Winners of the 30 Most Influential People in Blockchain

Shen Ronggeng: Co-founder and CEO of MetaCRM

Contributions to the industry in the past year:

  • Rapid growth in international business: More than 80 partners globally, including several well-known projects such as Curve Finance, Swell, Mantle, etc., with a Total Value Locked (TVL) exceeding $8.5 billion, spanning different application protocols like DeFi, Layer 2, and RWA.

  • Official support from blockchain foundations: Successfully obtained funding from ecosystems such as Arbitrum, Solana, and Aptos, becoming the only officially certified Web3 CRM solution in these ecosystems.

  • Successfully integrated over 2 million pieces of digital data combining Web2 and Web3, perfectly merging on-chain and off-chain data into more valuable data analysis models.

  • To address the operational challenges of blockchain projects, we expanded our product line to create four product modules that support various services required by clients in different domains, including data analysis, customer data, marketing solutions, community management services for Discord and Telegram, KOL traffic analysis, etc. Currently, we support 18 Layer 1 and Layer 2 public chains, with plans to complete 30 by the end of the year.

How do you view the development in 2025?

Q1: What are you most looking forward to seeing in the Web3 industry in 2025?

For the Web3 industry in 2025, I am looking forward to explosive growth in several sectors:

  1. RWA tokenization of real-world assets: Especially driven by traditional financial institutions like BlackRock, this trend has made traditionally illiquid assets easier to obtain and trade. More and more ways to digitize physical assets such as real estate, art, and commodities are emerging, which not only increases asset liquidity but also reduces transaction costs.

  2. Web3 games and DePin (Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks) are becoming more widespread: It is expected that through innovative economic models, the asset ownership of gamers and the user behavior ownership of communities will further drive mainstream adoption, such as Sony's public chain, Line's public chain, and SocialFi.

  3. The large-scale growth of DeFi: For example, Aave introduced AI risk assessment tools that significantly reduced bad debt situations and increased the confidence of institutional investors. The enhancement of cross-chain interoperability has also facilitated the seamless transfer of assets between different blockchain networks, further expanding the scope and market potential of DeFi.

  4. More Web2 companies and brands are entering the Web3 space, whether it's establishing stores in the metaverse, NFT (non-fungible token) membership cards, blockchain payments, etc.

  5. More public chains are emerging, especially those that come with built-in traffic.

  6. The combination of AI and blockchain.

Q2: From your professional perspective, what do you think will be the most important trend in the blockchain industry in 2025? What insights and observations do you have?

Based on the above six points, I believe the common trend is that as more user behaviors, interactions, and information are recorded on-chain, on-chain information will gradually become the next generation's Cookie. More and more companies and industries will need to start analyzing and utilizing this new Cookie. Therefore, data tools for businesses based on blockchain will also flourish.

Q3: Are there any interesting plans or products in 2025 that you can share?

MetaCRM will launch an enterprise-level customer system that combines blockchain and AI, allowing clients to easily utilize blockchain payments, precise blockchain marketing, automated AI customer service, blockchain remarketing, and cross-chain optimization. This can serve any company looking to use blockchain to attract new users and create new revenue.

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