Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2027 Focuses on OnChain Finance
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HONG KONG, Nov. 10, 2026 /CourierPR/ -- Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2027, co-hosted by Wanxiang Blockchain Labs and HashKey Group and organized by W3ME, will focus on the theme "OnChain Finance" and introduce its inaugural Institutional Arena. The event is scheduled to take place from April 19 to 21, 2027, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC).
The fifth edition of the Hong Kong Web3 Festival, which began in 2023, has grown significantly. Since its inaugural edition, the festival has attracted more than 150,000 attendees, featured over 1,600 speakers, hosted more than 500 exhibitors, and supported over 600 side events. Building on this strong foundation, the 2027 festival aims to strengthen connections between global financial institutions and the digital asset industry, with a particular focus on on-chain finance.
The Institutional Arena, a fully closed-door, invitation-only program, will bring together senior executives and key decision-makers from global banks, asset management firms, payment companies, institutional investors, and digital asset businesses. This program is designed to provide a more focused and specialized setting for institutional engagement, while offering dedicated venues for leading financial institutions to host their own closed-door events.
The festival will explore key topics including asset tokenization, stablecoins and global payments, on-chain capital markets, institutional digital asset services, regulatory compliance, quantum computing and cryptography, AI and financial security, as well as open hardware and privacy protection. Through keynote presentations, closed-door roundtables, and thematic discussions, the Institutional Arena will address issues of particular interest to financial institutions, examining business practices across different markets and opportunities for collaboration.
Wanxiang Blockchain Labs, founded in 2015, is a non-profit research institution dedicated to blockchain technology research and development. It brings together experts from around the world to advance research, foster dialogue, and explore the development, applications, and strategic implications of blockchain technology. Since its establishment, the Labs has built an international presence through initiatives including the annual Shanghai Blockchain Global Summit and Hong Kong Web3 Festival, as well as hackathons, developer programs, incubation initiatives, blockchain publications, research projects, lectures, and academic collaborations.
HashKey Group (3887.HK), a leading digital asset financial services group with a global footprint, was founded in 2018. The group is committed to driving the large-scale adoption of blockchain technology and delivering dependable and accessible digital asset services to one billion users worldwide. HashKey Group operates across four core pillars: Transaction Facilitation, On-Chain Services, Asset Management, and RWA Tokenization.