數字資產及Web3論壇

Money and assets are moving onto programmable rails, and Hong Kong is among the markets setting the pace, from record digital bond issuance to round-the-clock tokenized fund trading. Offchain CEO Steven Goldfeder looks at what this shift means for financial institutions: why the time to start building is now, how companies typically begin on shared public infrastructure, and when it makes sense to run infrastructure of their own, drawing on Robinhood’s path from Arbitrum to its own chain.

Harnessing Financial Technology: Transforming Hong Kong into a Leading Digital Payment Hub

As the global payments landscape undergoes rapid transformation, new forms of digital money and next-generation payment infrastructure are redefining the movement of value across economies. This session will launch a research publication exploring Hong Kong’s pathway to becoming a leading digital payments hub, followed by a panel discussion featuring policymakers and industry leaders on emerging opportunities, key challenges, and the strategic priorities shaping the future of payments in the digital era.

Since the launch of EnsembleTX in November 2025, banks and industry pioneers have successfully executed tokenisation transactions in real-value and driven commercialisation of tokenisation forward. These efforts have involved utilising tokenised deposits to enhance corporate treasury management and invest in tokenised money market fund. In 2026, Ant International, BlackRock, ChinaAMC(HK), HSBC, and SCB have all made notable strides towards commercialisation. We look forward to their insights regarding the benefits and challenges they have encountered in their tokenisation journey.

The rapid growth of digital asset ecosystems has resulted in fragmented pools of liquidity across disparate protocol standards. This panel addresses the industry-wide push for a unified taxonomy to bridge these silos, ensuring that tokenised value can move seamlessly across jurisdictions. Discussion will focus on creating a "common language" that enables real-time collateral mobility and eliminates technical or legal friction in the global market.

Digital bonds are gaining traction in Hong Kong. The HKSAR Government has already issued four successive rounds of digital green bonds, with the latest issuance reaching a record size of around HK$20 billion. Various corporates have also issued digital bonds here. By volume, over 50% of digital bonds have been issued in Hong Kong in the first half of this year. On a global scale, the use cases of digital bonds are also expanding into broader financial segments. This panel takes a look at the current digital bond landscape and the role these bonds can play in the broader digital asset ecosystem, whether it is to provide use cases for digital payments, function as underlying assets for financial instruments, or other innovative ways to support the use and integration of different technologies. Panel experts will share their observations on key global market trends, practical insights from live projects, as well as thoughts on the future landscape.

This session will explore how tokenised money and assets, combined with agent identity, delegated authority and verifiable settlement, are making blockchain the trust and settlement layer of the agentic economy, and what it takes for financial institutions to move from tokenisation pilots to real, agent-driven flows of value.

As capital formation moves beyond traditional venture networks, AI and tokenisation may unlock new ways for investors to discover, evaluate, and participate in early-stage opportunities. This discussion examines how Token Planet could change startup funding, investor access, and the future of private asset management.

Corporate digital asset treasury strategy is entering a new phase. With even long-term corporate holders beginning to actively manage their digital asset positions, the conversation is shifting beyond pure accumulation toward liquidity, risk, and capital efficiency. This session examines the operational realities of managing digital assets as part of core corporate finance. From custody and liquidity planning to governance, disclosure, and balance sheet resilience.

Hong Kong is developing as an international gold trading centre, backed by the 15th Five-Year Plan and Hong Kong's first five-year plan, which uses gold as the entry point for a commodities trading ecosystem. This session will discuss how tokenised deposits support gold trading settlement, for a growing trading hub to keep pace and competitive.

Tokenisation has the potential to reshape how financial assets are issued, distributed, settled and serviced, but meaningful adoption depends on more than technology alone. This panel brings together leaders from issuers, infrastructure providers and the digital asset ecosystem to explore tokenised products gaining market traction, operational efficiencies being realised today, and the foundations needed for secure and responsible scaling. The discussion will also examine how Hong Kong can strengthen its role as a global tokenisation hub through collaboration, interoperability and practical experimentation.

Stablecoins are evolving into invisible backend infrastructure, serving as the essential settlement layer for the rapid rise of agentic finance. This session focuses on the "Stablecoin-as-a-Service" model, exploring how autonomous AI agents, neobanks, and corporate treasuries utilize on-chain rails for frictionless transaction settlement. We will debate how industries are bridging the gap between complex crypto operations and the seamless, multi-asset interfaces that define the next generation of global commerce.

Real-world assets are becoming central to on-chain capital efficiency, with sRWAs playing an increasingly critical role anchoring traditional financial instruments and the blockchain. This session will discuss how the wide range of tokenised commodities and derivatives provide global investors with easier access to high-value markets that were previously restricted by geography or capital requirements, as well as regulatory implications in different regions.

Since the implementation of Hong Kong’s regulatory regime for stablecoin issuers in August 2025, two licences were granted in April 2026 – marking another milestone for the digital asset sector in Hong Kong. This panel reflects on the progress achieved, the key priorities going forward, as well as Hong Kong’s position in the digital asset space.