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Henri Arslanian

Henri Arslanian is the crypto leader and a partner at PwC and the former chairman of the FinTech Association of Hong Kong. Henri advises many of the world’s leading crypto exchanges, investors, financial institutions and tech firms on fintech and crypto as well governments, regulators and central banks on fintech and crypto regulatory and policy matters. Henri’s latest book “The Future of Finance: The Impact of FinTech, AI and Crypto on Financial Services” published by Palgrave Macmillan, was one of Amazon’s global top 10 best-sellers in financial services and recognized as one of the “Best FinTech Books of All Time” by Bookauthority. Prior to PwC, Henri worked for UBS Investment Bank in Hong Kong. He holds a master's degree in Chinese law from Tsinghua University, a joint Global Executive MBA from Columbia Business School, London Business School and Hong Kong University, a bachelor's degree in law from the University of Montreal and a master's in transnational law from the University of Sherbrooke, where he was awarded the Governor General of Canada Gold Medal for Academic Excellence for having graduated with the highest grades of the university.

September 2021

China’s crypto ban: what you need to know

How is China’s latest clampdown on crypto different from its previous bans — and how do authorities plan to catch the scofflaws? Henri Arslanian of PwC breaks it down.