Afanddy Bin Hushni

Afanddy Bin Hushni is the founder, Chairman, and CEO of Beldex International, a company involved in cryptocurrency, blockchain technology, and privacy-focused Web3 infrastructure.^[2] He founded Beldex in 2018 as a privacy-first blockchain ecosystem designed to support confidential transactions, communications, and browsing through decentralized applications.^[2] With more than 22 years of experience in trading, investment, quantitative trading, and crypto asset management, Afanddy has a background spanning both traditional finance and the digital asset economy.^[2]​^[3]​

Education

Afanddy B Hushni earned a Diploma in Computer Studies, with a focus on Accounting and Finance, from Data Power EDP/NCC, completed between 1993 and 1996.^[3] This program combined computer studies with accounting and finance.^[2]

Career

Early Career in Malaysia

Afanddy’s professional career began in the mid-1990s in Malaysia, where he held roles in research and development, IT support, and administration at companies including Orbtech Power (M) Sdn Bhd, Ampuh Indah (M) Sdn Bhd, C.A.M Pasir Gudang, Risys Tech Sdn Bhd, YPS Gas Sdn Bhd / YPJ Group, and Projek Panorama (M) Sdn Bhd.^[3] He subsequently moved into IT and engineering management, serving as IT Manager at XL Computer System Sdn Bhd from September 1997 to August 2000 and as Senior Manager at Supreme Marketing Concept (M) Sdn Bhd from June 2000 to November 2012.^[3]​

Finance and Digital Assets

From December 2012 to January 2018, Afanddy worked as a Manager at The Nomad Group Berhad in Kuala Lumpur, followed by a role as Head of Department at YM Consultant Sdn Bhd from January 2018 to January 2019.^[3] In parallel, he became self-employed in July 2017, focusing on general management, quantitative trading, and crypto asset management related to digital assets and decentralized technologies.^[3]​^[2]​

Beldex Leadership

In March 2018, Afanddy founded Beldex and became its Chairman, guiding the project from a privacy-focused cryptocurrency network into a broader privacy-preserving Web3 ecosystem.^[3]​^[2] As founder and chairman, he oversees strategic direction, including Beldex’s transition from Proof of Work to a Proof of Stake-based network and the development of privacy-oriented decentralized applications.^[2]​

On October 5, 2026, Beldex announced that Hushni had assumed the CEO role alongside his existing chairmanship, succeeding Kim, who stepped down as CEO and departed the organization after a long tenure. Beldex credited Kim with helping guide its expansion into a broader ecosystem spanning communication, browsing, payments, and decentralized identity, and said the transition did not change its mission or development priorities. Beldex also announced the appointment on its official X account.^[4]​^[5]​

Interview

Afanddy B Hushni, chairman of Beldex, gave an interview to the CryptoKnowMics website at the World Blockchain Summit in Bangkok. In this interview, which was published on December 11, 2019, he discussed topics including decentralized exchanges, privacy-focused cryptocurrencies, and Shariah compliance in the cryptocurrency sector.^[1]

During the interview, Afanddy highlighted Beldex’s plans at that time to launch its own exchange and emphasized the platform’s privacy focus, contrasting it with Bitcoin by describing Beldex as designed to conceal user identities and transaction details. This privacy-centric approach was framed as a response to concerns over user anonymity in the crypto space. He also outlined the advantages of decentralized exchanges (DEXs), where users retain control over their funds, compared with centralized exchanges that hold user data and assets in a single location.^[1]

Afanddy noted that Beldex aimed to support both decentralized and centralized exchange models, allowing users to select the approach that suited their needs. A further point of discussion was Beldex’s positioning as a Shariah-compliant exchange, which he said entailed adherence to Islamic law and avoidance of activities such as money laundering and Ponzi schemes. He also addressed the misconception that cryptocurrency is synonymous with Bitcoin, highlighting the broader market of altcoins and encouraging users to consider the diversity of projects beyond Bitcoin.^[1]