqa, a leading scalable and secure public blockchain-based in Singapore. Before joining Zilliqa, Arthur worked closely with JST Capital, an institutional digital asset trading firm for its trading strategy and operation. Prior to his venture into the crypto space, he was in the trader development program in BP, one of the largest physical traders of oil and gas in the world, rotating across shipping, analytics, and trading functions where he worked closely with traders and charterers to generate entrepreneurial trading profit for the company. During his university time, he was active in co-curricular activities and was the vice president of the investment club where he led the investment research team to provide top investment insights to the student population. He was also featured in ChannelNews Asia as one of the young investors before. Arthur graduated from Nanyang Technological University with a major in Economics and a minor in Entrepreneurship. At his free time, he enjoys poker and deep-diving into the crypto rabbit hole.