The RWAiFi Summit 2025 in Dubai has successfully concluded, a review of the intersection and highlights of AI, RWA, and Decentralized Finance.

The RWAiFi Summit 2025 was successfully held on April 30 during Token2049 in Dubai. The summit attracted over 1,900 registrants and more than 400 participants, bringing together 17 top projects and innovative enterprises from various fields. In addition, several leading investment institutions and numerous global AI experts and financial innovators discussed the future development directions of AI, RWA, and Decentralized Finance.

This summit has set up 4 core roundtables to conduct in-depth discussions on cutting-edge industry topics. Here are some精彩观点与洞察 from some guests:

Roundtable Discussion 1: AiFi: On-chain Finance and Real Returns

Host: Keira (MH Venture Portfolio Manager)

Guest Opinion:

• Kony (GAIB CEO) pointed out that in the AI era, the real profits mainly flow to underlying computing power assets. GAIB is promoting the financialization and tokenization of these computing assets, allowing investors to directly participate and share in the profits.

• Kartik (Aethir Strategy Lead) stated that Aethir's computing power market, which is based on computing resources as collateral, proportionally distributes the actual income generated from users renting GPUs to participants, providing sustainable and low-cost support for projects that require economic security.

• Felix (Symbiotic Head of Ecosystem) emphasized that "composability" is the key for crypto systems to surpass traditional centralized models. Symbiotic facilitates the free combination of new types of assets and protocols through modular financial and incentive components, helping RWA and computing resources to collaborate efficiently and accelerate implementation in the Web3 ecosystem.

• Seb (Managing Director of Impossible Cloud Network) pointed out that ICN is a key bridge connecting Web2 and Web3, establishing a "pay-per-use" mechanism to ensure that every party in the ecosystem participates based on real demand, forming a sustainable computing power network driven by enterprise clients with an on-chain revenue closed loop.

Roundtable Discussion 2: Unlocking RWA Value: The Path of Innovation for On-Chain Assets

Host: Johanna (IDG Capital Web3 Investment)

Guest Opinions:

• Jeremy (OpenEden CEO) stated that OpenEden has launched a stable asset backed by U.S. Treasury yields, with plans to further expand to emerging market users in the future and to establish access for crypto wallets to high-quality dollar assets.

• Jing (Solv CBO) pointed out that now is the best time to engage in RWA, as the global regulation is forming a critical framework period. The industry should actively participate in shaping the financial rules for the next five to ten years, as product and market demand have fully matured.

• Jack (Plume Ecosystem) emphasizes that now is the golden period for bringing various new assets on-chain. He hopes that the future of the crypto market can transform into a "democratized capital market," promoting the integration of public and private markets and breaking down investment barriers.

Round Table Discussion 3: DeFi Liquidity and RWA Value: New Opportunities in On-chain Finance

Host: Lionel Pek (Spartan Group Executive Director)

Guest Opinions:

• Ivan (Stakestone CMO) pointed out that compared to traditional markets, the "capital utilization cost" of DeFi is more flexible. Stakestone supports stablecoins as pre-deposited assets, helping users hedge against ETH volatility risks, thereby reducing overall capital costs.

• Martin (Maple Head of Growth) calls for the industry to promote a unified risk control and asset pricing system, and supports cross-asset and cross-chain collateral and liquidity mechanisms to drive the capital release and scaling of RWA.

• Omar (Lagrange CSO) emphasized that DeFi liquidity can essentially be viewed as a "new form of venture capital" that can activate underlying assets with high potential that have not yet been fully discovered and financed.

Roundtable Discussion 4: AI Ecosystem: Building a True Future Foundation

Host: Mackenzie (Animoca Brands Portfolio Manager)

Guest Opinion:

• Katerina (Sahara Operations Lead) stated that Sahara focuses on addressing the issue of the current AI industry being dominated by large centralized companies, where data contributors lack compensation, aiming to promote a more open and fair AI economy.

• Lei Lei (KiteAI VP) pointed out that blockchain and smart contracts can introduce governance and audit mechanisms for AI systems, making the behavior of AI agents more controllable, traceable, and verifiable. However, a balance needs to be found between the verifiability of model training data and user privacy.

• Christian (Mind Network CEO) emphasized that blockchain inherently possesses the advantages of "open participation" and "economic accessibility," allowing individual users or non-institutional investors to participate in AI-related protocols and projects earlier, and share the economic benefits brought by technological growth.

As discussions around RWA, AI, and Decentralized Finance continue to heat up globally, the RWAiFi Summit 2025 has become an important platform for promoting AI innovation. This event once again highlights the industry's commitment to integrating cutting-edge technologies to unlock the future of decentralized finance.