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Hong Kong FinTech Week 2023 “Fintech Redefined.”

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Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) today (October 18) unveiled details of Hong Kong FinTech Week 2023 (HKFW). The eighth edition of HKFW, themed “Fintech Redefined.” will take place from October 30 to November 5. This flagship event lies at the core of global fintech innovations and aims to shape the future of fintech across various dimensions of financial services and beyond.

Gathering global leaders at the forefront of innovation, technology, and finance

Organised by the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB) and InvestHK, and co-organised by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the Insurance Authority (IA), HKFW is set to attract more than 30 000 attendees and garner over 5 million online views from more than 90 economies.

Over 300 distinguished speakers and 540 exhibitors are expected to join the main physical conference taking place between November 2 and 3 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.

This year’s conference will bring together global leaders and world-leading fintech innovations to explore the future development of fintech through six key themes – global regulations and focuses such as sustainable and green finance; funding and venture capital as well as family office investments; exploring the realms of artificial intelligence (AI), Web3 and emerging frontiers; unveiling the latest opportunities within the dynamic Greater Bay Area; Hong Kong’s innovation journey; and business showcases.

The Acting Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Mr Joseph Chan, said, “Hong Kong’s fintech industry is entering a new era, where it is no longer solely about technology but also its real-life application. We are excited to witness this transformation and its impact on the financial ecosystem. The upcoming HKFW 2023, with its theme ‘Fintech Redefined.’, will serve as a remarkable platform to showcase pioneering advancements and opportunities in the industry, demonstrating how the real-life applications of fintech can improve financial inclusion, enhance customer experience and drive sustainable growth.”

New models, rules and value creation

Various captivating metaverse experiences will also feature at this year’s conference, presenting cutting-edge technologies under immersive and educational engagements. The experiences will also demonstrate the possibilities of the metaverse in connecting business and promoting Hong Kong culture through virtual games and augmented and virtual reality devices.

In addition, the cross-boundary Greater Bay Area Day will be resumed on October 31, presenting ample opportunities and synergies between Hong Kong and Shenzhen. A full day forum will be organised in Shenzhen, followed by a series of concurrent company tours to Mainland tech giants.

There will be dedicated spaces such as the Investor Lounge, Venture Stage, workshops and events specifically designed for investors. Additionally, InvestHK is excited to introduce the Women in Tech Lounge, a unique space with special workshops, panels, and networking events tailored to empower and connect women in the tech industry.

The Acting Director-General of Investment Promotion of InvestHK, Dr Jimmy Chiang, said, “Hong Kong FinTech Week is the ultimate gathering for anyone eager to explore the frontiers of finance and technology, and witness the deepening collaborations within our thriving ecosystem as well as exciting convergence across diverse industries. Continuously pushing the boundaries of excellence, we are thrilled to have HKFW as an anchor event of VIVA HONG KONG, a remarkable lineup of financial, tech, Web3 and cultural events from the end of October to November, bringing together industry leaders, innovators, and startups from around the world to be part of the dynamic momentum reinforcing Hong Kong’s status as Asia’s World City, financial centre and fintech hub.”

InvestHK will also host the much anticipated grand finale of the Global Scaleup Competition. The event will feature 13 finalists carefully selected by a panel of 50 international judges, including investors who collectively manage over US$54 billion in assets. This event is part of the broader Global Fast Track 2023 programme, which aims to foster connections between fintech firms, corporate clients, investors, and industry partners. This year, the program received an overwhelming response, with over 500 applications from 63 economies worldwide, setting a new record.

List of esteemed speakers at the main conference:

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and regulators:

  • The Chief Executive, Mr John Lee;
  • The Financial Secretary, Mr Paul Chan;
  • The Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Mr Christopher Hui;
  • The Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, Professor Sun Dong;
  • The Acting Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Dr Bernard Chan;
  • The Chief Executive of the HKMA, Mr Eddie Yue;
  • The Chief Executive Officer of the SFC, Ms Julia Leung;
  • The Chief Executive Officer of the IA, Mr Clement Cheung;
  • The Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Mr Joseph Chan;
  • The Director-General of Office for Attracting Strategic Enterprises, Mr Philip Yung; and
  • The Acting Director-General of Investment Promotion of InvestHK, Dr Jimmy Chiang.

