The community voting for Taiwan’s 30 Most Influential People in Blockchain (Tempo 30 Award), which is released every year on New Year’s Day, is in full swing. The final voting time will be extended to December 27th. Come and vote for the most outstanding contributors in your heart. Vote for Web3 Leaders. (Previous summary: The list is out! Taiwan Blockchain (the 30 most influential people): 2024 market forecast, Web3 trend analysis) (Background supplement: The Financial Supervisory Commission will launch "Bitcoin custody in banks" for the first time! It is expected to be piloted in Q1 next year , 3 industry players enter the game) The most important gift given to Taiwan’s blockchain industry by the zone every year, the community voting for the annual selection of the 30 most influential people (Tempo 30 Award) will officially end this Friday (12/27), seize the last opportunity Come and vote for the most influential Web3 leader you think this year! We will announce two lists of "Industry Leaders" and "Community KOL" on New Year's Day 2025, and invite these important leaders and readers to share their key market predictions and Web3 trend observations for 2025. This article will quickly give you a glimpse of who are the highlights on this year’s list and what profound impact they have brought to the industry? Han Kunju – Head of the Taiwan Mobile New Exchange. In July this year, the Financial Supervisory Commission approved "Fu Sheng Digital Co., Ltd." headed by Lin Zhichen, general manager of Taiwan Mobile Group and chairman of the original AppWorks accelerator. Became the 26th VASP operator to complete the anti-drug law compliance statement. Luke Han, who was selected for the (Tempo 30 Award) this year, is the person in charge of Taiwan Mobile’s Web3 business. Looking at Han Kunju's resume, he has worked for eBay, PChome, Sino-Fung Bank, and CITIC Commercial Bank, and has many years of experience in the e-commerce and banking fields. In 2015, he returned to PChome System and served as the Chief Operating Officer of Paifu International. He was promoted to CEO in 2021. During his tenure, he led the upgrade of Pi wallet functions such as integrated payment connection and slow payment. He has considerable experience in financial innovation applications. It is expected that under the leadership of Han Kunju, the new exchange can make full use of the rich resources of Taiwan Mobile to bring more development and applications to the local cryptocurrency industry. Vote for Han Kun to be elected to the list of the 30 Most Influential People of the Year. Winston Xiao - Vice Chairman of the Taiwan Virtual Currency Association. An important milestone in the Web3 industry this year is that the Taiwan Virtual Asset Platform and Trading Business Association (Virtual Currency Association for short) ) was formally established on June 13 and has become an important communication bridge between industry and government. The first task after the establishment of the association is to formulate (self-regulatory regulations), properly implement the classification and classification management of industry players, and create an upstream and downstream industry chain and ecosystem. While taking care of the interests of industry players and industrial development, it also meets government expectations and protects consumers. rights and interests. Xiao Huizong, as the convener of the guild's preparatory group and current vice chairman of the guild, has played an important role in promoting the completion of this milestone. March 25, 2024: The Ministry of the Interior issued a letter to Lianke Co., Ltd. (the founder represented Xiao Huizong), approving the formation of a virtual currency association in accordance with the law. April 9, 2024: The preparatory group held its last regular meeting and the official handover preparatory meeting. April 26, 2024: The sponsors and the first preparatory meeting were held, and 11 preparatory committee members were elected, with Xiao Huizong of Lianke Co., Ltd. serving as the chairman. May 17, 2024: The second preparatory meeting was held to determine the association (draft charter). May 27, 2024: The third preparatory meeting was held to determine the (member list) and (member representative list). A total of 24 companies applied to join as members. On the same day, a closed-door political meeting for the guild election was held. June 13, 2024: The Virtual Currency Business Association of the Republic of China held the first first membership meeting (founding meeting) and the first first joint meeting of directors and supervisors. Vote for Xiao Huizong's inclusion in the list of the 30 Most Influential People of the Year, Science and Technology Legislator Ge Rujun (Dr. Bao). Ge Rujun will serve as a non-district legislator in 2024 and actively promote the regulation of Taiwan's cryptocurrency industry in the Legislative Yuan. Including questioning on issues such as Bitcoin spot ETF re-entrustment, stable currency regulations, Bitcoin tax payment, and industrial innovation and revitalization. Ge Rujun also actively promotes exchanges between Taiwan and the world. He participated in the World App World Day event to jointly promote the Proof of Human (PoH) vision of collaboratively combating fraud, preventing fraud, and promoting digital democracy in the AI ​​era. He was also invited to WebX, one of the largest Web3 events in Japan, to talk with financial institutions from various countries and explain the current status of Taiwan's Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASP) Association in terms of money laundering prevention and self-discipline. In general, Ge Rujun made important contributions to the development of blockchain and Web3 in Taiwan through legislation, education, and industry promotion in 2024. Vote for Ge Rujun to be selected into the list of the 30 Most Influential People of the Year Qiu Jun – Co-founder of Zeus Network Zeus Network is a cross-chain protocol between Bitcoin and Solana developed by a Taiwanese team. The mission is to bring BTC into the Solana world. , combining the speed of Solana with the security of Bitcoin. Founder Qiu Jun once said: Zeus Network’s vision is to give BTC millisecond-level transaction speeds, build a BTC-based DeFi ecosystem on Solana, and create a financial protocol with billion-level traffic. The project has successfully received support from well-known angel investors including Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko, Mechanism Capital founder Andrew Kang and Stacks (currently the largest L2 in Bitcoin) co-founder Muneeb Ali, and successfully closed with 1 With a valuation of US$8 million, it received US$8 million in financing, led by Mechanism Capital, with participation from OKX Venture, Anagram, Portal Venture, etc. It is one of the few projects in Taiwan with the potential to challenge the influence of the International Cup. Vote for Qiu Jun to be selected into the list of (the 30 most influential people of the year) Chen Meihui – Outstanding Contribution Memorial Award Chen Meihui joined XREX in 2024 as the chief blockchain financial crime investigator, working with information security, anti-money laundering, wallets, customer service, etc. Departments collaborate to analyze and investigate suspicious transactions and illegal activities, and have published (XREX analysis of the cash flow on the chain of Taiwan version Room N "Creative Private Room": Who is the person profiting from the sexual exploitation of children?). She also collaborates with judicial institutions on public and private matters, contributing her expertise in technology and on-chain analytics. On December 4, 2024, Chen Meihui unfortunately passed away in a major traffic accident. After his death, the Criminal Police Department held a press conference to explain the successful seizure of 9.3 billion cryptocurrency stolen money from the fraud group, and thanked Chen Meihui for providing technical guidance to the task force with her professional knowledge...