On February 20, 2025, the "Web3 Voyage" conference hosted by HashKey Chain and co-hosted by AWS and ATT was successfully concluded at the Hong Kong Maritime Museum. This grand event that brought together the world's top thinkers and practitioners in the field of Web3 attracted more than 1,300 participants to register, of which more than 700 participants were present to witness the wonderful collision of 1 keynote speech and 5 roundtable discussions. 37 industry leaders conducted in-depth discussions on core topics such as PayFi, RWA, MMF, Stablecoins and Restaking, drawing a vibrant blueprint for the future of the global digital economy.
The excitement and depth of the conference exceeded everyone's expectations. Whether it is senior Web3 developers or representatives from the traditional financial field, everyone gathered here to discuss how to steer the course in the rapidly developing Web3 wave and break through the boundaries of innovation. As the theme of the conference said, "Web3 Voyage" is not only a collision of technology and ideas, but also a start of cross-border cooperation and joint exploration.
▍AI and Web3 integration: Professor Wang Yang reveals the future of intelligent services
As a major opening of the event, Professor Wang Yang, Vice President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, injected his unique insights into the conference - how the integration of AI and Web3 will reshape the future economy.
Professor Wang pointed out that the combination of AI and Web3 is accelerating technological change and innovation. This integration can not only reduce the cost of innovation, but also promote the implementation of more applications. He emphasized that with the breakthrough of AI technology and the continuous improvement of Web3 infrastructure, the combination of the two will bring more efficient and secure intelligent services, further promoting the upgrading of the industry. Professor Wang specifically mentioned that with the launch of Deepseek, the cost of using AI will drop significantly, and more developers and companies will be able to create more innovation opportunities with a lower threshold. As a pioneer in the industry, HashKey Group is actively exploring the integration path of Web3 and AI to promote the continued prosperity of the industry ecosystem.
▍From the Industrial Revolution to the Explosion on the Chain: Dr. Xiao Feng’s Prophecy and the Mission of the Web3 Era
Dr. Xiao Feng, Chairman and CEO of HashKey Group, spoke on the topic of "Block Chain: Starting from the Origin", outlining for the participants a grand picture of how blockchain technology will drive the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Dr. Xiao Feng pointed out that every industrial revolution is the superposition of energy revolution, industrial revolution and financial revolution, among which financial revolution is often the premise. At present, blockchain and smart contracts, digital wallets and programmable currencies are becoming the core infrastructure supporting the fourth industrial revolution. He predicted: "2025 will be a key turning point for the outbreak of on-chain - global financial institutions will enter the Crypto field in a big way, build a new payment and settlement system based on blockchain, or issue new financial assets based on the token economy. 'On-chain' will truly enter a period of outbreak." This statement triggered a warm response from the audience.
Dr. Xiao Feng further emphasized that compliance is the key to promoting the large-scale entry of traditional financial institutions. With the improvement of the regulatory framework, large institutions will reshape the global settlement system and accelerate the issuance of on-chain assets. In this context, HashKey Chain, as the "other wing" of HashKey Group, will become a bridge connecting traditional finance and the digital economy through technological innovation and ecological collaboration, and help the global financial system achieve digital transformation.
▍Ambition of ecosystem builders: Kay reveals the six strategies of HashKey Chain
As one of the most anticipated sessions of the entire event, Kay, head of HashKey Eco Labs, gave a speech titled "HashKey Chain - The Pioneer of Asia's Web3 Navigation Era", which showed the global vision of the industry pioneer. She presented the six strategic pillars of HashKey Chain - PayFi, RWA, MMF, Stablecoins, Restaking and AI, each of which directly addresses the pain points of the traditional financial system.
Kay said that blockchain technology not only represents technological innovation, but also drives changes in all aspects of society, especially in connecting the capital flow and user interaction between Web2 and Web3, where HashKey Chain plays a vital role. She emphasized that HashKey Chain will break the barriers between the traditional financial system and the digital economy, and promote the global financial system into a new digital stage through technological innovation and ecological construction.
Looking into the future, Kay specifically mentioned that with the continuous development of blockchain technology, more new financial instruments and mechanisms will emerge, and HashKey Chain will continue to innovate and make breakthroughs in these directions.
▍Multi -angle industry discussion: in-depth analysis of Web3 trends and challenges
At the conference, guests from Aupra, Asteroidx, and AI Mall also shared their explorations and practices in the field of Web3. In addition, in five high-quality roundtable discussions, the debate on "innovation and compliance" and "efficiency and security" ran through the entire event. Experts from payment, asset management, stablecoins and other fields held heated discussions on cutting-edge topics such as PayFi, RWA, MMF, Stablecoins and Restaking.
Everyone agreed that although Web3 technology has shown great potential in areas such as global payments, asset tokenization and capital circulation, compliance and security remain key challenges in achieving large-scale applications.
At the closing ceremony, Jack Kong, Director of Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited, shared his future outlook on the combination of Web3 and AI. He pointed out that with the coordinated development of technology, funding and policy environment, the integration of Web3 and AI has brought unprecedented opportunities for entrepreneurs. He encouraged entrepreneurs to seize this historic opportunity and actively participate in this wave of innovation.
▍Conclusion : Let’s move towards the golden age of Web3
As the night of Victoria Harbor stained the glass curtain wall of the Maritime Museum, the 9-hour Web3 thought expedition came to an end. But the participants knew that the real voyage had just begun - the on-chain financial revolution predicted by Dr. Xiao Feng, the technical integration picture outlined by Professor Wang Yang, and the ecological construction path demonstrated by Kay are all being nurtured and established in Hong Kong, an international financial hub.
Perhaps one day in the future, when people look back at the early spring of 2025, they will find that this "Web3 Voyage" that brings together the wisdom of the East and the West is the moment when the digital economy sets sail for the deep blue. At this moment, every participant is the lookout and helmsman on this giant ship, writing the logbook of this era together in the tide of codes and protocols.
