Da Nang · OKX New Year's Eve Dinner: Guests Gather to Unveil the New Year Chapter

In Da Nang, where even the sea breeze is warm, mountains embrace the sea, and the starry sky hangs low. Guests stroll in small groups along the sandy shore, where the gentle waves caress the sand, blending conversations and laughter into the melody of the night. The tranquility and inclusiveness of this city harmonize people with nature and resonate thoughts with the future. Accompanied by laughter and joy, the "OKX New Year's Eve Dinner" successfully concluded on January 15, marking a profound dialogue to usher in the new year.

The "OKX New Year's Eve Dinner" event was meticulously designed, integrating keynote speeches, roundtable forums, fun games, culinary explorations, unique activities, Builder appreciation and awards, excellent node representative sharing, and a high-end dinner, providing a comprehensive platform for industry elites to communicate and collide ideas. The event not only invited a hundred industry builders and dozens of media guests but also received generous sponsorship from partners such as Movement, IoTex, MemeCore, Solv, and WHY, promoting profound dialogue and cooperation in the crypto industry regarding technological innovation and ecological construction.

During the event, OKX CEO Star made a special appearance via video connection and delivered an impromptu speech. Star reflected on the shortcomings and improvements of OKX products, emphasized the importance of the crypto industry as a technology-driven innovation field, and called for breaking the derogatory label of "crypto circle." He pointed out that there is no essential difference between the crypto industry and other technology sectors like the "automobile industry," and all practitioners should hold themselves to high standards, break industry biases, and promote development towards technological innovation and economic empowerment. He believes that Crypto and AI are seen as the core driving forces of global business technology development in the next decade, and the technological value of the industry should receive due recognition.

When discussing the future of OKX, Star candidly addressed the company's shortcomings in areas such as Token Listing. He stated that OKX has always maintained a highly cautious asset listing standard to avoid excessive aggressiveness and short-term behavior, striving to select the highest quality assets for users. Although this strategy has sparked controversy in the market, Star believes that this restraint helps ensure the long-term health and stable development of the industry. He further elaborated that OKX aims to inject sustainable value into the industry while demonstrating its commitment to compliance and technological innovation to the market. Additionally, Star excitedly previewed the upcoming launch of new products by OKX, hoping to integrate them into the daily lives of global users and achieve more technological innovations.

OKX Web3 Product Director Aaron delivered a profound speech on the future development of Web3, sharing OKX's rapid progress and future vision in this field. Aaron clearly stated that OKX firmly believes self-custody is the future of Web3 and will strive to build an industry-leading ecosystem. Meanwhile, the OKX Web3 wallet will always stay closely connected with users, listening to their voices and responding quickly to meet their changing needs.

Looking back, Aaron expressed that OKX Web3 hopes to become a fair hotspot platform and "the gateway to Web3 for players." To achieve this, he aimed to first become a pro player, experiencing various popular directions and projects: developing multi-chain and multi-account during the airdrop season, building an inscription market during the popularity of inscriptions, laying out the TG mini app and OKX Connect during the boom of TON, and upgrading the market section and DEX order placement tool when the Meme season arrived.

Aaron emphasized that OKX Web3 is not just about building products but also about shaping the standards of the Web3 industry. OKX will focus on three major directions: DEX, wallets, and ecosystems, striving to create an industry-leading user experience and enabling more Web2 users to smoothly enter the Web3 world through low-threshold wallets. Through continuous innovation and breakthroughs, OKX Web3 is moving towards becoming a core platform in the global crypto industry, further promoting the widespread application of blockchain technology and the crypto economy.

OKX CeFi Product Director Ryan conducted an in-depth review of OKX's achievements over the past year and looked ahead to future strategic planning. Ryan detailed several innovative features that OKX CeFi plans to launch in 2024, including candlestick trading, advanced take-profit and stop-loss, contract analysis, and smart strategies, marking the platform's continuous progress in improving trading accuracy, user convenience, and strategy flexibility.

Looking ahead to 2025, Ryan revealed that OKX will introduce a series of innovative features to further promote the technological upgrade and user experience of CeFi products. The planning of new features includes content products that can automatically aggregate news and social media channels, as well as combining grid and arbitrage products with financial product yields, aiming to enhance platform efficiency, lower user trading thresholds, while also increasing profit opportunities and risk management capabilities. These forward-looking measures not only reflect OKX's keen insight into industry development but also inject strong momentum into the future development of the CeFi sector.

At this annual gala, OKX also presented several awards, covering areas such as "2024 Best Builder," "2024 Outstanding Contributor in the Industry," "2024 Outstanding Contributor in the Community," "2024 Outstanding KOL in Web3," "2024 Influential Figure in Web3," "2024 Most Influential Community," "2024 Pioneer in the Crypto Industry," "2024 Best Media Partner," and "2024 Best Ecosystem Partner." These honors not only affirm the outstanding achievements of the awardees but also profoundly reflect their key roles in the diversification, innovation, and sustainable development of the crypto industry ecosystem.

Each awardee is a practitioner of innovation in the crypto industry, driving the continuous evolution of the industry with their wisdom and actions. These awards witness individual excellence and embody the core values of Web3. OKX will continue to work closely with these excellent media, ecosystem partners, and industry talents to promote the healthy development of the global crypto industry, shaping a more transparent, fair, and sustainable future for digital assets.

As centralized exchanges gradually integrate deeply with the Web3 ecosystem, we witness a fundamental transformation from asset trading to on-chain ecological participation. Future competition will no longer be an isolated technological race but a collective effort to shape a more transparent, open, and symbiotic digital world. In this Web3 process, OKX is not only continuously leading innovation but also building a new consensus, defining the experience of the next generation of crypto users. This is not just a vision of a platform but a philosophical sedimentation for the future crypto ecosystem—a world centered on trust, cooperation, and sharing is quietly taking shape.

Looking back in Da Nang, we salute the future. "Next year, when we meet again, I hope everyone can tell even more exciting stories."