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Wemade and SK Planet Enter Strategic Partnership to Drive Blockchain and Platform Business Growth

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  • A partnership between Wemade’s blockchain business WEMIX and SK Planet’s OK Cashbag business
  • To make mutual minority share purchases by creating a close relationship
  • Wemade chairman Gwanho Park to buy WEMIX coins with the proceeds from the stock sale for the WEMIX ecosystem growth

Wemade and SK Planet have agreed on a strategic partnership for expanding the blockchain and platform market ecosystems.

To accelerate closer business partnerships, the two companies are investing in each other’s shares.

Wemade and its subsidiary ChuanQi IP are acquiring 7.08% and 5.31% of SK Planet’s shares for 20 billion KRW and 15 billion KRW, respectively.

SK Planet is buying 20 billion KRW’s worth of Wemade’s convertible bond, and about 15 billion KRW of stocks owned by Gwanho Park, chairman of Wemade, thus holding around 1.27% of Wemade’s shares. 

Chairman Park will buy WEMIX coins with the proceeds from the stock sale, a decision made for the growth and vitalization of the WEMIX ecosystem.

Both companies plan to find various ways for collaborative marketing and promotions, and expand into the blockchain field with OK Cashbag NFT membership.

“I expect this partnership will bring innovation to our platform ecosystem and enable us to offer new experiences and values to our customers,” said Hansang Lee, CEO of SK Planet. “We are committed to make synergistic effects and fruitful outcomes with Wemade.”

“The partnership with SK Planet, a long-standing company with a marketing platform like OK Cashbag, will create a tremendous synergy for both parties. The growth of Wemade and SK Planet in the Korean market will be accelerated, especially with our transparent society platform, Wepublic,” said Henry Chang, CEO of Wemade.

Wemade will continue to actively seek partnerships with Korean and global companies.

Press Contact: wylee@wemade.com

About Wemade

A renowned industry leader in game development with over 20 years of experience, Korea-based WEMADE is leading a once-in-a-generation shift as the gaming industry pivots to blockchain technology. Through its WEMIX subsidiary, WEMADE aims to accelerate the mass adoption of blockchain technology by building an experience-based, platform-driven, and service-oriented mega-ecosystem to offer a wide spectrum of intuitive, convenient, and easy-to-use Web3 services. Visit www.wemix.com/communication for more information.

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TRON Announced as Title Sponsor for Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2026

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April 10, 2026

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Hong Kong, 10th April 2026 — Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2026 is honored to have TRON onboard as a Title Sponsor.

TRON DAO is a community-governed DAO dedicated to accelerating the decentralization of the internet via blockchain technology and dApps.

Founded in September 2017 by H.E. Justin Sun, the TRON blockchain has experienced significant growth since its MainNet launch in May 2018. Today, TRON is one of the largest networks for USD Tether (USDT) stablecoin circulation, with an on-chain supply exceeding $85.4 billion. As of April 2026, the TRON blockchain has recorded over 374 million in total user accounts, more than 13.62billion in total transactions, and over $22billion in total value locked (TVL), based on TRONSCAN. Recognized as the global settlement layer for stablecoin transactions and everyday purchases with proven success, TRON is “Moving Trillions, Empowering Billions.” Read more at: https://trondao.org/

Hong Kong Web3 Festival (“Web3 Festival”), co-hosted by Wanxiang Blockchain Labs and HashKey Group, is Asia’s premiere crypto conference since 2023. The previous editions 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. It has solidified its status as a leading crypto event, influencing Hong Kong’s Web3 landscape.

Following the sellout success of its previous editions, Hong Kong Web3 Festival has announced its return on 20–23 April at HKCEC. Now in its 4th year, this four-day event will once again bring tens of thousands of Web3 professionals, investors, and enthusiasts across the globe to connect, learn and be inspired.

Web3 Festival 2026 has set the agenda for Web3 growth and innovation, focusing mainly on traditional finance and crypto finance, AI + Web3, and RWAs.

The conference will also convene top experts and leading Web3 projects to exchange ideas, share best practices and gain perspectives on today’s evolving Web3 landscape.

Featured speakers include:

Paul CHAN Mo-po, GBM, GBS, MH, JP, Financial Secretary of the Government of  Hong Kong

Mr Joseph H. L. CHAN, JP, Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau, Hong Kong

Dr. YIP Chee Hang, Executive Director of Intermediaries, Securities and Futures Commission, Hong Kong

Xiao Feng, Chairman of Wanxiang Blockchain, Chairman and CEO of HashKey Group

Duncan Chiu, Legislative Council Member (Technology & Innovation Constituency), Hong Kong

Michael Faulkender, Professor of Finance, University of Maryland

Lennix Lai, Chief Commercial Officer, OKX Global

H.E. Justin Sun, Founder, TRON; Advisor, HTX; Advisor, B.AI

Adeniyi Abiodun, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer, Mysten Labs

Lily Liu, President, Solana Foundation

Joseph Chalom, CEO, Sharplink

Francis B. Zhou, CEO, Quantum Solutions

Abdelhamid Bizid, Managing Director, BlackRock

Cindy Xu, Managing Director, Head of Asia Fintech and China Financial Institutions and Governments, J.P. Morgan

