Interviewee: Jiva Kwan, Co-founder of SoSo Value

Interview: Techbullion



The digital asset management industry faces significant challenges in providing secure, efficient and user-friendly solutions for crypto investors. As the crypto market matures and grows in size, investors are increasingly demanding portfolio management and optimized investment strategies. Many existing solutions lack comprehensive functionality and are unable to meet the complex needs of both new and mature investors. Crypto investment research platform SoSoValue is actively addressing these issues with its innovative approach.

Through the latest artificial intelligence technology, SoSoValue aggregates large amounts of data and simplifies complex crypto-native information into intuitive investment insights. The comprehensive functions implemented by the platform, including automatic classification system, professional analysis tools and real-time data monitoring, make the platform stand out among a number of information platforms and win the support of a group of loyal users.

Recently, the company announced a $4.15 million seed round led by HongShan, with participation from GSR Markets, Alumni Ventures, CoinSummer Labs, OnePiece Labs, and Gitcoin co-founders, early Ethereum investors, and founders of top Web3 and AI technology companies. It is reported that this funding will accelerate the development of SoSoValue's AI-driven data services, expand its global research community, and further empower crypto investors.

In this exclusive interview, we invite Jiva Kwan, co-founder of SoSoValue, to discuss this innovative AI-driven research platform and how to use artificial intelligence technology to revolutionize crypto investment research and achieve the democratization of high-quality investment analysis capabilities in the digital asset field.

Institutional investors have better investment tools and data than retail investors, while crypto-native users lack understanding of traditional financial operations.

Techbullion: What inspired you to start the SoSoValue platform? How will SoSoValue revolutionize crypto investment research amid recent developments such as Bitcoin spot ETFs?

Jiva Kwan: ​​The inspiration and original intention of founding SoSoValue is to further popularize high-quality crypto investment research. Traditionally, institutional investors tend to have better investment tools and data analysis than retail investors. With the development of crypto markets such as Bitcoin spot ETFs, it is crucial to provide reliable market analysis insights to all investors. SoSoValue aims to bridge the gap between crypto-native and traditional finance, using AI to simplify complex data, making it easier for everyone, regardless of their economic background or region, to make informed decisions.

Techbullion: SoSoValue reached 1.2 million registered users within five months of launch. What contributed to this rapid growth and how does this reflect the effectiveness of the platform?

Jiva Kwan: ​​Our rapid growth can be attributed to clear product-market fit, meeting the need for accessible and comprehensive crypto data with a user-friendly interface and effective marketing strategy. The trust we built with early users was crucial. This success was further amplified when we launched the SoSoValue Bitcoin Spot ETF Dashboard, which helped crypto and traditional investors understand the impact of the Bitcoin ETF. Media exposure and positive market feedback also played an important role, reflecting the effectiveness of our platform in meeting investor needs.

Techbullion: SoSoValue was the first to launch a Bitcoin spot ETF dashboard feature. Can you explain how this feature works and what it means for institutional and retail investors?

Jiva Kwan: ​​Before the launch of the Bitcoin spot ETF, we noticed that crypto-native investors lacked understanding of traditional financial operations. Conversely, financial-native investors were equally confused about how cryptocurrency ETFs would affect the stock and crypto markets. Therefore, when the Bitcoin ETF was approved, we combined insights from the crypto and traditional financial fields and introduced indicators such as daily net inflows and outflows for spot ETFs. This indicator effectively measures the amount of funds that flow from traditional financial markets into the crypto market to buy Bitcoin every day, helping investors observe capital flows and market liquidity.

Based on this, we created the SoSoValue Bitcoin Spot ETF Dashboard feature to help users quickly understand the impact of Bitcoin ETFs and track key changes in ETF indicators. After the launch, we received enthusiastic feedback from the market, and many media such as BSCN and Foresight News cited our data. The wide exposure of the Bitcoin ETF dashboard also brought us a large number of high-quality users with high retention rates.

Techbullion: With the recent $4.15 million seed round led by HongShan and other notable investors, how do you plan to allocate these resources to enhance SoSoValue’s capabilities?

Jiva Kwan: ​​The $4.15 million raised in this round of financing will be mainly used to develop and iterate new AI products, build a global research community, and develop a global high-value user base. We fully understand and recognize that SoSoValue is making a long-term commitment that is closely related to the development of the entire industry. In addition to this round of financing, several SoSoValue co-founders have also pledged to use our early gains in the stock and cryptocurrency markets (nearly $10 million in funds) to support the long-term development and growth of the project. Our vision is to bring real value and make significant contributions to the growth of the cryptocurrency industry.

The main challenges faced by crypto investors include information overload, volatility, and the technicality of crypto assets. AI helps transform complex crypto-native information into intuitive investment insights.

Techbullion: SoSoValue aims to “transform complex crypto-native information into intuitive investment insights.” Can you elaborate on how your AI technology achieves this goal?

Jiva Kwan: ​​Our AI technology processes a large amount of crypto data, including market trends, on-chain data, and social sentiment. This data is analyzed and interpreted using machine learning algorithms and presented in an intuitive way. We use large language models to classify, tag, translate, and summarize information with high accuracy. This enables investors to quickly find relevant insights and stay abreast of key changes. The SoSoValue News Bot, which we are investing in, is powered by AI and pushes these updates directly to users.

