HashKey Group Completes Strategic Investment in Asseto to Accelerate RWA Tokenization

Hong Kong, July 7, 2025 — HashKey Group, Asia’s leading digital asset financial services group, today announced the completion of a strategic investment in fintech firm Asseto Holdings Limited (“Asseto”). This partnership marks a deep collaboration between both parties in the field of RWA (Real World Assets) tokenization, with the shared goal of building an efficient and scalable on-chain asset infrastructure, advancing stablecoin ecosystems, and bridging traditional finance with decentralized economies to promote large-scale adoption of digital asset infrastructure.

This is not merely a strategic investment, but also the beginning of a comprehensive collaboration between Asseto and HashKey in the RWA space. Leveraging their respective strengths, the two parties will jointly build a high-performance, scalable on-chain asset platform that bridges Traditional Finance (TradFi) and Decentralized Finance (DeFi), promoting industry-wide compliance, standardization, and institutionalization.

One of the key highlights of this collaboration is the integration of Asseto’s institutional-grade RWA issuance capabilities with HashKey Chain, HashKey Group’s proprietary high-performance Layer 2 blockchain platform. The two teams will co-develop end-to-end technical solutions to support the on-chain issuance, settlement, and circulation of various financial assets including cash management instruments, funds, and bonds, ensuring seamless, traceable flow between off-chain and on-chain environments. Asseto will prioritize deploying its premium RWA products natively within the HashKey Chain ecosystem. In the future, users will be able to access these diverse on-chain assets easily through HashKey’s trading platforms and other channels.

In this strategic cooperation, HashKey Chain plays a dual role as both foundational infrastructure and technical enabler for the entire RWA tokenization process. As a high-performance Layer 2 network tailored for financial-grade assets, HashKey Chain provides standardized solutions across critical areas such as smart contract standards and modular deployment—offering structured protocols and frameworks essential for securely issuing complex asset structures on-chain.

Additionally, HashKey Chain will serve as one of the primary chains for Asseto’s diversified RWA products. Through ecosystem incentives, liquidity support, and developer resources, HashKey Chain will help onboard projects into the broader on-chain financial network. This collaboration further demonstrates HashKey Chain’s strong adaptability in real-world asset use cases and solidifies its position in shaping global RWA infrastructure standards.

The partnership also extends into education and academic-industry collaboration. On June 30, 2025, Asseto and HashKey became founding signatories of a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). Together, they will advance academic research, talent development, and industry ecosystem growth in areas such as blockchain finance, RWA standardization, and digital asset regulation, supporting Hong Kong’s ambition to become a globally recognized hub for digital finance innovation.

Looking ahead, Asseto and HashKey plan to deepen cooperation across multiple dimensions, including cross-border pilots and industry standard development, to foster healthy growth in the global RWA market. The two organizations aim to accelerate the compliant deployment of new asset classes such as stablecoins, tokenized funds, and on-chain bonds, facilitating the full transition of traditional financial assets into Web3 architecture.

This strategic investment represents HashKey Group’s recognition of Asseto’s technological expertise, product capabilities, and long-term vision, laying a solid foundation for both parties to build a leading RWA tokenization ecosystem in Asia. By jointly developing technical infrastructure, exchanges, custody systems, research initiatives, and regulatory engagement mechanisms, the two parties will drive forward the standardization and scalability of RWA infrastructure, unlocking the long-term potential of on-chain finance.

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About Asseto

Asseto is a fintech company focused on RWA tokenization, dedicated to building the next-generation on-chain asset platform. Starting with cash management-based RWA products, Asseto is expanding into funds, bonds, stocks, private credit, real estate, gold, and alternative assets, creating a diversified and sustainable revenue model.

The company adopts an institutional-grade compliance technology framework, seamlessly integrating Traditional Finance (TradFi) and Decentralized Finance (DeFi). It has established a strategic cooperation network across Hong Kong and Asia, including partnerships with two firms preparing to submit applications for Hong Kong stablecoin licenses.

Asseto’s core team comprises professionals from top-tier international financial institutions and leading Web3 projects, bringing together deep expertise in both TradFi and DeFi. With the rapid growth of stablecoins and on-chain yield-bearing assets, and continuous product launches and ecosystem expansion, Asseto is steadily emerging as a key player in Asia's Web3 financial infrastructure. Its Total Value Locked (TVL) is expected to grow steadily, positioning it to become a major participant in Asia’s Web3 financial infrastructure.

About HashKey Group

HashKey Group is a leading digital asset financial services group in Asia with global operations in regions such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, and Bermuda. Since 2018, HashKey Group has built a Web3 ecosystem within a high-compliance regulatory framework, including HashKey Exchange, the largest licensed virtual asset exchange in Hong Kong*; HashKey Global, the flagship digital asset exchange; HashKey MENA, a virtual asset exchange licensed by the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA); HashKey Capital, a global asset manager investing exclusively in blockchain technology and digital assets; HashKey OTC, the compliant over-the-counter (OTC) trading arm, HashKey Cloud, a leading global Web3 infrastructure provider; and HashKey Tokenisation, a tokenisation services provider.

HashKey Group also possesses a rich on-chain ecosystem, having developed the Ethereum Layer 2, HashKey Chain, and has listed the HashKey Ecosystem Token HSK. HashKey Group is committed to driving the mass application of blockchain technology, aiming to provide trustworthy and accessible digital asset services to one billion global users. *As of January 31, 2025, HashKey Exchange ranks sixth on CoinGecko’s global exchange list and is the highest-ranked licensed virtual asset exchange in Hong Kong.

HashKey Group continues to explore the feasibility of large-scale blockchain adoption across industries, aiming to provide trusted and accessible digital asset services to one billion users worldwide.

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About HashKey Chain

HashKey Chain is the preferred blockchain for financial institutions and RWA tokenization, dedicated to promoting compliant and scalable Onchain Finance. As a compliance-friendly blockchain infrastructure, HashKey Chain provides a secure and transparent on-chain environment for institutions.

HashKey Chain inherits Ethereum's decentralized security while enhancing transaction efficiency through high-performance optimization, ensuring on-chain asset stability and traceability. Its low-cost solution offers minimal Gas fees and high throughput, enabling efficient circulation of MMFs, bonds, funds, and stablecoins while reducing institutional operational costs.

HashKey Chain collaborates with leading financial institutions and compliant Web3 projects to provide solutions for institutional DeFi, RWA tokenization, and stablecoin settlement, accelerating the financial system's digital transformation.

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