Exploring a New Era of Wealth Management | AXC LABS Joins CAI Tower and RWA Innovation Forum Successfully Concludes

Image 1 (Chen Shaojie | Co-founder of AXC LABS, Honorary President of Hong Kong Web3.0 Association, Ge Peifan | Hong Kong Legislative Council Member, Cai Wensheng | Renowned Investor, Wu Jiezhuang | Hong Kong Legislative Council Member, Liang Tianyi Edison | Co-founder and CEO of AXC LABS)

At the beginning of 2026, AXC LABS officially announced that it had secured angel investment from Longling Capital and moved into the Hong Kong Web3 Innovation Landmark—the CAI Building—marking a new chapter in the deep cultivation of real-world assets (RWA) in the alternative asset wealth management field. On the afternoon of January 8th, the first industry forum of the year, jointly organized by AXC LABS and the CAI Building, was successfully held, gathering dozens of guests from investment, legislation, fintech, and crypto fields to witness this milestone moment.

Ribbon-cutting ceremony, witnessing together

At the start of the event, AXC LABS angel investor and well-known investor Cai Wensheng, Hong Kong Legislative Council Members Ge Peifan and Wu Jiezhuang, AXC LABS co-founder and Honorary President of Hong Kong Web3.0 Association Chen Shaojie, and AXC LABS co-founder and CEO Edison jointly came on stage to cut the ribbon, symbolizing AXC’s new journey in the RWA track.

Leadership vision, insights into the future

After the ribbon-cutting, Mr. Cai Wensheng, as the first speaker, shared his outlook on the operation of Cai Building as a Hong Kong Web3 innovation hub and expressed high expectations for AXC’s development in the new stage. Cai Wensheng stated that, as Hong Kong’s first digital nomad community, CAI Building is committed to providing ample space for entrepreneurs, investors, and industry participants to communicate.

Subsequently, AXC Labs Co-CEO Edison delivered a speech titled “How to Unlock Trillions of Potential in RWA.” He pointed out that the global RWA market size has surpassed $450 billion and is moving toward the Layered Architecture 2.0 stage based on liquidity. Combining his experience in traditional finance and MakerDAO’s involvement in Asian RWA ventures, he shared AXC’s active exploration and future vision in building liquidity protocols and on-chain alternative wealth management markets.

Strategic partnership, ecosystem co-creation

During the event, AXC LABS also officially signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Sire Group, a leading alternative asset management company in Asia. Mr. Ma Huihong, founding partner and global CIO of Sire Group, attended on-site and stated that alternative investments have become a key force in asset allocation under the current market environment. He also expressed strong confidence in breakthroughs through RWA technological innovation in existing wealth management products. Ma Huihong emphasized that traditional stock and bond allocation models are increasingly unable to adapt to complex market conditions, and alternative investments are entering a golden development period. Historical data shows that the allocation ratio of US endowments in alternative investments is about 40%, while high-net-worth investors currently allocate only 10%-15%, indicating huge growth potential in the future. Meanwhile, major global asset management institutions are accelerating their layout in digital assets, which not only reflects a shift in capital flow but also indicates that digital assets are moving from marginal investment categories to an indispensable part of diversified portfolios, marking a new stage of integration between traditional financial systems and the crypto ecosystem.

It is understood that Sire Group has received strategic investment from Julius Baer, a Swiss private banking group, and is a leading global platform focused on China’s alternative assets and wealth management. Through this cooperation, both parties will leverage AXC LABS’s built digital asset liquidity protocols to accelerate the tokenization of hedge fund fund-of-funds (FoF) RWA products. By combining their respective advantages, they will jointly explore innovative applications of RWA in alternative wealth management and promote compliant, efficient, and diversified on-chain asset solutions.

Image 2 (Bai Haifeng | CEO of China Merchants Securities International Asset Management, Ma Huihong | Founder and CIO of Sire Investment Group, Li Yizheng | Director of Fintech Development at Cyberport, Liang Tianyi | Founder and CEO of AXC Labs)

Three-round roundtable, inspiring ideas

In the second half of the event, three high-quality roundtables were held consecutively:

“On-chain Asset Management Models for RWA”: Gathering representatives from China Merchants Securities International, Sire Group, Cyberport Hong Kong, and AXC to discuss how Hong Kong, as an international financial center, can empower RWA innovation.

“Practical Paths and Forward-looking Judgments for RWA”: Featuring multiple PhDs and legal experts analyzing the practical challenges and future directions of RWA implementation from technical, standard, and compliance perspectives.

“Crypto-native RWA Market Path”: Inviting representatives from crypto-native institutions such as Plume, Hex Trust, and Draper Dragon to explore possible paths for blockchain-native-driven RWA market evolution.

At the end of the event, the host summarized that the crypto narrative in 2026 will go beyond price volatility, shifting toward stablecoin payment reforms, accelerated asset tokenization, and integration of AI and Crypto, among other substantive innovations. On the pioneering journey of RWA and alternative asset wealth management, AXC is willing to work alongside ecosystem partners to jointly promote the construction of the financial future.

This forum not only marks the beginning of AXC LABS’s new development stage but also injects strong industry dialogue and cooperation momentum into the ecological, compliant, and scaled development of RWA in Hong Kong and Asia.