A Japanese company that focuses on the spread and development of Web 3.0 technology, Palette Token (PLT), the first domestic IEO project, attracted a lot of attention.
They provide solutions and services that utilize blockchain in BtoB and BtoC. One of their strengths is their collaboration with major financial institutions, and they aim to provide high-quality services.
Please tell us the background to the founding of HashPort.
Yoshida Seihaku (hereinafter, Yoshida): Before starting my own company, I worked at the Boston Consulting Group from 2016 to 2017.
During that time, I became fascinated with blockchain technology and began thinking about starting a business that could use this technology to transform Japanese society.
In 2018, the Coincheck incident occurred and blockchain-related activities temporarily subsided, but I believed that this field would become popular again.
Around that time, I was talking to Idei Nobuyuki of Quantum Leap Inc., and when I told him about my desire to improve society through blockchain, he advised me to take on the challenge while I was still young.
Following this advice, I started my own company in July 2018. I had no projects for the first six months and struggled with doing consulting work on my own, but in January 2019, I was asked by BITPoint Inc. to start work on new cryptocurrencies and began researching cryptocurrencies to be listed on Japanese exchanges.
Thankfully, this incident led to HashPort handling most of the research on currencies scheduled to be listed in Japan at that time.
On the other hand, I also felt that I was straying from my original goal of starting my company, which was to use blockchain to transform social systems.
This is why I founded HashPalette in 2020 to provide a more user-friendly and secure blockchain network in Japan.
Currently, HashPort provides consulting and solutions, while HashPalette issues PLT tokens, provides content designed in-house, and develops games linked to its own chain through its own studio.
