𝑊𝑖𝑡𝘩 𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑦 2.0 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒, 𝐶𝑦𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑜 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 — 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑝 𝑡𝑜 𝐻𝐾$500𝐾 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑊𝑒𝑏3 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑡𝘩𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔𝘩𝑠
On the same day the HKSAR Government released its Digital Asset Development Policy Statement 2.0, Cyberport launched a new 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧 & 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐲 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞, marking another solid step toward building a robust Web3 innovation ecosystem in Hong Kong.
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬:
𝐔𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝟖𝟎% 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 (𝐦𝐚𝐱 𝐇𝐊$𝟓𝟎𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎) for qualified pilot projects
• Targeting high-impact and exemplary Web3 use cases
• Focus areas include 𝐑𝐖𝐀 𝐭𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐬, 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝟑 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐈, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞
• Projects must partner with a reputable institutional sponsor
• Open to startups and research institutions registered in Hong Kong
• Deadline: 𝟏 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
Dr. Rocky Cheng, CEO of Cyberport Hong Kong, reaffirmed Cyberport’s role in pushing real-world adoption and cross-sector collaboration:
“𝑊𝑒 𝘩𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑡𝘩𝑒 ‘𝐵𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑐𝘩𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐷𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑃𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑡 𝑆𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑦 𝑆𝑐𝘩𝑒𝑚𝑒' 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙-𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑤𝘩𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦.”
𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬:
This new scheme not only reflects the government’s policy commitment to fostering digital finance, but also provides 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 in real-world scenarios. For builders and innovators, it’s a signal to move fast and start building locally with institutional support.
𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐰:
𝐶𝑦𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑊𝑒𝑏3 𝑃𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑡 𝑆𝑐𝘩𝑒𝑚𝑒: https://lnkd.in/g8Cxem6X
