HONG KONG | February 11, 2026 —— Consensus Hong Kong 2026 officially opened at the Wan Chai Convention and Exhibition Centre. As one of the most anticipated VIP sessions of the summit, the "RWA 2026 Consensus Hong Kong," co-hosted by CITIC International Auction Co., Ltd. and Hong Kong Real Assets Ltd., successfully concluded this afternoon.

The summit convened nearly a hundred industry leaders and technical experts to explore the digital evolution of Real-World Assets (RWA). Eugene Xiao, Chairman of the Global Digital Identity Alliance (DID Alliance) and Founder of the Asia-Pacific Innovation Center (APIC), delivered a keynote speech titled "DID: The Global Pass for Real-World Assets Entering the Digital World." He provided an in-depth deconstruction of the institutional logic behind DID protocols as the foundational settlement layer for a trillion-dollar asset market.

Infrastructure Reconstruction: Breaking the "Trust Blind Spots" in RWA Scaling

Eugene began his speech with a critical reflection on the quality of current RWA market growth. He noted that while RWA asset volumes have exploded over the past two years, the industry remains trapped by three systemic bottlenecks: "unverifiable identity, blurred ownership attribution, and prohibitive cross-jurisdictional compliance friction." These issues have left institutional capital hesitating on the sidelines, preventing the formation of large-scale, cross-chain liquidity pools.

"The current RWA market still grapples with the remnants of 'Digital Feudalism,'" Eugene observed. "Users and institutions contribute value, yet the control and verification rights over assets remain pledged to a few intermediaries. If RWA stays as a mere 'shadow mapping' of legal rights without programmable, verifiable identity anchors, these assets will forever be confined to 'information islands' lacking consensus. The intervention of the DID Alliance is essentially pre-installing a 'Logical Constitution' within the digital space for every real-world asset entering Web3, ensuring undisputed legal and technical weight at every node of circulation."

He further emphasized that DID is more than a technical protocol; it is a process of reshaping the "Trust Anchor": "We must achieve the unification of ownership, disposal, and revenue rights at the mathematical level. Only then can RWA leap from simple 'debt tokenization' to true 'asset sovereignty.'"

Asset Activation: Four Operational Variables Driven by DID

Addressing the technical implementation and scenario expansion discussed at the summit, Eugene detailed how the DID Alliance utilizes Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKP) and Verifiable Credentials (VC) to complete compliance validation under strict privacy isolation. He argued that DID’s drive for RWA is primarily manifested through the activation of four core variables:

  • Cryptographic Ownership and Unique Mapping: Eugene pointed out that establishing an identical mapping between physical assets, proof of ownership, and responsible entities via DID is the industry baseline. "This multi-lock mechanism fundamentally eliminates the risk of double-pledging across chains. We need a 'Trust Premium' that gives on-chain asset scarcity a bank-grade technical endorsement."
  • Millisecond Real-Time Settlement Engine: Regarding liquidity, Eugene stated: "By coupling with the decentralized financial infrastructure, we are compressing cross-border asset settlement cycles from days to milliseconds. This leap in efficiency shatters the time-lag barriers between traditional finance and crypto markets. In 2026, if an RWA transaction cannot achieve 24/7 global real-time value exchange, it loses its meaning of tokenization."
  • Decentralized Governance and Revenue Distribution: Eugene dismantled the identity-driven governance loop: "Token holders can participate in dividend decisions based on their DID reputation weight. Through smart contracts, we significantly reduce human intervention risks in traditional governance, ensuring 'Algorithmic Fairness' in distribution. This means assets are no longer static, but living entities with self-governance capabilities."
  • Global Jurisdictional Adaptation: "The DID protocol has a built-in programmable compliance module," Eugene explained. "It dynamically adjusts verification thresholds according to changes in local laws. This flexibility is the only viable path for attracting global compliant capital into Web3. We are providing global investors with a deterministic, borderless settlement channel."

Strategic Vision: 2026 Global Evolution and Sovereign Reversion

Eugene revealed that the DID Alliance is accelerating the deployment of its global collaboration hubs. He mentioned that the alliance has successfully assisted several sovereign-level entities in mapping population databases to the chain—not just as an experiment in digital governance, but as a way to build "Trust Capillaries" with real credit backing for global finance.

Concluding his speech, Eugene offered a clear verdict on the future commercial order: "We are undergoing a 'Sovereign Reversion' from 'Identity Leasing' to 'Identity Sovereignty.' The ultimate goal of the DID Alliance is to promote DID as the universal settlement protocol for the RWA field—a status equivalent to TCP/IP in the internet era. We are not just building a technical highway; we are defining the underlying logic of next-generation digital commerce. When 'One Identity, Infinite Access' becomes a global financial consensus, Web3 can truly carry the trillion-dollar liquidity of traditional asset markets, ushering in an era of efficient, fair, and sovereign value exchange."

About the Global Digital Identity Alliance (DID Alliance)

The Global Digital Identity Alliance is a decentralized identity infrastructure co-founded by top-tier strategic funds and professional research institutions. By integrating decentralized financial settlement gateways and APIC global resource dispatching, the DID Alliance is accelerating the deep fusion of Web3 and the real economy.

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