Hashed·ADGM conclude 'Web3 Leaders Roundtable' successfully

The 'Web3 Leaders Roundtable', co-hosted by global Web3 venture capital firm Hashed and Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) Emerging Tech, was held as an official program of Abu Dhabi Finance Week (ADFW) and concluded successfully.

The roundtable took place in Abu Dhabi on the 10th (local time), with international financial institutions, global technology companies, regulators, and policy experts attending to broadly discuss the policy and industry issues needed as artificial intelligence (AI) and Web3 technologies expand into the real economy and financial infrastructure.

The event consisted of two sessions. In the first session, 'Digital Infrastructure 2030', the trend of AI agents emerging as economic actors and the direction of digital infrastructure to accommodate this were highlighted. Participants discussed person-centered AI (digital twin), new value structures for data and intellectual property (IP), and the role of blockchain-based trust and settlement layers. They also shared the view that stablecoins, real-world asset tokens (RWA), and the spread of tokenization will comprehensively reshape the structures of finance and the real economy.

In the second session, 'Institutional Adoption of Digital Assets and the Regulatory Environment', core barriers that traditional financial institutions face when adopting on-chain finance were discussed in depth. Capital regulation and accounting standards, the regulatory and accounting classification of stablecoins, and the lack of institutional digital identity infrastructure were presented as main tasks, and there was agreement that regulatory alignment across countries and the establishment of global tokenization standards will be key to future institutionalization. In addition, there was a view that tokenization will initially spread in areas with significant practical utility, such as money market funds (MMFs), payments, and private credit.

The Hashed and ADGM Emerging Tech teams plan to publish a joint report based on the discussion results. The report will be distributed to relevant agencies and policymakers in multiple countries and used as a key reference for discussing policy directions and industry design for AI- and Web3-based digital economic transition.

Hashed plans to continue discussions to build digital financial infrastructure for the AI and Web3 era in cooperation with global regulators, financial institutions, and technology companies.