On New Year's Day of 2025, Dongqu District solemnly presents to you the list of the 30 most influential people in Taiwan's blockchain industry. The shortlisted leaders are invited to share their "forecasts and trend observations this year" to provide market forecasts and Web3 trends for 2025 to investors, industry professionals, and policymakers... (Previous summary: The official website of Taiwan’s 30 Most Influential People of the Year is officially launched, and community nominations and voting are in progress) 2024 is a fruitful year for the global blockchain industry, and the market welcomes Bitcoin spot ETFs Listing, BTC’s fourth halving, meme coin craze, Trump’s expected change in fully relaxing encryption regulations... With multiple help, Bitcoin continues to hit record highs, once exceeding $108,000. While the whole world is paying attention to cryptocurrency, Taiwan's blockchain industry, which has a solid technical foundation and a strong community, continues to show its profound development capabilities and leadership to the world. The annual Tempo 30 Award, entering its seventh year, is the most important gift given to the blockchain industry by the Zone on New Year’s Day every year. It aims to recognize this group of influential people for their contribution to Taiwan’s Web3 ecosystem every year. Outstanding contribution is an important indicator that promotes communication, cooperation and innovation within the industry. The biggest highlight this year was the introduction of a community voting mechanism for the first time. During the event, more than 200 candidates were nominated, attracting nearly 9,000 users to enthusiastically participate in voting. Finally, after strict selection by 20 industry experts and the dynamic zone content team, 60 leaders who have made outstanding contributions in the fields of Web3 applications, corporate innovation, NFT, ecological investment, policy promotion and community influence (divided into industrial impact (two lists of KOLs and community KOLs), and invited them to share their key market predictions and Web3 trend observations in 2025. At the same time, we have also updated the 2024 Q4 version (Taiwan Blockchain Industry Map) to provide readers with the most comprehensive and convenient industry database, instantly tracking the current status of more than 200 Web3 companies, 11 popular tracks, and cryptocurrency supervision Latest news. I hope that (Tempo 30 Award) and (Blockchain Industry Map) can help you quickly grasp the latest market trends and opportunities in the new year, and let us continue BUIDL & HODL together. Statement: The annual selection of influential figures in the dynamic zone is based on the person's achievements, deeds, mass influence, and industry impact in the past year. The following rankings are not ranked. However, the currency market is constantly changing, and the dynamic zone can only ensure the positive influence of the person in the past and even now, but it does not guarantee the future performance or behavior of the people selected on this list, nor does it constitute investment advice. Commemorative Award for Outstanding Contribution to the List of Industry Leaders and Influential People – Chen Meihui/XREX Chief Blockchain Financial Crime Investigator Chen Meihui joined the Civilian Judicial Reform Foundation in 2013. During his ten years of service, he initially dealt with household care, and later handled the Cambodian population. He has dealt with cases related to trafficking and cryptocurrency investment fraud, independently learned blockchain knowledge and accumulated a lot of experience in cooperating with prosecutors and police. She joined XREX in 2024 as the chief blockchain financial crime investigator, collaborating with multiple departments such as information security, anti-money laundering, wallets, and customer service to analyze and investigate suspicious transactions and illegal behaviors. 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 and playing a key role in the process. After many discussions with XREX, we decided to issue a special "Excellent Contribution Memorial Award" in this list to record her dedication to the blockchain industry and persistence in social justice. ＿Evan Cheng / Sui co-founder, CEO of Mysten Labs The public chain Sui mainnet was launched in early May 2023. The native token $SUI has soared to a maximum of $4.6 this year and is currently among the 15th largest cryptocurrency. The Sui ecosystem continues to develop this year, covering various types such as DEX, lending, liquidity staking, and derivatives. Evan 2025 predictions and observations: The vision of Web3 is to create solutions to various problems in a decentralized manner. We can no longer go back to the past and solve problems in a human-centered manner. ＿ Ge Rujun / Legislator Actively supports the promotion of the association and self-regulation of Taiwan’s cryptocurrency industry, including questioning Bitcoin ETF re-commissioning, stable currency regulations, Bitcoin strategic reserves and other issues, and leading the push for amendments to the (Electronic Signature Law). Promote international exchanges: Participate in the World App World Day event to promote the vision of Proof of Human (PoH) to collaboratively combat fraud, prevent fraud and promote digital democracy in the AI ​​era; be invited to WebX, one of the largest Web3 events in Japan, to interact with financial institutions from various countries The talk explained the current status of prevention and self-discipline of the Taiwan VASP Association; and also invited Adam Back, the godfather of Bitcoin, to the Legislative Yuan for exchanges. In the future, we plan to promote the "Draft Amendment to the Information Security Management Law" and the "Artificial Intelligence Basic Law" in the Legislative Yuan to promote the development of the Web3 digital economy. Ge Rujun 2025 Forecasts and Observations The main theme of the bull-bear alternation remains the same, but due to the new climate of U.S. technology and economy, it may cause Bitcoin to move from an alternative to the mainstream, and users will return from the industry to the terminal; artificial intelligence will continue to advance and eventually It will make people realize that digital, intelligence, and economy are one and the same, let alone three bodies. They will surely converge and fly to Mars together_ Zheng Guangtai/The first chairman of the Taiwan Virtual Currency Association and the founder of the Cointo Group served as the "Republic of China Virtual Currency" The first chairman of the Currency Business Association, he is committed to promoting the formulation and implementation of industry standards. Bito and Lanxin Financial Company, which has 300,000 merchants, launched the cryptocurrency payment service BitoPay. Bito independently developed an NFC physical cold wallet to enhance the security of user assets. Zheng Guangtai 2025 Predictions and Observations Bito has always adhered to the spirit of "solving problems with technology", and blockchain technology is the key to helping Web2 companies cope with transformation challenges. We predict that by 2025, blockchain technology will be more widely used in fields such as finance, supply chain management, and digital identity verification. Among them, I am also optimistic that RWA (Real World Assets) will solve the problem of physical assets (such as real estate and artworks). ) problems such as low liquidity, low transparency, and poor transaction efficiency. As more countries gradually establish regulatory frameworks for digital assets, we are happy to see more players who are willing to implement compliance and focus on innovative development to join the market, bringing more energy to Taiwan's blockchain industry. It is expected that in 2025, the public discussion of digital currency will no longer be limited to fraud issues, but will focus on the convenience and efficiency brought by its open application. ＿Liu Shiwei/Founder and CEO of MaiCoin Group MaiCoin Group provides virtual currency trading and blockchain technology services. It is now the only virtual currency trading group in Taiwan with an independent blockchain technology company. Its brands include MaiCoin Digital Assets...

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