Mainland Government and regulators:

  • The Director of the Guangzhou Municipal Local Financial Supervision and Administration, Mr Qiu Yitong;
  • The Director of the Shenzhen Municipal Financial Regulatory Bureau, Mr He Jie;
  • The senior representative of the Shanghai Stock Exchange; and
  • The senior representative of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

Industry leaders:

  • The Chief Executive Officer of Citi Hong Kong & Macau, Ms Aveline San;
  • The Group Chief Executive of Standard Chartered PLC, Mr Bill Winters;
  • The Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Coinbase, Mr Brian Armstrong;
  • The Chairman of Longling Capital, Mr Cai Wensheng;
  • The Chief Executive Officer of Yuga Labs, Mr Daniel Alegre;
  • The Global Head of Christie’s Ventures, Mr Devang Thakkar;
  • The Chairman of Wanxiang Blockchain and HashKey Group, Dr Xiao Feng;
  • Corporate Vice President of Tencent, Head of Tencent Financial Technology, Mr Forest Lin;
  • The Chief Economist of Circle International Financial, Mr Gordon Liao;
  • The Chief Executive Officer of J P Morgan Hong Kong and Head of Strategy Asia Pacific, Ms Harshika Patel;
  • The Vice President and Chief Information Officer of WeBank, Mr Henry Ma;
  • The Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Crypto.com, Mr Kris Marszalek;
  • The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sinovation Ventures and the President of Sinovation Ventures Artificial Intelligence Institute, Dr Lee Kai-fu;
  • The Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of General Catalyst, Mr Hemant Taneja;
  • Partner of Qiming Venture Partners, Mr Kuantai Yeh;
  • The Chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd, Mrs Laura Cha;
  • Founding Partner of Hillhouse Capital, Mr Luke Li;
  • The Managing Member of The Department of XYZ and the Board Director of Gemini, Mr Matthew Homer;
  • The Global Partner of Fosun, the Co-Chairman of the board and the Chief Executive Officer of Fosun Capital, Mr Mike Xu;
  • The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ledger, Mr Pascal Gauthier;
  • The Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of The Sandbox, Mr Sebastien Borget;
  • The Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Animoca Brands, Mr Siu Yat;
  • The Chief Executive of Bank of China (Hong Kong), Mr Sun Yu;
  • The Global Head of Product of Wise, Mr Surendra Chaplot;
  • The Group Executive of the HSBC Group and Co-Chief Executive of HSBC Asia- Pacific, Mr Surendra Rosha;
  • The Co-founder of Chainlink, Mr Sergey Nazarov;
  • The Chief Executive Officer of Onyx by J P Morgan and the Global Head of Financial Institution Payments, Mr Umar Farooq; and
  • The Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Digital Asset, Mr Yuval Rooz.

HKFW will also include a series of fantastic events under VIVA HONG KONG featuring a diverse range of financial, tech, Web3 and cultural events throughout the city such as ApeFest Hong Kong, the Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit and the StartmeupHK Festival. More information   of   VIVA HONG   KONG   can   be   found at www.fintechweek.hk/viva-hk.

Selected keynote sessions will be live-streamed via the official HKFW app and YouTube channel, as well as several metaverses including in Mainland China.

Further information can be found at https://www.fintechweek.hk/, or follow via official social media accounts:

LinkedIn: Hong Kong Fintech Week

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/HongKongFinTechWeek

About Hong Kong FinTech Week

Hong Kong FinTech Week 2023, organised by the FSTB and InvestHK, and co-organised by the HKMA, the SFC and the IA, is Asia’s global financial technology event for scaling new heights. It is expected to host over 300 speakers, 540 sponsors and exhibitors, welcoming over 30,000 attendees and attracting over 5 million views from over 90 economies to the event. The week-long event will feature multitrack conferences with prominent speakers, exhibitions, a deal floor, workshops, networking and satellite events, demo sessions and metaverse experiences.

About InvestHK

InvestHK is the department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government responsible for attracting foreign direct investment. It has set up a dedicated fintech team in Hong Kong to attract the world’s top innovative fintech enterprises, start-up entrepreneurs, investors, and other stakeholders to set up and scale their business via Hong Kong into Mainland China, Asia, and beyond. For more information, please visit www.hongkong-fintech.hk.

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PlatON Announced as Secondary Exhibition Sponsor for Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2026

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PlatON Announced as Secondary Exhibition Sponsor for Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2026

Hong Kong, 10th February 2026, The Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2026 just got another major sponsor on board. PlatON is coming in as a Secondary Exhibition Sponsor, and honestly, it’s a pretty good fit given what they’re trying to accomplish in the financial infrastructure space.

