The 2025 Velo Global Technology Awards Carnival (Singapore) Concludes Successfully

Global Tech Elites Gather, Sparking Ideas to Lead a New Chapter in the Digital Future

From October 13 to 14, 2025, the highly anticipated 2025 VELOZA Global Technology Awards Ceremony Carnival · Singapore concluded successfully at the Marina Bay Sands International Convention and Exhibition Center in Singapore.
This grand event was co-hosted by Veloza, Nexus 2140, and ME, with APG and OWAA as the main title sponsors, and Moore Labs, Feixiaohao, ODAILY, BlockBeats, and ChainCatcher as co-organizers. The event brought together thousands of representatives from the technology, finance, and blockchain sectors from more than ten countries worldwide, who jointly explored innovation and the future of the digital economy.

This summit, themed "Empowering the Real Economy, Driving the Digital Future," focused deeply on cutting-edge topics such as Web3 decentralized technology, artificial intelligence (AI), real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, cross-border payment innovation, and blockchain gaming ecosystems. Representatives from academic institutions, foundations, business leaders, and technical experts from the United States, United Kingdom, Singapore, China, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia gathered together, creating a lively atmosphere with frequent exchanges of ideas.

Summit Focuses on Cutting-edge Technology, Empowering the Global Digital Economy

With the theme "Empowering the Real Economy, Driving the Digital Future," the conference focused on core topics such as Web3 decentralized technology, artificial intelligence (AI), real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, cross-border payment innovation, and blockchain gaming ecosystems.
Representatives from global academic institutions, renowned foundation leaders, business executives, and industry experts shared their insights in multiple high-level forums, engaging in heated discussions on topics such as "How Technological Innovation Empowers the Real Economy" and "The Prospects of AI and RWA Integration," providing new ideas and directions for the development of the digital economy.

Strong Lineup of International Guests · Fusion of Ideas and Perspectives

Several foundation representatives from the United States delivered high-level keynote speeches and case studies, including:
Allan W. Jennings, Esq (Vice Chairman of Velo Foundation North America / NASA Advisor), who elaborated on the cross-disciplinary integration from space technology to blockchain trust mechanisms;
Gerard Mc Keon (Publisher of Black Tie International magazine), who shared the new role of Web3 in global media and brand communication;
Juan Ardila (New York State Assemblyman), who interpreted the U.S. policy trends on digital assets and Web3 innovation;
Paul Sladkus (CBS reporter, Emmy Award winner) and Edward Cologna (SRTV producer) discussed the integration trends of AI, film & television, and blockchain technology.

Meanwhile, in-depth analyses from Rich Teo, co-founder of Paxos stablecoin, Wall Street investor Jesse Weiner, and international financial analyst Ivy Ma (CFA) brought global perspectives on fintech to the audience.

At this high-energy forum focusing on the new wave of AI+RWA and DeFi innovation, several industry leaders from around the world gathered to share forward-looking insights and thoughts on the core topics of "asset tokenization, institutional participation, and intelligent finance."

Tingtai Luo, founder of ATRNX.AI, took the stage first with the keynote speech "AI+RWA Reshaping DeFi Trillion-level Liquidity: Launch of RWA Application Chain ATRNX.OS." He deeply analyzed how AI integrates with real-world assets to drive a new round of liquidity dividends in decentralized finance.

Following that, Janice Tang (Chief Marketing Officer of Cregis) shared enterprise-level digital asset management solutions with the topic "Digital Asset Solution for Enterprise"; Sistine Chen (Chief Business Officer of exSat & Vaulta Labs) discussed the future logic of banking service innovation from a historical perspective with the topic "From 1875 to 2025: Think Different About Banking Service."

Adele Hu (Head of DeFi & RWA at Taiko) presented "The Most Decentralized Layer 2 Network on Ethereum: Taiko Injects New Momentum into Institutional Asset Tokenization," showcasing the breakthrough potential of Layer 2 networks in the RWA ecosystem; Wang Hao, CFA, shared cutting-edge insights into the UAE's digital finance transformation with the topic "Building Digital Finance Future — Insights from UAE."

In addition, Chris (Executive Secretary-General of WBO & Co-founder of Dogecity) delivered an engaging keynote "Building the DOGEconomy: How Dogcity Makes POW Mining Profitable and Fun," interpreting the commercial and community value of the PoW ecosystem from a unique perspective; Qian Yi's speech on global digital financial trends also sparked widespread discussion on site.

Merlin M. Ostermann (Co-founder of Arkreen) discussed the ecological impact of green energy tokenization with "From Tokenizing Green Energy to the Impact of Stablecoin"; Abel Tiong (BD Manager of Plume) explained the key gateway for institutional RWA on-chain with "The Institutional Gateway to Onchain Real-world Assets"; Ash Datsiuk (Head of Growth at Theoriq) brought "AI & Crypto: Managed Institutional Capital," exploring how AI empowers institutional capital management; finally, Jeff Ko (Chief Analyst at CoinEx) concluded with "Crypto x TradFi — Blurring the Lines," analyzing the integration trend between crypto finance and traditional finance.

Their speeches were pragmatic and forward-looking, resonating widely with the attendees. The atmosphere was enthusiastic, and after the event, many guests took group photos together as a memento.

APG Launches Global Initiative, Leading a New Era of Privacy Finance

As the main title partner of this summit, APG (Advanced Privacy Global) made a major announcement during the event, launching the APG Global Launch Conference.

APG, as the global compliant privacy payment platform upgraded through the strategic acquisition by GCEX Group, is centered on zero-knowledge proof technology (zk-SNARK), integrating cross-border clearing networks and intelligent compliance systems, and is committed to building a new financial infrastructure that is "privacy-protecting, compliance-first, and globally accessible."

At the conference, APG showcased its latest achievements in cross-border payments, digital identity verification, DeFi compliance services, and Web3 financial ecosystem development, and announced strategic cooperation with multiple international foundations and institutions to jointly promote the global standardization of privacy finance and compliance technology.
This series of initiatives won high recognition from experts and institutional representatives present and was regarded as an important milestone in the process of Web3 financial compliance.

The two-day summit was filled with lively discussions and fruitful results. Whether it was the in-depth exchange of ideas or the signing of international cooperation intentions, it marked that the Veloza Tech Innovation Expo has become an important bridge connecting Eastern and Western technological innovation and the digital financial ecosystem.

The successful hosting of this grand event not only demonstrated Singapore's international influence as a global technology and financial center but also further cemented the global benchmark status of the Veloza Global Technology Awards Ceremony Carnival in the fields of Web3 and innovative technology.

The 2025 Veloza Global Tech & Innovation Expo & Awards has come to a successful conclusion, but the journey of technological innovation continues.
The resonance of global tech leaders' ideas will continue to drive the digital economy toward a more open, intelligent, and sustainable future.