On January 9, the 2025 Hong Kong Wealth Management Summit and the 12th Hong Kong Listed Companies Awards Ceremony were held in Hong Kong. Alec, Head of HTX Ventures , and Molly, Ambassador of HTX DAO , were invited to share insights on the evolving landscape of Hong Kong’s wealth management industry, and cross-industry collaboration within the Real-World Asset (RWA) ecosystem. Strategic Conviction: Productive RWAs, AI Finance, and Compliant Payments Speaking at the panel discussion “A New Global Benchmark for Asset Allocation: The Rise of Hong Kong Wealth Management and Its Future Outlook,” Alec analyzed that as regulatory clarity improves and institutional capital flows into the market, several key directions within the convergence of global wealth management and Web3 deserve sustained attention: Yield-Generating Real-World Assets: Platforms focused on tokenizing traditionally high-barrier assets such as private equity (PE), private credit, and green finance debt instruments. AI-Agentic Finance: Middleware solutions that effectively integrate AI-driven investment strategies with Hong Kong SFC-compliant frameworks. Compliant Stablecoins and Payment Gateways: Centered around HKD-backed stablecoins, these infrastructures support cross-border trade settlement and B2B payments, serving as foundational layers for wealth management by enabling the instant conversion of traditional fiat assets into on-chain assets. HTX Ventures head, Alec at the roundtable Evolving Investment Logic: Building Foundations Amid Constant Change Beyond sector selection, HTX Ventures emphasizes a project’s ability to evolve within a shifting market. Alec highlighted three core evaluation dimensions: Architectural Flexibility :In an increasingly multipolar regulatory landscape, modular and scalable system architectures enable projects to adapt to jurisdiction-specific compliance requirements without reconstructing their core infrastructure. Sustained Competitiveness and Demand Alignment: HTX Ventures goes beyond capital deployment by leveraging its global user data and industry insights to help projects establish efficient feedback loops and agile iteration mechanisms, ensuring long-term relevance in the competitive Web3 and AI arena. Ecosystem Connectivity and Access to Unique Assets: Through its global fund network and ecosystem partnerships, HTX Ventures directly connects projects to unique asset sources worldwide, significantly shortening the cycle from proof of concept to commercial monetization, and helping the projects secure first-mover advantages. Alec emphasized that HTX Ventures will continue to invest in projects combining frontier technology with real-world utility in their early stages, strengthen blockchain infrastructure investments, and help accelerate the large-scale adoption of Web3. The Role and Core Value of Blockchain in the RWA Ecosystem At the panel “Exploring New Paths of Cross-Industry Empowerment to Drive High-Quality RWA Development,” HTX DAO Ambassador Molly emphasized that successful cross-sector RWA collaboration hinges on role reconfiguration through complementary resources. She noted that the real economy provides authentic, sustainable assets and cash flows; financial institutions contribute structure, risk management, and compliance capabilities; while blockchain and Web3 infrastructure serve as the central layer for ownership verification, asset circulation, and automated settlement. HTX DAO ambassador Molly at the roundtable Molly further stressed that the true value of blockchain in cross-industry RWA collaboration does not lie merely in putting assets on-chain, but in the systematic reconstruction of collaboration processes and trust mechanisms. Through on-chain ownership verification and transparent data, participants can verify asset status, revenue distribution, and risk exposure in real time via a unified ledger, significantly reducing information asymmetry. Smart contracts enable automated revenue splitting, clearing, and maturity settlement, lowering manual operational friction and shifting trust from human endorsement to institutional and code-based guarantees. This, thereby, reduces coordination and trust costs between financial and real-economy sectors. HTX Ventures Awarded “Best Web3 Venture Capital of the Year” At the ceremony, HTX Ventures was honored with the “Best Web3 Venture Capital of the Year” award, in recognition of its sustained contributions to the global Web3 ecosystem and its outstanding investment performance. In recent years, HTX Ventures has been increasing its investments in Web3 infrastructure and innovative applications, establishing a clear and disciplined investment framework across the integration of blockchain technology with real-world business scenarios, global compliance pathways, and long-term value creation. Its systematic approach has earned broad recognition across the industry. Founded in 2012, the Hong Kong Listed Companies Awards Ceremony , jointly initiated by Tencent and Finet Group , aims to promote the healthy development of Hong Kong’s capital markets through annual rankings and awards. Featuring high-level forums with an award ceremony, the event has grown into one of Hong Kong’s most influential annual gatherings for the financial and investment community. This award not only affirms HTX Ventures’ past achievements as a deeply engaged participant in the global Web3 movement, but also reinforces its commitment to deepening its presence in Hong Kong while connecting global opportunities. As Hong Kong emerges as a hub for institutionalized Web3 narratives, HTX Ventures and HTX DAO will continue to act as connectors and enablers, introducing unique assets, compliant technological architectures, and forward-looking business models into the Hong Kong market. Jointly, they contribute to the sustainable prosperity of Hong Kong’s capital markets. HTX Ventures receives the “Best Web3 Venture Capital of the Year” award The post HTX Ventures Named “Best Web3 Venture Capital of the Year” at the 12th Hong Kong Listed Companies Awards Ceremony first appeared on HTX Square .
