Arthur Cheong
Economics
School of Social Sciences
Summary
Arthur Cheong is the Founder, CEO CIO of DeFiance Capital, one of the leading Web3 Crypto investment firms globally that have made signature investments on the DeFi and Web3 gaming space. He is also the Council President of dYdX Foundation, a foundation set up to promote the growth of dYdX protocol.
Arthur is a seasoned crypto investor with more than 5 years of crypto investing experience, having managed and grown a crypto fund from 6 figures to 9 figures. He has more than 150k followers on Twitter and background spans across startup, oil trading, and Web3.
Before founding DeFiance Capital, Arthur co-founded a crypto start-up and worked on Growth and Strategy role at a blockchain protocol focusing on scalability and sharding.
Prior to his work in the Web3 space, Arthur worked in the oil trading industry under BP’s trading development programme, where he worked closely with oil trading professionals in trading, shipping and operation roles.
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.
Arthur graduated from Nanyang Technological University with a major in Economics and a minor in Entrepreneurship.
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Work Experience
Founder, CEO CIO Aug 2020 - Present
DeFiance Capital SingaporeDeFiance Capital is a leading Web3 Crypto investment firms that have made signature investments on the DeFi and Web3 gaming space globally. It is also one of the top crypto funds in Asia.
Since its inception, the firm has invested in many successful crypto startups globally including Aave, dYdX, Arbitrum, Axie Infinity, Lido DAO, Layer Zero, etc. Our selected investments can be found at https://www.defiance.capital
Trader Development Program Aug 2015 - Apr 2018
BP Singapore Pte Ltd Singapore• Fuel Oil Trading Support Analyst - Third rotation
• Charterer - Second rotation
• Crude Oil and Feedstock Analyst - First rotation
Origination Intern May 2014 - Aug 2014
BPEducation
B.A. (Hons) in Economics, Minor in Entrepreneurship Aug 2011 - Jul 2015
Nanyang Technological UniversityNTU Investment Interactive Club- 15th Executive Committee: Vice President, Research & Education Department.
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