So what exactly is PlatON? It’s an open financial infrastructure platform that the LatticeX Foundation put together. The really cool part is this thing called TOPOS that sits on top of it – basically, it’s designed to help banks and payment companies actually make sense of blockchain technology and use it for real-world payments and clearing. We’ve all heard the talk about blockchain revolutionizing finance, but PlatON is actually trying to make that happen by building something traditional financial institutions can actually work with.

They’ve got the technical chops for it too – we’re talking high-frequency transaction processing, quick settlements, smart contracts that can handle multiple types of assets. This isn’t some experimental project; it’s built to handle serious stuff like cross-border payments, institutional settlements, and managing digital assets in a way that keeps regulators happy. If you want to dive deeper into what they’re doing, head over to https://platon.network.

Now, the festival itself has become a pretty big deal since it kicked off back in April 2023. Wanxiang Blockchain Labs and HashKey Group run it together, with W3ME handling the organization, and it’s turned into the go-to event for anyone serious about Web3 in Asia. It’s where people actually show up to talk about what’s working, what’s not, and where all of this is heading.

Mark your calendars for April 20-23 if you’re planning to go – it’ll be at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The past three years have been pretty wild: 350+ exhibitors, over 1,200 speakers, 100,000 people coming through the doors, and more than 400 side events happening around the main conference. That’s a lot of activity packed into a few days.

This year they’re lining up around 300 speakers to cover pretty much every corner of Web3 and crypto. But here’s what’s really interesting – they’ve already got 500+ executives and decision-makers from traditional finance and regular businesses signed up. That’s not your typical crypto crowd. It means you’ve got old-school finance people genuinely trying to understand this space, sitting down with crypto natives, and actually having productive conversations. Those are the kinds of interactions that lead to real progress.

The fact that it’s in Hong Kong matters more than you might think. The city has always been this weird and wonderful mix of East and West, traditional finance and cutting-edge tech. It’s got one foot in Mainland China’s massive market and the other in the global financial system. That positioning means the festival can pull in people and ideas from everywhere, giving you access to perspectives and opportunities that just don’t exist at Western crypto conferences or purely Asian tech events.

Whether you’re already neck-deep in DeFi or you’re just trying to figure out what all the fuss is about, this has become the event that actually matters in the Asian crypto calendar.

Check out all the info at https://www.web3festival.org/hongkong2026/#/en.

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TokenPocket Announced as Platinum Sponsor for Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2026

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TokenPocket Announced as Platinum Sponsor for Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2026

The Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2026 has announced TokenPocket as a Platinum Sponsor, further strengthening the event’s position as Asia’s premier gathering for blockchain innovation and decentralized technology. This strategic partnership brings together one of the industry’s leading multi-chain wallet providers with the region’s most influential crypto conference.

TokenPocket, a pioneering decentralized wallet platform, joins the festival as a key partner, bringing its expertise in blockchain infrastructure and stablecoin payment solutions to an event that has become essential for anyone serious about Web3’s future in Asia and beyond. The collaboration underscores the accelerating momentum behind Web3 adoption and reinforces Hong Kong’s strategic importance as a global hub for digital asset innovation and regulatory clarity.

About TokenPocket

TokenPocket stands as one of the cryptocurrency industry’s leading decentralized wallets, purpose-built for seamless multi-chain integration and efficient stablecoin transactions. The platform offers comprehensive accessibility through mobile applications, browser extensions, and the KeyPal hardware wallet, ensuring users can manage digital assets securely across multiple devices and environments with consistent functionality.

The wallet delivers enterprise-grade security protections combined with innovative features specifically designed to enhance user experience and reduce common pain points in digital asset management. Among its most notable capabilities is zero-gas-fee transfer functionality across multiple blockchain networks, significantly reducing transaction costs and eliminating friction that has traditionally hindered widespread crypto adoption. This powerful combination of robust security architecture and user-centric features positions TokenPocket as a truly decentralized, multichain wallet solution suitable for both cryptocurrency newcomers and experienced traders seeking advanced functionality.

TokenPocket’s participation as a Platinum Sponsor demonstrates the company’s commitment to supporting ecosystem development and fostering connections between infrastructure providers, developers, and institutional players across the Web3 landscape.

For more information about TokenPocket, visit https://tp.xyz/

About Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2026

The Hong Kong Web3 Festival, co-hosted by Wanxiang Blockchain Labs and HashKey Group and organized by W3ME, has firmly established itself as Asia’s premiere cryptocurrency and blockchain gathering since its launch in April 2023. The annual event serves as a critical convergence point for the world’s leading innovators, thought leaders, policymakers, and decision-makers in the Web3 and crypto ecosystems to explore emerging trends, regulatory developments, and technological breakthroughs shaping the industry’s future.

