Lisa Loud is an expert in fintech and blockchain innovation, with executive leadership experience at PayPal, ShapeShift, and other major tech companies. As Executive Director of the Secret Network Foundation, she champions privacy-preserving technologies in the blockchain space.
DeepSeek’s recent markets-shaking AI breakthrough highlighted the contrasting tech innovation strategies of China and the United States, prompting many in the budding industry to reassess their assumptions about competition and progress.
China’s technological strategy has long been defined by a culture of relentless iteration. Unlike the West, where research breakthroughs are often protected by patents, proprietary methods, and competitive secrecy, China excels in refining and improving ideas th...
