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Marcus Tan
TheWeal · Staff

Marcus Tan Verified

Senior Reporter, DeFi

he/him · Hong Kong · Contact ↓
Articles published
3
Experience
6years
Joined
Mar 2026
Languages
English, Mandarin, Cantonese

Marcus covers decentralised finance — protocol design, liquidity dynamics, oracle attacks, and the cross-border policy environment around DeFi in Asia. Before TheWeal he was a reporter at a Hong Kong fintech outlet where he produced the original investigation into a $40M oracle manipulation attack that led to industry-wide policy changes around price-feed security.

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Beats covered
  • DeFi protocols
  • Lending & AMM mechanics
  • Oracle infrastructure
  • Asian regulatory landscape
  • Liquidity & market makers
Background
Education
  • Hong Kong University of Science & Technology 2019
    BBA Finance
Previous employers
  • TechInAsia 2022u20132026
    Senior fintech reporter
  • South China Morning Post 2020u20132022
    Markets contributor
Certifications
  • ChainLink Academy u2014 Oracle Architecture (2024)
Awards & recognition
  • SOPA Honorable Mention 2024 — Technology Coverage
  • SCMP Best Beat Reporter 2021
Speaking & press
  • Token2049 HK (2025) — moderator, oracle security panel
  • Consensus HK (2024) — speaker, DeFi insurance
Conflicts of interest & editorial transparency

Holds no DeFi protocol token positions. Holds BTC + ETH long-term positions disclosed publicly. No paid content. No protocol advisory roles.

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