Article Author: Lesean, MetaEra

Some say that understanding HashKey is like reading half of the history of cryptocurrency development in Hong Kong. From 2018 to 2025, a large market gradually expanded, bringing in waves of talent. Alongside HashKey, Anna has also built a team and became the CEO of HashKey Tokenisation. Strength, opportunity, courage, and perseverance are all indispensable.

Compliance and Innovation Complement Each Other

From law to business, Anna, who has been rooted in Hong Kong for 12 years, has a deep affection for this vibrant city. The internationalization and free spirit of Hong Kong provide her with greater development space, where Eastern and Western cultural traits are deeply integrated. The transition in her career has also brought changes to her thinking and life.

"From legal affairs to business, I have transformed from a guardian of rules to a promoter of innovation. My legal background allows me to pay more attention to risk control in business decisions, while my business role enables me to think about issues from a broader perspective, focusing more on strategic planning and resource integration. This transformation has broadened my thinking patterns and made me more flexible and pragmatic. From another perspective, compliance and innovation are not opposites; they are more like two sides of the same coin, complementing each other. We emphasize compliance as the baseline and aim to achieve commercial value by driving projects, continuously iterating our thinking in the process of innovation and practice, seeking new directions and motivations for development."

As a veteran member who joined HashKey Group in 2018, Anna has witnessed HashKey's growth. As the CEO of HashKey Tokenisation, while pursuing innovation, she also needs to further strengthen collaboration and cooperation with other departments.

Anna mentioned that HashKey Tokenisation is the tokenization service institution of HashKey Group, focusing on providing end-to-end tokenization comprehensive solutions for quality projects and assets, including business model refinement, token economic model design, guidance on the entire issuance structure, and technical platform support, creating more unique quality assets for Hong Kong and other regions.

"In the process of project advancement, we also seek collaboration with other businesses/departments within the group. HashKey Group has Hong Kong's largest licensed virtual asset exchange, HashKey Exchange, a global virtual asset exchange, HashKey Global, a global asset management institution, HashKey Capital, a compliant digital asset OTC service provider, HashKey OTC, and a leading Web3 infrastructure provider, HashKey Cloud. Additionally, HashKey Group has a rich on-chain ecosystem, having developed Ethereum L2 HashKey Chain and launched the HashKey ecosystem token HSK. We hope to provide users with a more trustworthy one-stop digital asset service through cross-business/department collaboration."

Balancing Strength and Flexibility to Seek Win-Win Solutions

"I believe that Web3 represents a brand new production relationship and value system. It breaks the information asymmetry brought by traditional centralized structures, allowing individuals to be not only recipients and creators of information but also owners of the information and its inherent value."

"As a woman, I feel that Web3 offers more opportunities for equality and autonomous creation, allowing me to exert my influence in a balanced, transparent, and fair environment. Choosing the Web3 industry is because we believe it can ultimately reshape the existing system and provide more people with open and transparent opportunities. Choosing HashKey Group is because it stands at the forefront of innovation as an industry pioneer, allowing me to work with like-minded partners to promote industry development. Although this process has its difficulties, it holds long-term value and shows me the possibility of changing the future."

Anna believes that female leaders in the Web3 industry have unique advantages: "Women possess unique strengths in innovation and exploration, such as stronger empathy, more nuanced insight, and resilience. These traits enable us to better understand the needs of all parties, not only internally but also including external clients. We focus not only on the integration of innovation and business models but also on balancing the interests of all parties, including social impact and the long-term value of the matter. This balance allows me to find unique value in the development of the entire situation, finding a balance in a complex environment, combining strength and flexibility, ultimately achieving a win-win situation."

In addition to empathy and a broad perspective, the most important factor is professional competence, which is key to gaining trust. "In our group, more and more women are emerging, showcasing strong professional strength and leadership. I am very happy to see more female power becoming a pillar. But I believe that gender is not the key determinant of leadership; core leadership still comes from vertical depth in expertise, horizontal breadth in perspective, and sufficient consideration of specific situational adaptability. Therefore, we still focus on results in team development, promoting collaborative growth."

The Gentle Power of Women

Women in high positions can never escape the balance between work and family, but in Anna, one can feel a sense of harmony and peace. She always believes in starting from her own feelings to find a comfortable state in work and life: "I fully engage in different environments, working efficiently, living mindfully, and focusing on the present. When working, I prioritize tasks and focus on priority management; on weekends or during leisure time, I try to accompany my family and enrich our shared experiences, such as participating in parent-child activities or hiking. This not only deepens my relationship with my family but also increases our shared memories. The harmonious family and parent-child relationships brought by high-quality companionship are things I am very proud of and are also the greatest support for my focus on work." She achieves a comfortable state with a calm and natural mindset and strong empathy, making everyone who interacts with her feel refreshed.

Perhaps this is the gentle power of women, where the stereotype of female leaders as 'tiger moms' in the family does not appear in Anna. She smiles and says, "Raising children? Not at all. It's more important to take care of myself than to push my children."