Techbullion: The SoSoValue platform includes features such as multi-metric comparison, real-time charts, and on-chain tracking. How do these tools specifically address the challenges facing crypto investors?

Jiva Kwan: ​​These tools are designed to address the main challenges facing crypto investors: information overload, volatility, and the technical nature of crypto assets. Multi-metric comparison allows users to evaluate assets based on multiple factors at the same time, real-time charts provide the latest data to track market movements, and on-chain tracking provides transparency into actual transactions and activities on the blockchain. These features combined provide a comprehensive perspective to support better decision-making.

Our product-market fit (PMF) was demonstrated when we launched the SoSoValue Bitcoin Spot ETF Dashboard. The dashboard has received enthusiastic market feedback and media citations for helping users track key metrics by bridging the gap between traditional finance and understanding of crypto impact. The success of the Bitcoin Dashboard demonstrates our commitment to providing insightful tools to investors.

Techbullion: SoSoValue is developing AI-driven personalized update bots, how will these bots enhance the user experience?

Jiva Kwan: ​​AI-powered Telegram bots will provide personalized updates based on the user’s preferences and interests. This includes real-time alerts on major market moves, personalized news feeds, and customized investment insights. By integrating these bots, we enable users to easily access information and make timely decisions without having to constantly monitor the market themselves.

SoSoValue uses large language models (LLM) to filter, classify, tag, translate and summarize large amounts of information from thousands of web crawlers. We remove meaningless information and classify and tag the remaining information to specific cryptocurrencies with 95% accuracy, allowing investors to quickly find relevant information or access it through APIs. In addition, our internal AI model is able to identify abnormal fluctuations and key changes in on-chain and off-chain data, and immediately push updates to users. You can experience the function of SoSoValue News Bot on Telegram.

In the current crypto market where information is complex and lacks transparency, the “right to be seen” has become a new equal demand.

Techbullion: You mentioned plans to support researchers who share independent insights. How does this initiative align with SoSoValue’s mission of information equality?

Jiva Kwan: ​​Supporting independent researchers aligns with our mission of information equality, ensuring that all users have access to diverse perspectives and insights. In December 2023, our Researcher Scholarship S1 attracted nearly 200 high-quality research reports and was recognized by KOLs (market opinion leaders) such as VicTALK and Cryptobaby, increasing SoSoValue's visibility. By incentivizing and highlighting independent research, we improve the quality of investment insights and enable investors to make more balanced decisions. This initiative promotes a decentralized research ecosystem, empowering talented and reputable researchers while creating an inclusive and comprehensive information platform that democratizes access to high-quality crypto data for everyone.

Techbullion: Can you tell us more about your collaborations, such as the one with SafePal, and how these benefit your users?

Jiva Kwan: ​​Our collaboration with SafePal demonstrates SoSoValue's commitment to improving user experience through strategic partnerships. We have integrated SoSoValue's AI voice daily broadcast, crypto aggregate information flow, and market price fluctuation alerts into the SafePal platform to help users gain value insights and enrich their in-app user experience. At the same time, SafePal's user base of more than 20 million in nearly 200 countries has expanded our influence and verified the practicality of our AI-driven insights.

In addition, SoSoValue also cooperates with leading crypto media such as BSCN to provide real-time, accurate and actionable data for crypto investors. For example, our AI agent robot can provide personalized crypto news and customized data to the target audience of each media partner, enhancing user engagement and the overall news acquisition experience. The customizable vertical AI agents provided by SoSoValue also greatly improve the effectiveness of the trading strategies of hedge funds and institutional partners.

Collectively, these partnerships help SoSoValue build a comprehensive and dynamic ecosystem that enables users to navigate and excel in the rapidly changing crypto landscape.

Techbullion: Looking ahead, how does SoSoValue plan to adapt its products to meet the needs of the next billion investors entering crypto asset allocation?

Jiva Kwan: ​​SoSoValue will always be investor-centric and committed to making the cryptocurrency investment environment more transparent and fair. In the current crypto market with complex information and lack of transparency, the "right to be seen" has become a new equal demand. Every outstanding researcher, cryptocurrency and project should have the opportunity to be fairly displayed and recognized.

We plan to foster a thriving global research community by providing free data, charting tools, and other key resources and incentives. In addition, we will hold two "researcher competitions" each year to cultivate a high-quality, unbiased cryptocurrency research ecosystem.

At the same time, we will continue to develop a unified information service platform to bridge the gap between crypto-native and traditional investors. SoSoValue has an interdisciplinary team that continues to innovate, using AI technology, ETF development opportunities and rapid iteration of functions to meet the needs of crypto investors. At the same time, the platform's Dex function provides real-time on-chain transaction information, and we will continue to improve it to optimize the data dashboard. The ultimate goal is to achieve the best product-market fit (PMF) and establish SoSoValue as a central hub for crypto investment research.

Overall, SoSoValue aims to promote greater transparency and equality in the cryptocurrency market, ensuring that valuable insights and new projects have equal opportunities to be "heard and seen" on our platform, thereby having a positive impact on the entire crypto ecosystem.