HashKey Capital Brings Crypto History to Life With Decode: Legacy

HashKey Capital introduced the historical past of crypto to life at Token2049 with immersive theater expertise Decode: Legacy, hosted at Singapore’s iconic Raffles Lodge.

Decode: Legacy eschewed the cocktails and panel discussions usually seen at crypto occasions, in favor of a “journey that underscored the far-reaching affect and potential of blockchain expertise,” HashKey Capital CEO Deng Chao defined in a press launch shared with Decrypt. He added that, “Our goal was to ship an expertise that went past the abnormal, immersing attendees within the narrative of crypto’s evolution in a manner that felt each tangible and significant.”

“We need to create a really cultural expertise for everybody to consider why we’re nonetheless constructing on this trade, 16 years after Bitcoin’s invention,” Siya Yang, Head of Advertising and marketing at HashKey Capital and Japan Enterprise Companion at HashKey OTC, informed Decrypt. “It’s an expertise bringing collectively an entire package deal of tradition, arts and Web3 for our viewers.”

Co-hosted by Aethir and CARV, and sponsored by dYdX, Masks Community, Decrypt, Coin Metrics, Fenbushi Capital, Movement Merchants, DWF Labs and SlowMist, the “avant-garde showcase” blended “leisure, schooling, and cultural reflection,” in a time-traveling quest that noticed company full a sequence of puzzles to unlock the vault of Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto.

Taking in a historic tour by means of “the invention of Bitcoin, after which Ethereum, the ICO increase, DeFi summer season, the FTX collapse, after which this 12 months, the ETF approvals,” Yang defined, the occasion culminated with members fixing the puzzles to the seed phrase for “Satoshi’s vault,” and a finale that includes crypto movie star, Blockchain Capital and Tether co-founder Brock Pierce.

“It was an occasion not like every other,” Victor Yu, COO of CARV stated, including that the occasion, “highlighted the collaborative spirit on the coronary heart of the blockchain group.”

That collaborative spirit prolonged past the occasion itself, Yang stated, which was not-for-profit, with “every part that was earned from that occasion ultimately donated to native charity organizations, specializing in schooling, poverty and the surroundings.”

With a capability of simply 150 VIP members, the occasion was oversubscribed, Yang informed Decrypt.

“We acquired a variety of requests from buddies and the outer circles that had been asking about tickets for the occasion,” she stated. The plan now could be to take the occasion “to the worldwide stage,” at occasions together with the Hong Kong Web3 Competition in 2025. “Subsequent 12 months, we’re positively taking it to a better commonplace, to a retail degree, so everybody will have the ability to simply purchase a ticket and see the present themselves,” stated Yang. “We hope the visitor record could be a gathering of each Web2, TradFi and Web3 folks collectively,” she stated, including that, “Web2 folks making an attempt to get an understanding concerning the historical past of Web3 will see historical past unwind proper earlier than their eyes, in a really vivid manner.”

HashKey House

Alongside Decode: Legacy, HashKey additionally introduced collectively crypto leaders for its flagship occasion HashKey House. The invite-only occasion introduced collectively audio system from throughout the crypto house, together with the Solana Basis, Blockdaemon, Aethir, CARV and Animoca Manufacturers, protecting subjects starting from the Bitcoin and Solana ecosystems to DePIN, AI and expertise options within the decentralized period.

“We need to present a platform for all the businesses within the HashKey ecosystem to work collectively and take into consideration how they’ll collaborate, and the brand new narratives popping out from the ecosystem itself,” Yang stated of the panel discussions. She added that, “Everyone seems to be constructing, busily and fortunately, and everybody could be very assured concerning the trade itself.”

For its half, HashKey is constructing out its world enterprise, Yang stated, having change into the primary licensed crypto buying and selling alternate to serve retail customers in Hong Kong final 12 months. This 12 months, it acquired regulatory approval to formally launch futures buying and selling. “Now we have the HashKey alternate in Hong Kong, and likewise HashKey World, which is taking good care of the worldwide enterprise,” she stated. “We even have our OTC enterprise, which is marching into the Japanese and Center East markets, buying licenses,” she added.

HashKey Capital, in the meantime, has launched three customized indices to trace digital property worldwide, in collaboration with FTSE Russell. “Now we’re additionally working along with them, and are launching three index funds, on the idea of these indices,” Yang stated.

She added that, “We need to do as a lot good as doable, collaborate with all the opposite members within the trade, and attempt to create a constructive picture for blockchain and the crypto trade.