HashKey Eco Labs CEO Kay Announces HashKey Chain Brand Upgrade: Building the Preferred Public Chain for Finance and RWA
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HashKey Eco Labs CEO Kay Announces HashKey Chain Brand Upgrade: Building the Preferred Public Chain for Finance and RWA
HashKey Chain rebrands as "the premier public blockchain for finance and RWA," driving global financial digital transformation and RWA asset tokenization through deep integration of technology, compliance, and ecosystem development, building a trusted on-chain and off-chain collaborative framework, and serving as a bridge between traditional finance and Web3 innovation.
Navigating Web3 tides with focused insightsOn April 6, 2025, the third Web3 Festival, co-hosted by Wanxiang Blockchain Labs and HashKey Group, opened at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. As one of Asia’s most influential events in the Web3 space, this year’s Web3 Festival attracted over 300 global experts and more than 50,000 attendees to explore how decentralized technologies are reshaping financial systems and asset forms.
At the main stage of this grand event, Kay, CEO of HashKey Eco Labs, delivered an engaging keynote speech titled "HashKey Chain: Bridge Tradition and Innovation, Reshape the NEW RWA Ecosystem." She pointed out that global financial markets stand at a critical juncture of digital transformation, with RWA and Onchain Finance emerging as core drivers of this shift. While unveiling this historic trend, Kay officially announced HashKey Chain's brand strategic upgrade, positioning it as the “preferred public chain for finance and RWA.” This evolution is set to become a significant milestone in the digital transformation of financial history.
Historic Opportunities Amid the Global Wave of Financial Digitization
In her opening remarks, Kay noted that traditional finance—having evolved over thousands of years from barter trade to modern securitization—is now facing a value revolution driven by blockchain technology. "The current global financial market exceeds $400 trillion, while the cryptocurrency market stands at around $1 trillion," said Kay. "This gap represents the historic opportunity for tokenizing RWA assets."
According to research by Chainlink, the RWA tokenization market is projected to surpass $16.1 trillion by 2030, having already achieved exponential growth exceeding $10 billion in 2024.
Behind this trend lies the pressing need to address inefficiencies and inclusivity challenges within traditional financial systems. Although RWAs are widely seen as the next trillion-dollar sector, actual onboarding of real-world assets onto blockchains still faces multiple hurdles. Using the metaphor of "putting an elephant into a refrigerator," Kay sharply highlighted industry pain points: "Most projects today only focus on choosing different brands of refrigerators (ecosystems) or designing 'faster refrigerators' (underlying tech), but overlook the most critical question—how to actually get the elephant (real-world assets) compliantly and efficiently onto the chain."
For financial assets, on-chain integration requires solving technical and legal issues such as identity verification, compliance framework alignment, and rights fragmentation; non-financial assets involve even more complex challenges including property registration, cross-jurisdictional regulation, and valuation systems. Kay stated, "RWA isn't just about putting data on-chain—it requires rebuilding a trust mechanism that coordinates on-chain and off-chain environments."
HashKey Chain Strategic Positioning: Building the Preferred Public Chain for Finance and RWA
To address these challenges, HashKey Chain offers its own solution—"technology as the foundation, compliance as the bridge, and ecosystem as the flywheel." Kay explained: "As an Ethereum Layer 2 solution, HashKey Chain inherits Ethereum's decentralized security and broad global consensus, while achieving higher performance to boost transaction efficiency and significantly reduce operational costs for issuers." Currently, HashKey Chain can compress transaction fees below $0.001 per transaction and shorten settlement time to 0.01 seconds, enabling large-scale institutional-grade RWA deployment. More importantly, through on-chain AML systems, multi-layer security authentication, and a "lifeboat" emergency mechanism, HashKey Chain provides a foundational framework compliant with regional regulatory requirements.
"We have worked closely with regulators like the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, spending years refining our compliance solutions," said Kay. The US dollar money market fund deployed by China Pacific Insurance on HashKey Chain reached $100 million in subscriptions on its first day of operation. Boshi Fund launched the world’s first tokenized Money Market ETF and received approval from the Hong Kong SFC for issuance on HashKey Chain. These collaborations not only demonstrate recognition from regulators and institutions regarding HashKey Chain’s technology and ecosystem development but also provide strong validation for RWA tokenization.
HashKey Chain Brand Evolution: From 'Wall Street on Chain' to 'Global Value Network'
While presenting ecosystem progress, Kay also announced a comprehensive brand upgrade for HashKey Chain. This rebranding goes beyond visual renewal—it marks a deep evolution in strategic thinking. In the past, narratives around public chains often revolved around technical specifications; today, HashKey Chain is shifting focus toward the essence of value creation. "We are no longer just a public chain processing transactions—we are becoming a value network connecting two financial worlds," Kay elaborated.
