One of the largest crypto-focused events Hong Kong has ever seen took place at the HKCEC in mid-April, with the inaugural Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2023. The speech during Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2023. It featured about 300 distinguished industry speakers and highlighted approximately 100 Web3 projects.

Industry leaders, project founders, investors, representatives from regulatory agencies, experts and academics gathered to network, share and acquire knowledge on cutting-edge Web3 technologies and discuss key issues. Web3 Festival brought together the world’s brightest minds, top Web3 projects and leading venture capitals presenting content-rich discussions and topics . Sessions included “What’s Next for Virtual Assets”, “Digital Finance Frontiers and Cross-Border Trade” and “Bitcoin Ecosystem”. With the goal to build an open platform for all Web3 players, dozens of open spaces were made available for reservations inside the four sub-stages for projects to host and organise their own Web3 side events.