Asia Onchain Finance Summit
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
Hong Kong Ethereum Community Hub
15:05-15:20｜Fireside: Insitutional Infrastructure on Ethereum
Mo Jalil, CEO and Cofounder of EthSystems, previous Head Of Institutional Privacy & APAC Enterprise at EF
Henry Chen, Partner and CBO, SNZ Holding & Blockunion
15:20-15:25｜Video Speech: Investment Thesis for Ethereum
Joseph Chalom, CEO, Sharplink
15:25-15:40｜Keynote: Tokenisation: Same, But Better — and What Comes Next
Theo Golden, Head of Digital Assets and Tokenisation, Baillie Gifford
15:40-15:45｜Celebration
15:45-16:00｜Fireside: Onchain Payment Network and Yield
Larry Ma, CSO, SNZ Holding (Moderator)
Theo Golden, Head of Digital Assets and Tokenisation, Baillie Gifford
Louis Liu, Founder and CEO, Kun Global
16:00-16:30｜Panel: Onchain Banking and Fintech
Henry Chen, Partner and CBO, SNZ Holding & Blockunion (Moderator)
Theo Golden, Head of Digital Assets and Tokenisation, Baillie Gifford
Luca Cosentino, Head of Digital Assets, Cross River Bank
Julie Luo, Director of Global Coverage, GSR
16:30-17:00｜Panel: Global Markets of RWA
Sandy Jones, Investment Specialist and Director of Digital Assets, Baillie Gifford (Moderator)
Darien Poh, CEO, Synthesys
WU Chen, Founder and CEO, EX.IO
Jiwon(Joseph) Choi, Head of BD, Undefined Labs
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
Register Now to Secure Your Seat!
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/