Velo Protocol ($VELO) lands on Binance Alpha! Partnering with giants like Visa, BlackRock, and others to lead the Web3 liquidity revolution in Asia @veloprotocol
A few days ago, Velo Protocol launched on Binance Alpha, and I was quite surprised that this old project from 2021 went live; for someone like me, an old investor, ancient projects = garbage.
Recently, I took a look at Velo's information, and it overturned my worldview. The idea that ancient projects = garbage may hold for most projects, but it doesn't apply to Velo; a similar project is INJ.
1. Top capital and industry giants' endorsement: Velo's ecological moat
I checked the latest information on Velo Protocol and found that as an old project, Velo has received capital support from many big names, including Visa, BlackRock, Paxos stablecoin, Solana Foundation, Charoen Pokphand Group, Uni-President Group, Dahua Sakura, HashKey, and others.
Let's take a look at Velo's global strategic partner matrix:
Visa × Lightnet: Upgrading the cross-border payment network, connecting fiat and crypto settlement channels;
BlackRock: Tokenizing its BUIDL fund through Securitize, empowering Velo's stablecoin USDV to provide compliant DeFi access for over 1 million users in Southeast Asia;
Paxos: Building a volatility-resistant settlement layer using the compliant stablecoin $USDL;
Solana Foundation: Providing blockchain settlement infrastructure for the Laos national gold asset project (Laos Gold);
Asian Consortium Alliance: Investment endorsements from Charoen Pokphand Group (CP), Uni-President Enterprises, UOB Venture, HashKey, etc., promoting the implementation of the real economy.
Velo has become a rare Web3 protocol that has received triple endorsements from traditional financial giants (BlackRock), payment leaders (Visa), and top public chains (Solana). Its RWA (real-world assets) strategy has entered a phase of large-scale explosion.
Currently, the only projects receiving investments from the three major financial giants are giants like ETH, BTC, and SOL; there are virtually no old projects from 2021 that can claim to do so.
Technical architecture: How does Velo reshape the Asian liquidity ecosystem?
Velo supports a trillion-dollar vision with four major technical layers, deeply integrating partners into each segment, and these ecological components are all well-known projects to us.
🔹 Settlement layer (stablecoin layer)
Velo PAYFAI: Optimizing cross-merchant transactions through AI, accelerating Asian merchant coverage with Visa's cooperative resources;
Velo Bridge Asset: Achieving second-level cross-border settlement based on Paxos stablecoin.
🔹 Liquidity layer (RWA + stablecoin aggregator)
PLG gold tokenization: Anchoring Laos gold assets on the Solana chain, opening up new RWA scenarios;
BlackRock BUIDL fund injection: Providing real asset reserves for the USDV stablecoin to leverage the Southeast Asian DeFi market.
🔹 Wallet layer (real economy access)
Orbit Super Wallet: Integrating merchant loyalty programs, with CP Group's retail network likely being one of the first landing scenarios.
🔹 Trading layer (open finance engine)
Multi-chain Perp liquidity aggregator: Supporting multi-chain assets like Solana to meet institutional trading needs.
Future outlook: From cross-border payments to a trillion-dollar RWA ecosystem
With the liquidity upgrade brought by Binance Alpha's launch, Velo is accelerating its pursuit of two major goals:
By 2026: Leveraging Visa's network to cover over 500,000 merchants in Asia, becoming the preferred protocol for on-chain financing for small and medium enterprises;
Vision for 2030: Building a trillion-dollar digital financial system through tokenization of RWA assets (gold, funds, commodities), establishing the position of "Asia's on-chain Wall Street."
Personal opinion: Velo's unique advantage lies in integrating BlackRock's asset side, Visa's payment side, Solana's technical side, and the business side of Southeast Asian consortiums into a unified value chain. Its ecological token $VELO may become the core value capture vehicle in the RWA track.
As an old project from 2021, there are really not many projects that can secure such substantial consortium financing and continue to operate. I personally bought a bit of VELO; I don't know if I can make money, but it's my little support for old projects!!!
