As countries' policies gradually improve and traditional financial institutions continue to enter the market, digital assets are transitioning from an experimental phase to a new era of scaling and mainstream application. On October 15, the "New Trends in Digital Asset Development Forum 2024," hosted by Bloomberg, was successfully held. The forum conducted in-depth discussions on cutting-edge technologies, market trends, and future development directions in the field of digital assets.

In the opening speech of the event, Zhan Yaohua, Head of Bloomberg China Enterprises and Commodities, warmly welcomed the attendees and briefly introduced Bloomberg's other professional services beyond news. He also showcased Bloomberg's powerful financial data services to the audience.

Subsequently, Wei Changzheng, Chief Researcher at AntChain OpenLabs, brought valuable insights to the audience. In his keynote speech titled "Accelerating into the Web3 Age of Exploration," he used zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) technology as a starting point to share content ranging from development background, technical concepts, properties and components, to the iterative development of ZKP, application scenarios, and the ZKP technology system under AntChain's hybrid architecture.

In the final roundtable discussion, Du Yu, Deputy General Manager of Wanxiang Blockchain, Jade, COO of Tomo Wallet, Wayne, Co-Founder of MEET48, Yvette, Investment Director at Xterio, Nemo, Investment Director at Web3.com Ventures, and Tongtong Bee, Co-founder of PANews & PANONY, who served as the host, discussed the theme "Where is the Large-Scale Application of Web3? Exploring Multiple Fields of Crypto Assets."

Guests from different sectors and roles in the industry expressed their views on the current state of the crypto industry, the prospects for large-scale applications, the combination of AI and Web3, and the meme token craze.

"The terms 'the first year of large-scale applications' and 'the eve of large-scale applications' have been used for many years, but I believe we have not yet reached that level," said Du Yu, Deputy General Manager of Wanxiang Blockchain. He believes that the inability to achieve large-scale applications in the past was mainly constrained by the level of infrastructure development. With technological advancements, user experience issues are gradually being resolved, and the path to large-scale applications has only just begun. However, he also pointed out that many positive trends and signals have emerged, and the industry's focus is shifting from infrastructure construction to application development.

Xterio Investment Director Yvette is more optimistic: "Compared to the last cycle, some gaming products have already achieved significant new user acquisition." Using the pixel-style simulation game Pixels as an example, she believes that some products similar to Pixels have attracted millions of monthly active users in this cycle, surpassing the peak of the previous cycle's leading product, Axie. This is simply because market attention has been more dispersed by new narratives such as DePIN, AI, and RWA, so the development of niche products has not been fully recognized.

In recent years, artificial intelligence has almost become a topic that all fintech industry practitioners inevitably mention, and its combination with Web3 technology is also one of the industry's focal points. Nemo, Investment Director at Web3.com Ventures, believes that individuals and industries exist in different dimensions and need to be analyzed from both long-term and short-term perspectives. He stated that in the short term, both AI and Web3 are actually in a bubble cycle, but this does not mean it is unfavorable for everyone; different positions will have different perspectives. For entrepreneurs, development funds will be more abundant, and the cost of trial and error will be lower. "So in the long term, I am quite optimistic," Nemo added, emphasizing that the core issue is whether the so-called data decentralization can truly be realized.

In the current context of the crypto industry lacking vitality and growth points, various Memecoins have become popular, often accompanied by various criticisms and concerns. Jade, COO of Tomo Wallet, believes that Memecoins serve as a window for Web2 users to see Web3. Their wealth effect, underlying culture, and addictive properties may attract many young Web2 users.

Wayne, Co-Founder of MEET48, stated that the explosive popularity of Memecoins indeed reflects many existing problems in the industry, but their emotional value attributes cannot be ignored. Especially in the context where the distribution methods of so-called value coins often attract community criticism, the value orientation triggered by the emotions surrounding Memecoins can, to some extent, avoid related issues.

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