This transformation is backed by full ecosystem empowerment from HashKey Group. As the only Web3 institution in Asia holding exchange, custody, asset management, and compliance licenses, HashKey can offer RWA projects end-to-end services—from asset issuance and liquidity support to cross-border settlement. Additionally, through the $50 million "Atlas Grants" ecosystem incentive program, HashKey Chain actively supports key sectors including RWA, MMF, PayFi, and stablecoins. Its on-chain ecosystem combines traditional asset yields with on-chain liquidity incentives, significantly boosting investor returns.
Market data confirms the effectiveness of this strategy: within just four months of launch, HashKey Chain has attracted nearly one million active addresses, completed 25 million zero-risk transactions, and onboarded over 50 ecosystem projects. Partnerships with leading protocols such as Chainlink Oracles and Orbiter Cross-Chain Bridge further enhance interoperability between on-chain assets and off-chain value.
Roadmap Ahead: Defining Global Standards for RWA
Looking ahead to 2025, Kay unveiled the "2025 HashKey Chain Product Roadmap" during her speech—centered on an integrated OnChain Finance asset architecture, powered by AI-driven MCP Framework smart contracts, and incorporating key modules such as RWA Bridge, MMF Stablecoin, and MMF Yield Hub. This stack will provide full lifecycle support for RWA, covering asset mapping, value stability, and management, expanding use cases on-chain and enhancing asset efficiency and liquidity.
This framework deeply integrates with three core initiatives of HashKey Chain:
- Asset Infrastructure Expansion: Build an RWA issuance platform, stablecoin innovation center, and Bitcoin ecosystem applications to unlock trillions of dollars in real-world assets on-chain;
- On-Chain Financial Productization: Launch the MMF wealth management platform and MMF stablecoin in Q2; launch the RWA Layer in Q3 to empower the ecosystem; roll out a full-featured on-chain financial platform in Q4 to achieve closed-loop, sustainable OnChain Finance;
- Co-Creation of Global Standards: Publish the "Global RWA Practice Whitepaper," collaborating with regulators and partners to define pathways for asset tokenization and post-onboarding ecosystem closure, offering crucial guidance on compliance frameworks and business models for global RWA participants.
"Our ultimate goal is to become the central hub connecting traditional finance and Web3 innovation," concluded Kay. "This journey cannot be taken alone. Only by building together—with developers, institutions, and users—can we find like-minded partners at this early, possibility-filled stage and reach the shores of a trillion-dollar market."
Conclusion: A Revolution in Trust and Efficiency
Kay’s speech was not only a deep dive into the synergies between RWA and public chains but also a return to the essence of finance—whether through millennia of traditional evolution or a decade of Web3 innovation, the core has always been reducing trust costs and improving resource allocation efficiency. The rise of RWA marks a pivotal turning point where this revolution moves from the virtual into the real world.
As trillions of dollars in real-world assets flow onto the chain via HashKey Chain's "bridge," a more open, efficient, and inclusive global financial network is emerging. Perhaps, as Kay put it: "We’re not here to disrupt tradition—we’re here to write the next chapter of financial history."
While bringing together global wisdom and innovation, the 2025 Hong Kong Web3 Festival also showcased a new vision for the digital financial ecosystem. From the stability of traditional finance to the disruptive innovation of blockchain technology, HashKey Chain demonstrates a viable development path with its leading technological advantages, secure and compliant system safeguards, fully integrated ecosystem, and clear strategic direction.
About HashKey Chain
HashKey Chain is the preferred public chain for financial institutions and RWA asset tokenization, committed to advancing the compliance and scalability of Onchain Finance. As a regulator-friendly blockchain infrastructure, HashKey Chain provides institutions with a secure and transparent on-chain environment.
With a secure and trustworthy technical architecture, HashKey Chain inherits Ethereum’s decentralized security while optimizing performance to improve transaction efficiency, ensuring stability and traceability of on-chain assets. Furthermore, HashKey Chain adopts a high-performance, low-cost model, offering minimal gas fees and high throughput so that financial assets such as MMFs, bonds, funds, and stablecoins can circulate efficiently, reducing operational costs for institutions on the blockchain.
HashKey Chain is partnering deeply with leading global financial institutions and compliant Web3 projects, delivering optimal solutions for institutional DeFi, RWA tokenization, stablecoin settlements, and other applications, accelerating the digitization and intelligent upgrade of the financial system.
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