The RWAiFi Summit 2025 Dubai Conference has successfully concluded, focusing on the future development of AI, RWA, and Decentralized Finance.

The RWAiFi Summit 2025 was successfully held on April 30 during Token2049 in Dubai. The summit attracted over 1,900 registrants and more than 400 attendees, gathering 17 top projects, including OpenLedger, Sahara AI, Aethir, Solv, and others. Many well-known investment institutions such as Hack VC, Spartan Group, Animoca Brands also participated, discussing the future development trends of AI, RWA, and Decentralized Finance with global AI experts and financial innovators.

The summit featured 4 core roundtable discussions that delved into cutting-edge industry topics. Here are some highlights of the remarkable insights and perspectives shared by some guests:

Roundtable Discussion 1: AiFi: On-chain Finance and Real Returns

Host: Keira (MH Venture Portfolio Manager)

Guest Opinion:

• Kony pointed out that in the era of AI, the real profits mainly flow to underlying computing power assets. They are promoting the financialization and tokenization of these computing assets, allowing investors to directly participate and share in the profits.

• Kartik stated that in their computing power market, which is based on computing resources as collateral, the actual income generated from users renting GPUs will be proportionally distributed to participants, providing sustainable and low-cost support for projects that require economic security.

• Felix emphasizes that "composability" is the key for crypto systems to surpass traditional centralized models. They facilitate the free combination of new types of assets and protocols through modular financial and incentive components, helping Real World Assets (RWA) and computing resources to collaborate efficiently and accelerate implementation in the Web3 ecosystem.

• Seb pointed out that they have built a "pay-per-use" mechanism to ensure that every party in the ecosystem participates based on real demand, thereby forming a sustainable computing power network driven by enterprise customers with an on-chain revenue closed loop.

Roundtable Discussion 2: Unlocking RWA Value: The Innovative Path of On-Chain Assets

Host: Johanna (IDG Capital Web3 Investment)

Guest Opinion:

• Jeremy proposed that they have launched a stable asset backed by U.S. Treasury yields, with plans to further expand to emerging market users and to provide access to high-quality dollar assets through crypto wallets.

• Jing pointed out that now is the best time to engage in RWA, as global regulations are forming a critical framework period. The industry should actively participate in shaping the financial rules for the next five to ten years. A product they recently launched even received Sharia compliance certification from Saudi Arabia.

• Jack emphasized that now is the golden period for bringing various new assets on-chain. He hopes that the future of the crypto market can transform into a "democratized capital market," promoting the integration of public and private markets and breaking down investment barriers.

Round Table Discussion 3: DeFi Liquidity and RWA Value: New Opportunities in On-Chain Finance

Host: Lionel Pek (Spartan Group Executive Director)

Guest Insights:

• Ivan pointed out that compared to traditional markets, the "cost of capital utilization" in DeFi is more flexible. They support stablecoins as pre-deposited assets, helping users hedge against ETH volatility risks, thereby reducing overall capital costs.

• Martin calls for the industry to promote a unified risk control and asset pricing system, and to support cross-asset and cross-chain collateral and liquidity mechanisms, in order to drive the capital release and scaling of RWA.

• Omar emphasized that DeFi liquidity can essentially be seen as a "new form of venture capital" that can activate those high-potential underlying assets that have not yet been fully discovered and financed.

Roundtable Discussion 4: AI Ecosystem: Building a True Foundation for the Future

Host: Mackenzie (Animoca Brands Portfolio Manager)

Guest Opinion:

• Katerina stated that they focus on addressing the issue of large centralized companies dominating the current AI industry and the lack of rewards for data contributors, aiming to break the status quo of "silent contribution" and enable developers, small teams, and individual users to fairly participate in the value distribution of the AI lifecycle.

• Lei Lei pointed out that blockchain and smart contracts can introduce governance and audit mechanisms for AI systems, making the behavior of AI agents more controllable, traceable, and verifiable, but it is necessary to find a balance between the verifiability of model training data and user privacy.

• Christian emphasized that blockchain inherently possesses the advantages of "open participation" and "economic accessibility," allowing individual users or non-institutional investors to participate in AI-related protocols and projects earlier and share in the economic benefits brought by technological growth.

As discussions around RWA, AI, and DeFi continue to heat up globally, the RWAiFi Summit 2025 has become an important platform for driving AI innovation. This event once again highlights the industry's commitment to combining cutting-edge technologies to unlock the future of Decentralized Finance.