{"version":1,"id":"danny-park","title":"Danny Park","summary":"Danny Park is a journalist who reports on East Asia crypto and Web3 developments for The Block.","content":"**Danny Park** is a journalist and media professional with a background spanning [cryptocurrency](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency) reporting, research, video journalism, and English-Korean interpretation. He is an East Asia Reporter at [The Block](https://iq.wiki/wiki/the-block), having previously worked as an Associate Producer and Research Associate at Forkast.News. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-dsjuqeq4zl) \n\n## Education\n\nPark graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor’s in Journalism and Marketing in 2021. [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-0iq7qh8ire) \n\n## Career\n\nPark began his journalism career through internships in Hong Kong, Seoul, and Kunming between 2020 and 2021. He worked as an intern at APV in Hong Kong from March to May 2020, followed by an Intern Video Journalist role at Agence France-Presse in Seoul from June to August 2020. From December 2020 to January 2021, he worked as an Editorial Intern at GoKunming in Kunming, producing written and video content across the three markets. In February 2021, Park joined Forkast.News as a Research Associate and was promoted to Associate Producer in August of that year, a position he held until October 2023. Based in Hong Kong, he worked on the publication's content creation team and covered developments in technology, [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain), and [cryptocurrency](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency), including the collapses of [Terra-Luna](https://iq.wiki/wiki/terra-luna) and [FTX](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ftx) during the 2022 [crypto](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency) market downturn.\n\nPark joined [The Block](https://iq.wiki/wiki/the-block) as an East Asia Reporter in December 2023 and works remotely from Seoul, covering [Web3](https://iq.wiki/wiki/web3) developments, [cryptocurrency](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency) policy, regulation, and industry activity across East and Southeast Asia, with particular attention to South Korea and Japan. His reporting has included coverage of [cryptocurrency](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency) legislation, [stablecoin](https://iq.wiki/wiki/stablecoin) adoption, exchanges and corporate investments, and developments involving companies such as [Dunamu](https://iq.wiki/wiki/dunamu), [Upbit](https://iq.wiki/wiki/upbit), and [Coinone](https://iq.wiki/wiki/coinone), as well as broader regulatory changes in Asian and U.S. markets. 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