The 2026 edition will take place from April 20 to 23 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, continuing the festival’s tradition of bringing together the brightest minds in decentralized technology. Previous editions have demonstrated remarkable scale and influence, collectively attracting over 350 exhibitors, more than 1,200 speakers, and a cumulative audience exceeding 100,000 visitors from around the world. The festivals have also catalyzed over 400 diverse side events, creating unparalleled networking and collaboration opportunities across the entire Web3 landscape.

This year’s festival is projected to feature up to 300 speakers representing every facet of Web3 and cryptocurrency, from blockchain infrastructure and DeFi protocols to NFTs, metaverse applications, gaming, and enterprise adoption strategies. Significantly, the event has already attracted registrations from over 500 executives and corporate decision-makers from traditional finance sectors and real economy industries, establishing the conference as a high-level platform for substantive dialogue, knowledge transfer, and strategic partnerships between Web3 innovators and traditional business leaders.

Hong Kong Web3 Festival leverages the city’s distinctive advantages as a global financial center and innovation powerhouse. This strategic positioning enables the event to bridge Mainland China’s vast market potential with worldwide Web3 developments, creating unique opportunities for cross-border knowledge exchange and business development. By bringing together premier resources, talent, and capital from across the globe, the festival provides attendees with exclusive access to cutting-edge Web3 updates, market insights, and networking opportunities unavailable elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific region.

For comprehensive event details, visit: https://www.web3festival.org/hongkong2026/#/en

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Sui Foundation Announced as Exclusive Dinner Sponsor for Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2026

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Sui Foundation Announced as Exclusive Dinner Sponsor for Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2026

Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2026 is pleased to announce Sui Foundation as an Exclusive Dinner Sponsor, marking a significant partnership that underscores the growing collaboration between leading blockchain innovators and Asia’s premier crypto gathering.

Sui Foundation is an independent organization dedicated to growing and cultivating long-term value in the SUI ecosystem. The foundation supports developers, creators, and enterprises building on Sui, a next-generation blockchain platform designed for scalability and user-friendly experiences. Through strategic initiatives, grants, and community programs, Sui Foundation plays a vital role in advancing Web3 innovation globally. Their sponsorship of this year’s exclusive dinner event will provide attendees with unique networking opportunities alongside industry leaders and blockchain pioneers. For more information, please visit: https://www.sui.io/

The Hong Kong Web3 Festival (“Web3 Festival”), co-hosted by Wanxiang Blockchain Labs and HashKey Group and organized by W3ME, is Asia’s premiere crypto gathering that has been annually held since April 2023. It convenes the world’s smartest minds in the Web3 and crypto space to discuss the latest trends, policies, and technological breakthroughs shaping the future of decentralized technologies.

This year’s Hong Kong Web3 Festival will take place from April 20 to 23 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, spanning four days of intensive programming, exhibitions, and networking events. The previous three editions of Web3 Festival brought together over 350 exhibitors and more than 1,200 speakers for in-depth discussions, attracted a cumulative total of 100,000 visitors, and saw over 400 diverse side events. These impressive numbers reflect the festival’s position as a must-attend event for anyone serious about the Web3 industry.

Web3 Festival 2026 will feature up to 300 speakers representing all aspects of Web3 and crypto on its stages, including blockchain developers, cryptocurrency innovators, DeFi pioneers, NFT creators, metaverse architects, and institutional investors. The event has also attracted registrations from over 500 executives and corporate decision-makers in traditional finance and real economies, demonstrating the increasing mainstream adoption of blockchain technology. This diverse attendance enables the conference to serve as a high-level platform for in-depth dialogues and high-value connections between emerging tech leaders and established financial institutions.

As Asia’s premier crypto event, Web3 Festival leverages Hong Kong’s unique position as a global financial center and innovation powerhouse, bridging the vast market potential of Mainland China with worldwide Web3 advancements. This strategic positioning is particularly significant as Hong Kong continues to establish itself as a leading Web3 hub with progressive regulatory frameworks and strong government support for digital asset innovation. The unique positioning enables the event to bring together the best resources from across the globe, offering attendees first-hand Web3 updates, networking opportunities, and insights into emerging market trends that will shape the industry’s future.

The partnership with Sui Foundation further elevates the festival’s reputation as the meeting point for blockchain innovation and enterprise adoption in the Asia-Pacific region.

Get all the details here: https://www.web3festival.org/hongkong2026/#/en

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