HTX Ventures was awarded the "Top 100 Hong Kong Stocks" Annual Best Web3 Venture Capital Institution at the 12th edition, deeply empowering the new ecosystem of Web3 finance in Hong Kong

On January 9, 2025, the Hong Kong Wealth Management Summit and the 12th "Top 100 Hong Kong Stocks" Award Ceremony were grandly held in Hong Kong. Alec, the head of HTX Ventures, and Molly, the ambassador of HTX DAO, were invited to attend and shared insights on topics such as the development trends of the Hong Kong wealth management industry, investment directions, and cross-industry collaboration in the RWA ecosystem.

Strategic Focus: Emphasizing Productive RWA, AI Finance, and Compliant Payments

Alec, the head of HTX Ventures, analyzed in the roundtable forum titled "A New Benchmark for Global Asset Allocation: The Rise and Future Landscape of Hong Kong Wealth Management" that with the regulatory environment gradually becoming clearer and institutional funds continuously entering the market, the current and near-future directions worth focusing on in the integration of global wealth management and Web3 include:

• Productive RWA (Yield-generating Real-World Assets): Focusing on innovative platforms that tokenize traditionally high-threshold private equity (PE), private credit, and green finance debt.

• AI-driven Automated Asset Management (AI-Agentic Finance): Focusing on middleware technology solutions that effectively integrate AI strategies with SFC compliance frameworks.

• Compliant Stablecoins and Payment Gateways: Centered around Hong Kong dollar stablecoins, developing cross-border trade settlement and B2B payment businesses, building the underlying infrastructure for wealth management, and achieving instantaneous conversion of traditional fiat assets to on-chain configurable assets.

Alec, head of HTX Ventures, at the roundtable forum "The Rise and Future Landscape of Hong Kong Wealth Management"

Investment Logic Evolution: Building a Lasting Foundation Amidst "Dynamic Changes"

In addition to track selection, HTX Ventures places greater emphasis on whether projects possess the ability to survive and evolve sustainably in a "dynamically changing market environment." Alec further pointed out that HTX Ventures focuses on evaluating the following three core elements:

• Flexibility of Architecture: In an increasingly multipolar global regulatory environment, a modular and scalable technical architecture can help projects quickly adapt to compliance requirements in different regions without reconstructing the underlying systems.

• Sustained Market Competitiveness and Demand Matching Ability: HTX Ventures not only provides financial support to projects but also helps establish efficient feedback loops and agile iteration mechanisms through its global user data and industry insights, ensuring that projects are not eliminated in the competitive Web3+AI track.

• Ecological Links and Introduction of "Unique Assets": Leveraging the global fund and ecological cooperation matrix built by HTX Ventures, directly connecting projects with unique asset sources worldwide, shortening the cycle from "concept validation" to "commercial monetization," thereby establishing a first-mover advantage in fierce competition.

Alec emphasized that HTX Ventures will continue to focus on early-stage projects with cutting-edge technology and real application value, improve blockchain infrastructure investment, and accelerate the large-scale application of Web3.

The Role and Core Value of Blockchain in the RWA Ecosystem

Molly, ambassador of HTX DAO, analyzed in the roundtable forum themed "Exploring New Paths for Cross-Industry Empowerment to Drive High-Quality Development of RWA" that the key to achieving cross-industry collaboration in RWA lies in resource complementarity to complete role reconstruction. She pointed out that the real industry should provide genuine, sustainable assets and cash flow foundations, financial institutions are responsible for structural design, risk management, and compliance output, while blockchain and Web3 infrastructure play a central role in rights confirmation, circulation, and automated settlement.

Molly, ambassador of HTX DAO, at the roundtable forum "Driving High-Quality Development of RWA"

Molly further emphasized that the core value of blockchain in cross-industry RWA collaboration does not lie in "on-chain" itself, but in the systematic reconstruction of collaboration processes and trust mechanisms. Through on-chain rights confirmation and information transparency, all participants can verify asset status, profit distribution, and risk exposure in real-time within a unified ledger, reducing information asymmetry; leveraging smart contracts to achieve automatic accounting, clearing, and maturity payment can significantly reduce manual operations and execution friction, thereby promoting the shift of trust from "human endorsement" to "institutional and code constraints," effectively lowering communication and trust costs between the financial and real industries.

HTX Ventures Honored as "Best Web3 Venture Capital Institution" in the "Top 100 Hong Kong Stocks"

It is worth mentioning that during this event, HTX Ventures was awarded the "Best Web3 Venture Capital Institution" for its continuous deep cultivation and outstanding investment performance in the global Web3 ecosystem.

In recent years, HTX Ventures has consistently increased its investment in Web3 underlying infrastructure and innovative application tracks, forming a clear and robust investment logic in the integration of blockchain technology with real business scenarios, exploration of global compliance paths, and long-term value investment, which has received high recognition from the industry.

The "Top 100 Hong Kong Stocks" selection event began in 2012, co-initiated by Tencent and Caihua News. By publishing lists and awarding prizes, it promotes the healthy and prosperous development of the Hong Kong capital market. At the same time, the event combines the summit forum and award ceremony to discuss financial market and economic trends, with its influence expanding year by year, becoming one of the annual events in Hong Kong's financial and economic circles.

As a deep participant in the global Web3 wave, HTX Ventures' award not only affirms its past achievements but also serves as an encouragement for its future strategy of deepening its presence in Hong Kong and linking globally. Hong Kong is becoming a highland for the institutional narrative of global Web3, and HTX Ventures and HTX DAO will continue to play the roles of 'connector' and 'enabler,' committed to introducing unique assets, compliant technical architectures, and forward-looking business models into the Hong Kong market, jointly promoting the healthy and prosperous development of the Hong Kong capital market.

HTX Ventures awarded the "Best Web3 Venture Capital Institution" award

About HTX Ventures

HTX Ventures is the global investment arm of Huobi HTX, integrating investment, incubation, and research to identify the best and brightest teams worldwide. As an industry pioneer, HTX Ventures has over 11 years of blockchain construction experience, specializing in identifying cutting-edge technologies and emerging business models in the field. To drive growth within the blockchain ecosystem, we provide comprehensive support to projects, including financing, resources, and strategic advice.

HTX Ventures currently supports over 300 projects across multiple blockchain fields, with some high-quality projects already trading on Huobi HTX. Additionally, as one of the most active FOF funds, HTX Ventures invests in 30 top global funds and collaborates with leading blockchain funds such as Polychain, Dragonfly, Bankless, Gitcoin, Figment, Nomad, Animoca, and Hack VC to jointly build the blockchain ecosystem. Visit us.

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