The Role of Asia's No.1 Startup Platform — An Interview with Whiplus Wang

What do you think about the current Web 3.0 field?

Whiplus: If I had to sum up the current Web 3.0 field in one word, it would be "opportunities and challenges." Although technology has improved compared to a few years ago, I honestly feel that mass adoption is still a long way off. To be more precise, it can be said that only a few people are using Web 3.0.

At "IVS Crypto 2024 KYOTO" held in July this year, of course, given the attributes of the event, it is clear that there was a lot of enthusiasm from business operators, but on the other hand, I believe that there was a division between those who mainly participated in "IVS 2024 KYOTO" held in the other half of the venue. Specifically, those people were not the type of people who were interested in Web 3.0 and had actually created a wallet. I felt that this was one of the issues that needed to be resolved at the next event.

However, there were some positive differences felt through the holding of IVS Crypto. This year, the number of side events increased even further, with 307 events held, about 1.5 times more than last year. I think this maximizes the purpose of participating in the event in a sense.