Akhil Devmurari, Fintech Sector Head, APAC, Payments, J.P. Morgan

Brian Mehler, CEO, Stable

Yat Siu, Co-Founder and Chairman, Animoca Brands

Bugra Celik, Head of Digital Assets and Currencies at Global Macro, HSBC

Min Lin, Managing Director, Head of Global Business Development at Ondo Finance

Franklin Bi, General Partner, Pantera Capital

Henrique Centieiro, CIO, Maverick Capital

John Cahill, COO, Galaxy Digital Asia

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Join Hong Kong Web3 Festival on April 20–23 and be part of an epic Web3 journey: https://luma.com/hkweb3festival_2026

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Kaspa Ecosystem Foundation Announced as Speaker and VIP Lounge Sponsor at Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2026

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Hong Kong, 10th April 2026 — Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2026 is honored to have Kaspa Ecosystem Foundation onboard as Speaker & VIP Lounge Sponsor.

Kaspa Ecosystem Foundation is dedicated to fostering the development, adoption, and sustainability for the Kaspa ecosystem. Kaspa utilizes the GHOSTDAG protocol, a generalization of Nakamoto Consensus, and is the fastest Proof-of-Work network that will soon enable native programmability. Read more at: https://kaspafoundation.org

Hong Kong Web3 Festival (“Web3 Festival”), co-hosted by Wanxiang Blockchain Labs and HashKey Group, is Asia’s premiere crypto conference since 2023. The previous editions 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. It has solidified its status as a leading crypto event, influencing Hong Kong’s Web3 landscape.

Following the sellout success of its previous editions, Hong Kong Web3 Festival has announced its return on 20–23 April at HKCEC. Now in its 4th year, this four-day event will once again bring tens of thousands of Web3 professionals, investors, and enthusiasts across the globe to connect, learn and be inspired.

Web3 Festival 2026 has set the agenda for Web3 growth and innovation, focusing mainly on traditional finance and crypto finance, AI + Web3, and RWAs.

The conference will also convene top experts and leading Web3 projects to exchange ideas, share best practices and gain perspectives on today’s evolving Web3 landscape.

Join Hong Kong Web3 Festival on April 20–23 and be part of an epic Web3 journey: https://luma.com/hkweb3festival_2026

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BytePlus Joins Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2026 as Gold Sponsor

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April 9, 2026

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Hong Kong, 9th April 2026 — Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2026 is proud to welcome BytePlus as a Gold Sponsor.

BytePlus is an enterprise AI platform that helps developers build AI agents at scale. As the enterprise services arm of ByteDance, BytePlus delivers cutting-edge models, multimodal intelligence, and AI computing optimized infrastructure in a modular stack. BytePlus powers vertical-specific use cases across discovery, interaction, and conversion. More: https://www.byteplus.com/en

Hong Kong Web3 Festival (“Web3 Festival”), co-hosted by Wanxiang Blockchain Labs and HashKey Group, is Asia’s premiere crypto conference since 2023. The previous editions 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. It has solidified its status as a leading crypto event, influencing Hong Kong’s Web3 landscape.

Following the sellout success of its previous editions, Hong Kong Web3 Festival has announced its return on 20–23 April at HKCEC. Now in its 4th year, this four-day event will once again bring tens of thousands of Web3 professionals, investors, and enthusiasts across the globe to connect, learn and be inspired.

Web3 Festival 2026 has set the agenda for Web3 growth and innovation, focusing mainly on traditional finance and crypto finance, AI + Web3, and RWAs.

The conference will also convene top experts and leading Web3 projects to exchange ideas, share best practices and gain perspectives on today’s evolving Web3 landscape.

Featured speakers include:

Paul CHAN Mo-po, GBM, GBS, MH, JP, Financial Secretary of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Dr. YIP Chee Hang, Executive Director of Intermediaries, Securities and Futures Commission

Xiao Feng, Chairman of Wanxiang Blockchain, Chairman and CEO of HashKey Group

Duncan Chiu, Legislative Council Member (Technology & Innovation Constituency), Hong Kong

Lennix Lai, Chief Commercial Officer, OKX Global

Adeniyi Abiodun, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer, Mysten Labs

Lily Liu, President, Solana Foundation

Joseph Chalom, CEO, Sharplink

Francis B. Zhou, CEO, Quantum Solutions

Abdelhamid Bizid, Managing Director, BlackRock

Phil Kang, CEO, ZR Financial Group

Yat Siu, Co-Founder and Chairman, Animoca Brands

Bugra Celik, Head of Digital Assets and Currencies at Global Macro, HSBC

Robert Lui, Deloitte China Hong Kong Digital Asset Leader; Member of Task Force on Promoting Web3 Development

DIAO Zhihai, Head of International Business of Wealth Management, CICC

Gavin Wang, Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer, SNZ Holding & SNZ Capital

David Lee, Chairman, Global FinTech Institute

Min Lin, Managing Director, Head of Global Business Development at Ondo Finance

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Join Hong Kong Web3 Festival on April 20–23 and be part of an epic Web3 journey: https://luma.com/hkweb3festival_2026

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