Gate’s CEO shared his perspective on Web3 at WebX 2025

Gate founder and CEO Dr. Han delivered a keynote at #WebX2025 in Tokyo, highlighting the evolving roles of decentralized exchanges and centralized exchanges in Web3’s growth. His remarks focused on long-term user adoption, the parallel development of market structures, and the integration of security and compliance.

Dr. Han highlighted that cryptocurrency adoption has surged from around 1 million users in 2013 to nearly 700 million in 2025, representing about 10% of the global population. He noted that adoption rates range from 10% to 27% across developed and emerging markets - substantial yet uneven. This growth, he explained, is driven by diverse new use cases beyond speculation, including financial inclusion.

From a macroeconomic perspective, he stressed that cryptocurrency has matured into a distinctive and important asset class. Between 2013 and 2025, global assets shifted, with digital assets and technology companies outpacing traditional stores of value like gold and silver. Alongside crypto’s rapid rise since 2020, firms such as Microsoft and Nvidia have also recorded major gains in market capitalization.

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