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  • Hong Kong Ethereum Community Hub

  • Xiao Rita (Baillie Gifford)

  • SNZ Holding

  • Mandy Campbell (Sharplink)

  • Frank Chaparro

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Asia Onchain Finance Summit

JUL17

Friday 17 July

15:00 - 22:00 GMT+8

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Kowloon, Hong Kong

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About Event

Jointly initiated by Baillie Gifford, ETH HK Hub, BlockUnion & SNZ, and co-hosted by Sharplink, GSR, Lido and EthSystems, the Asia Onchain Finance Summit is dedicated to building a bridge connecting traditional finance, payment & fintech, Real-World Assets, and the crypto-native ecosystem.

Against the backdrop of blockchain reshaping global capital markets, cross-boarder transactions and future asset and wealth management, this summit focuses on the next phase of financial evolution — from asset issuance and liquidity structures to regulatory frameworks and infrastructure upgrades, while exploring Asia’s pivotal role in the global onchain finance landscape along the entire value chain.

⏳ Event Details

  • Date: July 17, 2026 (Friday)
  • Time: 15:00 – 22:00
  • Location: Hong Kong (Detailed venue will be provided upon approval)

🎯 Core Topics

  • Financial institutions building onchain ecosystems and sustainable digital asset strategies
  • The evolution of RWA Token: liquidity design, institutional grade compliance and safety, and long-term utility and value frameworks
  • Real RWA on permissionless infra and DeFi: yield, margin and liquidity
  • Stablecoin enabled operating-system
  • Next-gen fintech and Web3 Ecosystem
  • Asia’s Onchain Finance landscape and future opportunities

⏳ Agenda

  • 14:30 - 15:00 | Check-in
  • 15:00 - 15:05|Opening Speech
  • 15:05-15:20|Fireside: Insitutional Infrastructure on Ethereum
  • 15:20-15:25|Video Speech: Investment Thesis for Ethereum
  • 15:25-15:40|Keynote: Tokenisation: Same, But Better — and What Comes Next
  • 15:40-15:45|Celebration
  • 15:45-16:00|Fireside: Onchain Payment Network and Yield
  • 16:00-16:30|Panel: Onchain Banking and Fintech
  • 16:30-17:00|Panel: Global Markets of RWA
  • 18:00-22:00|VIP Drink (Invitation to be sent separately)

👥 Key Guests Invited From

  • Protocol Foundation & Treasuries
  • RWA asset issuers and channel  ecosystem
  • Stablecoin issuers and Payment Companies
  • Neobanks and fintech platforms
  • DeFi protocols and onchain yield strategies
  • Digital asset investors and allocators
  • Exchanges, liquidity providers, and market makers

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About Baillie Gifford (BG):

Baillie Gifford is a multi-asset Investment Partnership based in Edinburgh, UK, which was established in 1908. BG manages over US$250bn in assets globally both equity and credit, with the majority coming from the largest institutional clients worldwide. BG has also been early backer of top AI and tech companies such as Anthropic, Bytedance, SpaceX, and Stripe etc. In recent years, BG has been actively exploring the tokenization space, with the first crypto-native fund launched in the UK retail market recently. In future, BG aims to bring a suite of financial products on chain. In short: the same investment discipline, but better infrastructure.

About SNZ

SNZ is a research-driven investment firm active in Web3 and fintech since 2014, with a portfolio of over 200 companies across blockchain infrastructure, DeFi, payments, and real-world applications. One of Asia's earliest institutional backers of Ethereum, SNZ has been a consistent presence in ecosystem development and founder support since the network's inception. Learn more at: https://snzholding.com/

About Sharplink

Sharplink, Inc. is a leading institutional-grade Ethereum treasury platform designed to give public market investors smarter, more productive exposure to ETH. Ethereum underpins the majority of global stablecoin, tokenized real-world asset, and decentralized finance settlement, making ETH a uniquely productive asset that combines native yield generation and long-term network growth. Learn more at www.sharplink.com.

About GSR

GSR is crypto’s leading capital markets and financial services platform, delivering institutional liquidity, trading, and asset management solutions to more than 1,000 clients and counterparties worldwide. With over a decade of market experience, GSR partners with teams across the full digital asset lifecycle, from startup inception and token strategy to treasury management, market intelligence, and capital solutions for multi-billion-dollar foundations and institutions.

Learn more at https://www.gsr.io/

Location

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Kowloon, Hong Kong