HKU Business School and HashKey Group Forge Strategic Partnership to Advance Web3 and Virtual Assets in Academia
- HashKey Group
- 5 days ago
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April 9, 2025 – Hong Kong — The HKU Business School and HashKey Group have officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a strategic partnership aimed at driving the integration of Web3 technologies and virtual assets into academic research and education.
Under this collaboration, the two parties will explore the use of cryptocurrency payments and promote the application of blockchain technology in areas such as course certification and academic record management. The partnership also includes the development of the Web3 Research Hub, designed to foster theoretical innovation and commercial transformation of virtual assets within the fields of finance and economics.
The initiative will further support knowledge sharing, research collaboration, and practical implementation of blockchain and virtual assets in financial and economic disciplines, creating a holistic ecosystem that connects industry, academia, and research.
This strategic alliance highlights the HKU Business School’s forward-looking vision in educational technology and reinforces HashKey Group’s role as a leading force in building the Web3 ecosystem. Together, they set a new benchmark for higher education institutions around the world to embrace the digital future.
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, Ireland and Bermuda. Since 2018, HashKey Group has built a global Web3 ecosystem within a high-compliance regulatory framework, includingHashKey Exchange, a licensed virtual asset exchange regulated by the Hong Kong SFC; HashKey Global, the global flagship digital asset exchange; HashKey Capital, a global asset manager investing exclusively in blockchain technology and digital assets; HashKey OTC, the compliant over-the-counter (OTC) trading arm of HashKey Group, HashKey Cloud, a leading provider of global Web3 infrastructure; 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 platform tokenHSK. 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 15, 2025, HashKey Exchange ranks 7th on CoinGecko’s global exchange list and is the highest-ranked licensed virtual asset exchange in Hong Kong.
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