• What Bitcoin’s early experimentation reveals about long-term adoption.
• Why decentralization only matters when trust and access are tested.
• How Ethereum introduced business logic through smart contracts.
• What on-chain autonomy enables beyond peer-to-peer money.
• Why real-world use cases matter more than ideology in crypto’s evolution.

From the rise of tokenization and on-chain finance to emerging Web3 hubs across Asia and the Middle East, Charles shares unique regional insights on innovation, credibility, and regulation, drawn from his experience and his books Block Kong and Arabian Crypto.