On the evening of April 7, the "RWA (Hong Kong) Summit: Compliance Unlocks Trillion-Level Global Asset Flows and New Cross-Border Payment Opportunities" was held at the AWS office in Hong Kong, co-organized by Futurecloud, HashKey Chain and BlockbeatHK, co-organized by AWS, and participated in by LocoBike and Evident!
As one of the important peripheral activities of the 2025 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival, this event not only brought together experts and entrepreneurs from different fields of the financial technology industry, but also invited experts and leaders from Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, Shanghai High People's Court, Shanghai Blockchain Association, Shanghai Zhongke Digital Industry Development Research Institute, Shanghai Stock Exchange and Hong Kong Investment Promotion Agency, Hong Kong Cyberport, Caihuashe Group and other units, as well as many corporate representatives from Hong Kong compliant licensed institutions. More than 100 spectators gathered at the scene, and tens of thousands of viewers watched the event through live video. Caihuashe, MetaEra, Chafang Blockchain, PANews, Gyro Finance, iCloser and other industry media also provided strong support for this event.
Event host: Vivian Huang, Marketing Partner of BlockbeatHK
Zhang Jie, deputy director of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce (Municipal Port Services Office), first delivered a speech for the event. Zhang Jie gave a detailed introduction to the new highland of institutional opening-Shanghai Oriental Hub International Business Cooperation Zone. Zhang Jie said that Shanghai and Hong Kong are both important global financial hubs, and they have close cooperation in the fields of digital economy, blockchain applications, cross-border finance, etc. He looks forward to deepening cooperation between the two places in the field of RWA in the future and jointly exploring innovative scenarios such as trade digitalization and cross-border payments.
Zhang Jie, Deputy Director of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce (Municipal Port Services Office)
In her speech, Pauline Fan, Head of Fintech Web3 at Invest Hong Kong, introduced how Hong Kong is leveraging its advantages as an international financial center to promote Web3, including the introduction of policies such as virtual asset licenses, stablecoin regulation and sandbox programs, as well as strengthening investor protection and liquidity through the ASPIRe roadmap for virtual asset regulation. It also uses talent programs to bring in technology professionals, combined with family offices and cross-border projects, to consolidate Hong Kong's leadership in financial technology and digital assets in Asia.
Pauline Fan, Head of Fintech Web3 at Invest Hong Kong
As the "host" of this event, AWS Web3 Technical Director Kong Lei expressed his warm welcome to all the guests. He also introduced the AWS team's long-term experience and achievements in the Web3 field, its technical support for start-up teams, and the innovative solutions it provides in areas such as compliance and supervision.
AWS Web3 Technical Director Kong Lei
In the subsequent keynote speech, AWS solution architect Kelvin Law took "Web3 Security and Compliance" as the theme, sharing in detail the security and compliance solutions provided by AWS for Web3 enterprises, and shared typical service cases of two major exchange customers using AWS to achieve high security, scalability and global compliance. AWS infrastructure covers more than 200 services, helping Web3 enterprises expand into the global market.
Kelvin Law, Solutions Architect, AWS
Ellie, BD director of HashKey Chain, delivered a keynote speech titled "Unlocking Real World Assets on Chain", introducing how HashKey Chain promotes RWA on-chain to solve the problems of insufficient liquidity and high thresholds, and supports asset issuance, mortgage and derivative development through compliance design, multi-level auditing and cross-chain interoperability. HashKey Chain is the preferred public chain for financial and RWA assets, with the advantages of compliance-friendly, secure and reliable, high-performance and low-cost, helping to upgrade the global financial digitalization.
HashKey Chain BD Director Ellie
Afterwards, BlockbeatHK consulting partner Eddy Tao shared in his speech how BlockbeatHK, as a global Web3.0 comprehensive solution service provider, has empowered the financial and real industries with blockchain technology in Hong Kong over the past two years. As a key contributor to the world-renowned cross-chain ecosystem Cosmos, BlockbeatHK has mature technical capabilities and can provide all-round support for mainstream public chains and distributed application ecosystems. As a strategic technology partner of many global licensed financial institutions, BlockbeatHK provides key technical support for digital asset services. In addition, the company has independently developed core products such as Spark Pay, a Web3.0 payment solution, and provides a one-stop RWA solution, which comprehensively builds a value network connecting digital finance and the real economy through blockchain technology.
Eddy Tao, Consulting Partner at BlockbeatHK
The summit also held two major signings: "LocoBike × BlockbeatHK" and "Futurecloud × BlockbeatHK": LocoBike, the largest local shared bicycle operator in Hong Kong, and BlockbeatHK signed a cooperation agreement on the spot. The two parties have jointly launched the world's first shared bicycle system that supports cryptocurrency payments. Through this cooperation, the two parties will jointly provide users with cryptocurrency payment options such as USDT, USDC, and ETH to further enhance the user experience. In the future, the two parties will also actively explore new enterprise and member digital marketing based on new energy assets RWA, tokenized carbon assets, and NFT support. AWS senior partner Futurecloud also reached a strategic cooperation with BlockbeatHK on the spot. In the future, the two parties will carry out extensive cooperation in the fields of market promotion and business expansion to provide Web3 enterprises with a full range of infrastructure services.
「LocoBike × BlockbeatHK」Signing Ceremony
「Futurecloud × BlockbeatHK」Signing Ceremony
The speeches and the wonderful sharing of the speakers brought a wealth of cutting-edge "dry goods" to the audience, and the subsequent roundtable session pushed the summit to a climax of communication and discussion. The first roundtable was themed "RWA drives global asset flows: compliance framework, technological innovation and market opportunities". Under the moderation of Ginzy Wu, head of HashKey Chain PR, 5 guests, including Ellie, head of HashKey Chain BD, Gary Xu, co-founder of Aitos.io, Manton Wai, Evident Head of investment solutions, Jacqueline Qiao, partner of Junhe Law Firm, and Louie Lee, Managing Director of Prosynergy, discussed from multiple dimensions such as compliance framework, technological innovation and market opportunities, and discussed how technological innovation can improve the liquidity and efficiency of the RWA market, as well as the challenges and solutions of the compliance and regulatory framework faced in the global promotion of RWA asset flows.
Roundtable Forum 1
The second round of roundtable was hosted by Futurecloud CEO Nika Xu. Focusing on the topic of "New Paradigm of Cross-border Payments: Application of PayFi, Stablecoins and Crypto Payment Innovations in Sharing Economy and Consumption", guests including Ken Ching, LocoBike Founder and Chairman Ken Ching, Umy COO Wesley, DFX Labs Director & Chief Investment Officer John Zhou, AWS Partner Architect Liu Ji and others shared their experiences and challenges in introducing stablecoins and crypto payment solutions from their respective industry perspectives and experiences. They also conducted a detailed analysis of compliance and risk management issues in cross-border operations, and explored the future trends and solutions for crypto payment innovation.
Roundtable Forum 2
The RWA (Hong Kong) Summit came to a successful conclusion amidst the excitement of wisdom and consensus, but this exploration of the RWA compliance development path is using Hong Kong as a fulcrum to unleash more innovative momentum to the world. Standing at the critical point of the integration of the digital economy and the real economy, BlockbeatHK, as an important participant in Hong Kong's financial technology ecosystem, will continue to deepen compliance innovation practices in the RWA field with deeper technological innovation and industrial links in the future, and explore new paradigms for the symbiosis and prosperity of digital finance and the real economy with global partners, helping Hong Kong further enhance its core position in the global digital economy.
