Ant Digital Technologies Expands Its RWA Tokenization Platform to Dubai and Hong Kong, Targeting New Markets with Its Jovay Solution

There’s no question that the past few months have been incredibly volatile for both traditional equity and crypto markets.

There’s no question that the past few months have been incredibly volatile for both traditional equity and crypto markets. At the very end of Q2, Bitcoin (BTC) saw record breaking volatility, experiencing new all-time highs while simultaneously experiencing 30% drawdowns. At the same time, the S&P 500 surged to record highs and pushed nearly 1,000 points below where it started in the beginning of 2025.

While risk appetite and investor sentiment has been changing over the past several months, it has highlighted the need for alternative investments. As traditional investors look for more consistent yield among volatility and companies look to expand their business ventures with more efficient financing operations, Real World Asset (RWA) tokenization has established itself as the new opportunity to grow.

With a history of cross-industry digital transformation, Ant Digital Technologies, the tech arm of Ant Group (NYSE: 9999), has positioned itself at the intersection of emerging technology. Announcing its presence at key financial and technological hubs throughout Hong Kong and Dubai, Ant Digital Technologies is innovating on green investments and trade finance through RWAs, creating new yield opportunities for investors.

Bringing RWAs global through Hong Kong and Dubai

Ant Digital Technologies’ mission is to provide innovative technology that pushes the world to be more inclusive, green and sustainable. In an effort to establish the credibility and inclusivity of decentralized innovations, Ant Digital Technologies has been strengthening its efforts in key financial and technological hubs, including Hong Kong and Dubai.

To align with this commitment, Ant Digital Technologies recently established an international headquarters in Hong Kong, setting up new opportunities in one of the fastest growing tech hubs in the world. With the new headquarters, Ant Digital Technologies not only looks to expand its global network of over 300 partners and 10,000 enterprise customers, but also to create joint laboratories with local universities and research institutes alongside Hong Kong’s Office for Attracting Strategic Enterprises (OASES) to further drive innovation in both Web3 and AI.

Creating an international headquarters in Hong Kong is an extension of Ant Digital Technologies’s ongoing expansion within the Web3 hub. Last year the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) established the Ensemble Architecture Community, which aims to develop a set of industry standards to support interoperability among wholesale CBDC (wCBDC), tokenized money and assets. Selected as one of seven private sector members of the Ensemble, Ant Digital Technologies has worked directly with financial regulators and industry activists to build a Tokenized Asset Platform based on green and sustainable finance and trade and supply chain finance.

Ant Digital Technologies’ dedication to going global does not just end with Hong Kong, but instead demonstrates their ongoing development in their commitment toward the international market. Ant Digital Technologies is growing its presence within several different markets that are pushing for both RWA adoption and blockchain innovation. One such area is Dubai, which has pioneered a breakthrough regulatory framework – covering tokenized securities – that has positioned the UAE as a leading blockchain innovation center in the Middle East.

In their most recent step toward the Middle Eastern market, the team hosted its inaugural Web3 event in Dubai: RWA REAL UP Dubai Summit 2025. Ant Digital Technologies’ president of blockchain business Zhuoqun Bian, chief scientist Dr. Ying Yan and head of Jovay (Layer 2) Product Cobe Zhang took to the main stages to exchange insights with over 500 industry leaders, financial institutions, blockchain innovators and regulators.

The Summit focused on the convergence between the digital and physical, and how a global RWA tokenization roadmap demonstrates the next generation of digital finance. Emphasizing the growth and adoption of RWAs from Middle Eastern financial institutions to ambitious Web3 projects, it brought together industry leaders from Solana Foundation, Fosun Wealth and Chainlink, among others.

One of the biggest highlights of the Summit was the unveiling of Ant Digital Technologies’ Jovay: a Layer 2 blockchain solution tailored for RWA fund transactions, seamlessly interoperable with other Layer 1 blockchains. Reaching exceptional performance benchmarks of 100,000 TPS and 100-millisecond on-chain response time, Jovay is set to provide a cutting-edge platform for the next trillion dollars of real, tangible assets on-chain through RWA tokenization.

Fueling Blockchain for good

Ant Digital Technologies envisions blockchain not just as a tool for financial gain, but as a transformative technology empowering diverse industries. The tokenization of RWAs amplifies blockchain’s transformative capabilities, enabling the democratization of unique yield opportunities that were once inaccessible or overlooked. This innovation opens doors for individuals to participate in and benefit from real-world advancements, fostering a more inclusive and dynamic economic landscape.

In a way that perfectly highlights the opportunity of RWAs and the innovative opportunities it provides wide industries, Ant Digital Technologies is able to highlight how it is pushing forward the opportunity of sustainable innovation.