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ChainCatcher news, Alec Goh, head of HTX Ventures, was invited to attend a roundtable forum in Dubai themed "Crypto's Next Chapter: From Hype to Fundamentals," where he shared his observations on institutional capital dynamics and investment strategies.Alec pointed out that as institutional capital enters the crypto market, they occasionally leverage hype cycles to gain attention and market recognition, such as DAT (Digital Asset Tokenization) and other tokenized asset projects. These short-term surges can lead to rapid market cap growth, but ultimately the market will revert to fundamentals: real revenue, product adoption, and execution are the core of long-term value.Alec further stated that for most institutions, the current phase is more like an "experiment and learning period," where they gradually accumulate practical experience through tokenization exploration, treasury asset diversification, and product strategy validation. In the future, collaboration between traditional enterprises and blockchain infrastructure will shift from PR stunts to actual product implementation and business closure.Alec emphasized, "HTX Ventures' position is very clear: we do not participate in retail speculation competition, but focus on technological and regulatory inflection points, allowing hype to gradually evolve into sustainable infrastructure, thereby promoting the long-term healthy development of the crypto ecosystem."

ChainCatcher news, on October 29, Alec Goh, head of Huobi HTX Venture Capital, was invited to attend the Blockchain Life 2025 conference in Dubai and participated in a roundtable forum themed "Crypto Market 2025: New Growth or Continued Stagnation?"In his speech, Alec stated that the October 11 black swan event exposed the structural vulnerabilities of the crypto market, including weak liquidity, over-leveraging by retail investors, and reliance on a few large market makers. The automatic deleveraging mechanism of exchanges triggered a chain reaction during the event, further deteriorating market depth. Alec believes that the current market is in a "consolidation period after speculation," similar to 2016 or 2019, where market enthusiasm has cooled, but builders are quietly accumulating market share. To regain retail investors' trust in the market, the industry must return to fundamentals: more stable liquidity design, stronger security systems, and higher quality projects.Regarding future trends, Alec believes that the combination of AI and blockchain is entering a construction cycle, similar to the DeFi phase in 2018. In the next 2-3 years, we may see AI agents directly interacting with smart contracts, and 'Initial Model Offerings (IMO)' becoming a new financing method, which could be the starting point of the next big wave.Finally, Alec introduced that Huobi HTX Venture Capital is currently focusing on projects that make blockchain "more user-friendly and practical," such as DeFi, infrastructure, AI agents, and RWA tokenization, aiming to promote the evolution of blockchain from a "technical tool" to mainstream financial and technological infrastructure.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Huobi HTX investment head Alec Goh has been invited to attend the Blockchain Life 2025 conference in Dubai on October 29, where he will participate in a roundtable forum themed "Crypto Market 2025: New Growth or Continued Stagnation?" During the event, Alec will share insights on the reasons behind the weakening correlation between Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, the logic and potential breakthroughs behind the sideways movement of the crypto market, and who will benefit from the RWA market, among other hot topics.As one of the most influential blockchain events in the world, the Blockchain Life conference in Dubai will be held from October 28 to 29 in Dubai, UAE, gathering industry leaders, investment institutions, and innovative projects from the global blockchain, cryptocurrency, Web3, and mining sectors. It is worth mentioning that Huobi HTX will appear as a sapphire sponsor at this summit, showcasing its innovative strength and investment layout in the global crypto ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, HTX Ventures head Alec Goh was invited to attend GM Vietnam 2025 - Vietnam Blockchain Week yesterday, where he shared his profound insights on the development of stablecoins at the roundtable forum themed "Stablecoin - The Most Viable Use Case for Crypto Adoption."Alec pointed out that the market capitalization of stablecoins has exceeded $250 billion, growing by 60% this year, showing a strong upward momentum. With clear regulations in countries like the United States and the active participation of traditional institutions, stablecoins are evolving from crypto-native tools into global financial infrastructure, currently in the early stages of mainstream integration. He added that stablecoins are becoming the foundation for value settlement and liquidity in digital financial infrastructure in key scenarios such as on-chain credit markets, RWA, and cross-border trade.When discussing the future development path of DeFi, Alec believes that with the continuous maturation of solutions like DID, compliance layers, and reserve proof mechanisms, fully compliant DeFi will become possible.He emphasized, "The future is not a binary opposition of 'centralization vs decentralization,' but rather a combination of 'compliance and composability.' Legal frameworks and on-chain technology will evolve together, ensuring global scalability while retaining the core principles of crypto. Regardless of whether the system is centralized or decentralized, the most important thing is to meet user needs. If decentralized trading continues to provide better value, the market will naturally tilt towards it."

ChainCatcher news, the "TRON x HTX DAO 2025 Hong Kong Night" themed event, hosted by TRON and co-organized by HTX DAO, was grandly held in Hong Kong.At the event, Alec Goh, head of HTX Ventures, shared his insights and outlook on the development trends of the crypto industry. Alec stated, "The presidency of 'crypto president' Trump has enhanced regulatory clarity, stimulating traditional financial institutions to accelerate their entry into the crypto market, allowing cryptocurrencies to break away from the inherent perception of 'regulatory risk' and opening up a new emerging field at the intersection of technology and finance that combines compliance and strategic value." He pointed out that the global market's legalization of crypto and the large-scale adoption of stablecoins will be two key factors driving the development of the crypto industry in 2025.In addition, Alec mentioned that as the global investment arm of Huobi HTX, HTX Ventures has currently supported over 300 projects, with 60% of these projects having launched tokens on Huobi HTX. HTX Ventures focuses on key areas such as infrastructure, AI Agents, the Bitcoin ecosystem, stablecoins, and SocialFi, concentrating on empowering potential projects that develop cutting-edge technologies and emerging business models, building the growth engine for the next generation of the digital economy.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Sanctum has now integrated Dialect, allowing Sanctum LST token staking through the web.It is reported that Dialect enables users to perform on-chain actions directly through tweets on Twitter, such as purchasing tokens, on-chain donations, on-chain voting, claiming airdrops, and more.

ChainCatcher news, NFT market maker protocol Protecc Labs has completed a $1.5 million seed round financing, led by Dialectic, with participation from UOB Venture Management, Signum Capital, Interlinked Capital, Side Door Ventures, 0xVentures, Kronos Ventures, 3.0 Capital, Concave Ventures, and Cogitent Ventures. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, the NFT perpetual contract trading platform nftperp has completed a $1.7 million funding round at a valuation of $17 million, with participation from institutions such as Dialectic, Maven 11, Flow Ventures, DCV Capital, Gagra Ventures, AscendEX Ventures, Perridon Ventures, Caballeros Capital, Cogitent Ventures, Nothing Research, Apollo Capital, Tykhe Block Ventures, and OP Crypto. It is reported that nftperp tracks the minimum prices of NFT collections, allowing users to go long and short on NFTs. (source link)