The second Runes Asia Summit will take place on 27 August at Soho House in Hong Kong, aiming to connect Eastern and Western communities within the growing Bitcoin ecosystem. Hosted by Omnity Network and RunesCC, with support from projects including Liquidium, RichSwap and BlockMinerfun, the event is part of Hong Kong Bitcoin Week and positions itself as a key meeting point for BTCFi builders, researchers, and early-stage founders.
Following growing interest in Bitcoin-based decentralised finance (BTCFi), the 2025 edition will address two main themes: improving connectivity between Asia’s Meme-driven crypto communities and global development teams, and supporting the move from speculative tokens to practical infrastructure and services.
Organisers say this year’s agenda will continue what started at Runes Asia 2024, where Asian communities took on a more central role in the Bitcoin ecosystem’s evolution. This year’s summit promises to bring together developers, protocol architects, investors and independent researchers to explore how BTCFi can scale, and what needs to be built next.
Since early 2025, several Runes-based infrastructure projects have gained traction. Platforms like Open Mint, Odin, and Tyche Run have pushed forward asset issuance, while Liquidium and RichSwap have introduced new approaches to liquidity and value exchange. At the infrastructure level, ChainFusion by Dfinity and Omnity’s Runes Exchange Environment (REE) are being discussed as building blocks for Bitcoin-native apps and financial tools.
Still, challenges remain. The agenda includes questions around how to make liquidity sustainable, whether memes and attention-based projects can be balanced with long-term utility, and how emerging technologies like Ordinals NFTs fit into the wider system. With interest in stablecoins, RWA assets and Bitcoin-based payment flows rising, there is no shortage of topics up for debate.
Runes Asia 2025 arrives at a time when many in the industry are looking for direction. While BTCFi continues to draw energy and attention, its next phase depends on more than hype. Attendees are being encouraged to bring not only ideas and opinions, but working code and concrete proposals.
Early bird tickets are now available online. Organisers say more project partners will be announced in the weeks ahead.
