Education
We are committed to promoting the concept of Web3 to the whole society, while cultivating future-oriented Web3 talents, and aiming to become the West Point Military Academy of Web3
Research
We focus on the underlying technologies and applications of Web3, including cryptography, blockchain, smart contracts, token economics, DeFi, Metaverse, etc.
Practice
We are not an ivory tower. In addition to the research on the most advanced technologies, we also apply them to many projects and use these projects to promote the development of Web3
Director’s message
The past decade has seen flourishing innovations in financial technology. Among them, blockchain, “the new internet”, is the foremost to reshape many industrial sectors, including financial services, and the society in general. The acceleration of advance brings about an explosive growth of innovative technologies, numerous emerging startups, and widespread applications to banking, IOT, supply chains, etc. It is now the best of times of financial technology, at the age of data science and the epoch of AI.
Thanks to the generous sponsorship from the Foga Technology, the founding of this lab marks the vision and mission of the combined forces from the members to the advisors of the Lab. In HKUST, the hub of technological advance in Hong Kong, we strive to coordinate the research strengths in the academia of HKUST and the industry, to make concentrated research efforts, to explore the unchartered waters of cutting edge financial technology, in the hope of benefiting the society of Hong Kong, the greater China and the mankind.
Members
Projects
Industry Supporters
Patents and Papers
Projects
The Lab has incubated a bunch of Web3 projects
Degis
A decentralized insurance platform. Provide better insurance products as well as innovative solutions via blockchain technology.
Furion
Provide price reference for NFTs from their historical performances. Concentrate NFTs' liquidity based on their prices.
Prestare
An Under-Collateralized Borrowing Protocol Without any permission on assets Without using off-chain information
Talentre
Talentre is a Web3 career platform, providing Web3 career training and job search services.
Ovisor
A decentralized investment that breaks investment barriers using advanced analytics and algorithms.
KOIHub
KOIHub is a project sitting right at the gate from web2 to web3. Users can easily enter the world of Web3 by scanning QR codes and getting free NFTs.
InnoData
Synthetic financial data provider through deep learning technology.
Fourth Space
Committed to bringing the whole of Hong Kong into a metaverse that interacts with reality.
3Learn2Earn
A Web 3.0 learn to earn project, aiming to become a Web3 Coursera or Udemy.
CroPo
CroPo is a project to build a decentralized crowdsourcing platform, mainly focusing on data labeling for AI.
Supporters
Activities
Web3.0 Carnival is a series of industry dialogues in the format of panel discussions with leading entrepreneurs in the burgeoning Web3 sectors and top-notch professionals from leading enterprises
News & BLOGs
Follow our news and blog
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) School of Science signed a donation agreement with Foga Tech Limited (Foga Tech).
The Crypto-Fintech Laboratory of HKUST and BTC.com announced a strategic collaboration to leverage the complementary advantages of its research and academic strengths.
HKUST Crypto-Fintech Lab is an organization based in HKUST and aims to provides solutions to current financial problem. With over 30 scholars and students, the lab focuses on crypto-asset trading, DeFi Projects and blockchain education.
Team
WANG Yang
Vice President for Institutional Advancement. Founder of HKUST CryptoFintech Lab. Associate Director of HKUST Big Data Institute. Director of HKUST Big Data and Bio-Intelligence Lab.
CHEN Kani
Department of Mathematics(Director). Fellow of Institute of Mathematical Statistics. Director of Crypto-Fintech Lab and MSc Financial Mathematics.
ZHENG Jiheng
Department of Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics. Associate director of HKUST Crypto-Fintech Lab.
Contact
Location:
Department of Mathematics, HKUST
Contact:
Kani CHEN
Email:
makchen@ust.hk
Call:
+852 2358 7425