[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"article-hong-kong-web3-festival-ai-finance-regulation-en":3,"article-related-hong-kong-web3-festival-ai-finance-regulation-en":30,"series-industry-80f972b7-15fa-4ce5-acc1-38e150d6a3ad":82},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"content":7,"summary":8,"source":9,"source_url":10,"author":11,"image_url":12,"cover_image":12,"category":13,"language":14,"translated_content":11,"related_article_id":15,"keywords":16,"key_takeaways":22,"views":26,"created_at":27,"published_at":28,"topic_cluster_id":29},"80f972b7-15fa-4ce5-acc1-38e150d6a3ad","hong-kong-web3-festival-ai-finance-regulation-en","Hong Kong Web3 Festival spotlights AI, finance, regulation","\u003Cp data-speakable=\"summary\">Hong Kong’s \u003Ca href=\"\u002Ftag\u002Fweb3\">Web3\u003C\u002Fa> Festival highlighted clearer crypto rules, \u003Ca href=\"\u002Ftag\u002Fai-agents\">AI agents\u003C\u002Fa> and traditional finance convergence.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Hong Kong’s Fourth Web3 Festival, held June 9, 2026 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, brought together policymakers, investors, founders and developers to map the next phase of digital assets. The event was jointly organized by \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wanxiangblockchain.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wanxiang Blockchain Labs\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.hashkey.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HashKey Group\u003C\u002Fa>, with execution by \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.w3me.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">W3ME\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ctable>\u003Cthead>\u003Ctr>\u003Cth>項目\u003C\u002Fth>\u003Cth>數值\u003C\u002Fth>\u003C\u002Ftr>\u003C\u002Fthead>\u003Ctbody>\u003Ctr>\u003Ctd>Event\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003Ctd>Fourth Hong Kong Web3 Festival\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003C\u002Ftr>\u003Ctr>\u003Ctd>Date\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003Ctd>June 9, 2026\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003C\u002Ftr>\u003Ctr>\u003Ctd>Venue\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003Ctd>Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003C\u002Ftr>\u003Ctr>\u003Ctd>Organizers\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003Ctd>Wanxiang Blockchain Labs, HashKey Group\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003C\u002Ftr>\u003Ctr>\u003Ctd>Execution\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003Ctd>W3ME\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003C\u002Ftr>\u003Ctr>\u003Ctd>Focus\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003Ctd>Web3, AI, traditional finance\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003C\u002Ftr>\u003C\u002Ftbody>\u003C\u002Ftable>\u003Ch2>What changed\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>The strongest message from the festival was not about new \u003Ca href=\"\u002Ftag\u002Ftoken\">token\u003C\u002Fa> launches. It was about rules, infrastructure and the growing overlap between AI systems and blockchain-based finance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cfigure class=\"my-6\">\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fxxdpdyhzhpamafnrdkyq.supabase.co\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Fcovers\u002Finline-1781002983202-a79x.png\" alt=\"Hong Kong Web3 Festival spotlights AI, finance, regulation\" class=\"rounded-xl w-full\" loading=\"lazy\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003Cp>Speakers said Hong Kong is offering clearer policy direction for digital assets, which gives builders more confidence to ship products for the long term. That matters for teams that need licensing, custody, payments and compliance paths before they can scale.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cul>\u003Cli>Regulators outlined a more defined policy direction for digital assets.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Speakers framed AI and Web3 as the basis of an “Agent Economy.”\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Dr. Xiao Feng said blockchain tokens, AI-native tokens and privacy-preserving computation are core building blocks.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Sessions also covered agent security, decentralized identity and value transfer.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>\u003Cp>Several talks focused on the idea that AI agents and embodied robotics will become productive economic actors. In that model, Web3 provides the transaction layer: programmable assets, trust-minimized exchange and on-chain coordination.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Why it matters\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>For developers, the practical takeaway is that the next wave of Web3 work may center less on speculation and more on infrastructure for autonomous software. That includes secure execution environments, on-chain payment rails, verifiable computation and identity standards that can support machine-to-machine transactions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cfigure class=\"my-6\">\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fxxdpdyhzhpamafnrdkyq.supabase.co\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Fcovers\u002Finline-1781002979320-kras.png\" alt=\"Hong Kong Web3 Festival spotlights AI, finance, regulation\" class=\"rounded-xl w-full\" loading=\"lazy\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003Cp>The presence of representatives from \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.blackrock.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BlackRock\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.jpmorganchase.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JPMorgan\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.futuholdings.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Futu\u003C\u002Fa> also signals that digital assets are moving further into mainstream capital-market conversations. That does not erase risk, but it does widen the market for products that can meet institutional standards.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Hong Kong’s role is especially important because it sits between mainland China and international markets. If the city keeps pairing clearer rules with active industry support, it could remain a key test bed for compliant Web3 products and AI-linked financial infrastructure.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The bigger question now is whether the “\u003Ca href=\"\u002Ftag\u002Fagent\">Agent\u003C\u002Fa> Economy” turns into real deployments or stays mostly a conference theme.\u003C\u002Fp>","Hong Kong’s 4th Web3 Festival drew policymakers, investors and builders to discuss AI agents, tokenized finance and clearer digital-asset rules.","www.manilatimes.net","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.manilatimes.net\u002F2026\u002F06\u002F09\u002Ftmt-newswire\u002Fpr-newswire\u002Fhong-kong-web3-festival-recap-web3-ai-and-traditional-finance-converge-at-accelerating-pace\u002F2361389",null,"https:\u002F\u002Fxxdpdyhzhpamafnrdkyq.supabase.co\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Fcovers\u002Finline-1781002983202-a79x.png","industry","en","20af9e7b-4e59-49bd-9307-e91f628d286a",[17,18,19,20,21],"Hong Kong Web3 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