HSC Asset Management, a conference dedicated to bridging cryptocurrency and institutional finance, has concluded in Singapore following a full-day program held at the Fairmont Singapore on October 8, 2026. The event gathered more than 100 decision-makers from venture capital and crypto funds, asset management and private wealth, banking, payments, stablecoin issuance, and blockchain infrastructure.

Organized by HSC Asset Group in collaboration with Mpost Media Group, the conference served as a platform for dialogue at the intersection of digital assets, stablecoins, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, payment infrastructure, traditional finance (TradFi), and regulatory frameworks. The Singapore setting carried its own weight: the city-state ranks among the world's leading financial centers and has positioned itself as an active jurisdiction for digital asset regulation, making it a natural meeting point for institutions weighing their approach to the sector.

Two Stages, Wide-Ranging Agenda

The program ran across two dedicated stages, pairing institutional perspectives and market analysis with technology-led discussions through panels, fireside conversations, and keynote sessions.

Grand Stage sessions covered: Fund Strategies for Digital Asset Allocation; Private Wealth in Asia: Strategies for Family Offices and Banks; Bridging Traditional Finance and Digital Assets, from Hong Kong to the Globe; Infrastructure for a Digital Economy; Asia Macro Outlook: Growth, Rates & Allocation Shifts; Tokenization of Real-World Assets: Limits of What Can Be Token; Redefining Banking Infrastructure; Stablecoins: The New Settlement Layer; Navigating the Global Regulatory Landscape; and Global Capital in the Era of Transformation.

Global Stage sessions included: Where the Money Goes in Crypto; The Infrastructure Behind Liquidity; Towards the On-Chain World; Public Chains Are Infrastructure Now; AI Agents and the Future Economy; Onchain Asset Security; Active Capital Beats Passive Liquidity; The Future of the Agentic Economy; and The Payment Rails of 2030.

Taken together, the two-stage agenda tracked the questions that currently define institutional engagement with digital assets: how funds allocate to the asset class, how stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets could slot into existing settlement, custody, and payment rails, and how regulators across major jurisdictions are framing the rules of participation.

Opening Panel on Institutional Allocation

The opening panel, "Fund Strategies for Digital Asset Allocation," examined how institutional investors are approaching digital asset allocation. It featured Joey Shin, Junior Partner at Pantera Capital (moderator); Grace Chong, Head of Financial Services Regulation at Drew & Napier; James Aitchison, Founder & CIO at Caerus Global Management; Akshat Vaidya, Managing Partner at Maelstrom; Mikhail Ivanov, CEO of Arcanum; and Alexandra Zhao, Head of Digital Assets at CSOP.

Among the standout sessions was "AI Agents and the Future Economy," a fireside chat with Arthur Hayes, CIO of Maelstrom, and Yat Siu, Chairman & Co-Founder of Animoca Brands. Moderated by Alice Liu, Head of Research at CoinMarketCap, the conversation offered a timely, high-level perspective on how AI agents and crypto-native infrastructure are reshaping the future digital economy.

Strategic Collaboration Signed Onstage

A highlight of the event was a signing ceremony in which Vadim Krekotin, Managing Partner of HSC Asset Group, and Dr. Bankee Kwan, Chairman & CEO of CASH Financial Services Group, formalized a new strategic collaboration between the two organizations. The onstage signing put a concrete centerpiece under the deal-making emphasis that ran through the program.

A Line-Up Spanning Global Finance and Web3-Native Innovation

HSC Asset Management Singapore maintained strong momentum with a speaker lineup of leading investors, financial institutions, policymakers, and infrastructure providers at the forefront of the TradFi-digital asset convergence. Participating companies included: Pantera Capital, Drew & Napier, Caerus Global Management, Maelstrom, Arcanum, CSOP, WealthRyse, UBS, Farro Capital, Invesco, Tsao Family Office, Finloop, [QR] Wallet, Dash, Tether, Fasanara Capital, Soter Insure, Galaxy Digital, Bitbase.com, Bloomberg, HSBC Global Asset Management, RedStone, Ethereum Institutional, Fidelity International, Broadridge, ST0x, China Asset Management, makebanc, BitGo, HashKey Cloud, Dune, Dfns, Jsquare, HSC Asset Group, CASH Financial Services Group, Akindo, S&P Global Ratings, StraitsX, Stable, CoinEasy, EY, CF Benchmarks, Bybit, Detelio, Obsidian Systems, Serotonin, Hivemind Capital, M&G Investments, Stellar Development Foundation, Binance, LunaPR, C² Ventures, Bitscale Capital / Axis Eight, BingX, The Spartan Group, Arcadia, MEXC, ChangeNOW, Deribit by Coinbase, Alpaca, FinChain, Gosai Law, Chainlink, ZKsync, Monad Foundation, Offchain, Aethir, CoinMarketCap, Animoca Brands, Lava Foundation, Cactus Custody, Safeheron, FailSafe, Trezor, Stellar Foundation, Atlas Capital, Atom Finance, Figment, CoinRoutes, FXHB Asset Management, MetaMask, Turtle Group, Addressable, Sonic Labs, Ledger Enterprise, Mercuryo, AMBR, TiDB of PingCAP, Aurora Labs, Mastercard, Hashgraph, Nethermind, and Gate.

Beyond the main sessions, the conference featured an exclusive VIP Lounge for private, high-value conversations between investors and founders, facilitating strategic introductions and partnership opportunities outside the main program and extending the event's focus on deal-making beyond the stage. A curated networking zone further enabled participants to connect with aligned global and regional capital, explore high-conviction projects, identify potential regional partners and market-entry pathways, and strengthen institutional-grade brand credibility.

The event was supported by sponsors including Stellar and Trezor, along with Fosun Wealth, FinChain, Finloop, Sonic Labs, Addressable, Mercuryo, HashKey Group, ST0x, Gosai Law, Alpaca, Ledger Enterprise, Bitbase, Jsquare, ChangeNOW, Arcanum, QR Wallet, CoinRoutes, Detelio, TiDB, and Turtle Group.

Series Expansion

This Singapore edition builds on the previous HSC Asset Management conference held in Hong Kong in April, which attracted more than 4,000 attendees. Launched in 2025 as a spin-off from HSC Conference, HSC Asset Management operates as a dedicated deal-making series connecting institutions, leading investors, and digital-native companies. The series is set to expand further internationally, with upcoming 2026 editions planned in the Middle East and beyond. For readers tracking the TradFi-digital asset convergence, the near-term points to watch are how the newly formalized collaboration between HSC Asset Group and CASH Financial Services Group takes shape and how the series' deal-focused format translates into its next markets.

Source: Metaverse Post