HONG KONG — Vivien Khoo left Goldman Sachs in 2019 after a 19-year career at the global investment bank. She felt she was too young to retire, yet too old to spend another two decades doing the same job. So she stepped down from her managing director role and made an unexpected move. She became interim CEO and global chief operating officer of BitMEX, a cryptocurrency exchange that was grappling with a series of regulatory challenges at the time. Recalling the decision in a recent interview with The Korea Times, Khoo said she wishes she could claim she had long been passionate about blockchain technology and instinctively believed in crypto’s future. But that was not the case. Instead, Khoo believed her long career in compliance and regulation made her a strong fit for the role. If she could successfully navigate the transition, she thought she might build a long-term career in the industry. What struck her most, however, was the isolation. Unlike her years at Goldman Sachs, she found herself with few peers to turn to for advice. She was one of the few women in leadership in the crypt