On February 18, 2025, the highly anticipated Solana Hong Kong Summit opened grandly. As an important event for the Solana ecosystem in Asia, this event attracted top industry developers, investment institutions, and representatives of ecological projects to jointly explore and look forward to the development of the Solana ecosystem. Jeff Ren, partner of OKX Ventures, was invited to attend and delivered a keynote speech.
Lily Liu, Chairman of the Solana Foundation, kicked off the summit. In her opening speech, Lily reviewed the leapfrog development of the Solana Chinese Market (MCM) from 2023 to the present. Through various online and offline activities, as well as Solar's promotion, the community scale, developer participation, and community project financing scale have all achieved amazing growth. "What's Next?" Lily expressed her hope to achieve a tenfold increase in the overall scale of the community, Network Performance, and Solar Contributors in the future.
Following Lily's outlook, OKX VenturesPartnerJeff Ren, as the opening keynote speaker, shared the vision of in-depth cooperation between OKX and Solana ecosystem. Jeff emphasized that OKX Wallet is a one-stop entrance to Web3, and OKX Ventures is also a deep participant in the industry ecosystem. We hope to continue to empower Solana community users and developers through the dual-wheel drive of products and investment.
Jeff mentioned three key points of future cooperation between OKX and Solana ecosystem in his speech:
1. Global market expansion, building a Web3entrance
OKX will strengthen its cooperation with Solana, empower Solana's brand influence in the Chinese market through marketing, KOL cooperation, hackathons and developer training camps. At the same time, through the cooperation between the two parties, link top institutions and ecological projects, promote OKX Wallet to enter the global market, and create a "Web3 super entrance".
2. All-round support for ecological projects
OKX hopes to provide all-round support for Solana ecological projects, including technology integration, liquidity solutions and resource docking, to help high-quality projects accelerate growth and build a prosperous ecosystem. On the Wallet level, improve and upgrade DeFi Earn and Solana Eco Hub, add on-chain data analysis and ecological entrances, etc. 3. Stablecoin Application: Solana On-chain Payment and New Opportunities for DeFi Stablecoin is one of the important use cases for blockchain technology, and Solana is an ideal environment for stablecoin application. In 2025, the two parties will focus on exploring the large-scale application of stablecoins on the Solana chain, covering payment, DeFi and more scenarios.
Finally, Jeff said that Solana's high speed, high scalability and active community are highly consistent with OKX's vision of creating an open, transformative and decentralized future. In 2025, OKX will fully invest in the Solana ecosystem and look forward to more activities and cooperation to help promote a stronger Solana ecosystem.
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