Websea CEO on Gen Z's Growing Role in Crypto: Websea Aims to Be Their Primary Platform and Security Hub

Young adults are taking over the crypto market, and emerging platforms are winning their hearts.

On August 28, 2025, Websea, a digital asset trading platform, celebrated its second anniversary. Over the past two years, the platform has made impressive strides: amassing over 1 million registered users, achieving an average daily trading volume of $4 billion, and securing regulatory licenses in countries like the United States, Canada, and Australia. Its community spans across key markets such as Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.

To mark this milestone, we had an in-depth conversation with Websea’s CEO, Calvin.

When discussing user demographics, Calvin shared the philosophy behind Websea’s focus on younger generations:

“Millennials are increasingly shaping global wealth distribution and investment decisions. They are less dependent on traditional financial systems, more accustomed to digital assets, and deeply value decentralization, openness, and fairness.

Moreover, they seek community involvement and identity recognition, positioning them as the driving force of the Web3 market. Many existing exchanges prioritize professional traders, leaving younger audiences underserved. Websea aims to fill this gap by creating an inclusive Web3 ecosystem where young people can fully engage and thrive.”

As for the factors driving Websea’s rapid growth to over one million users, Calvin emphasized two standout features that have recently gained traction on social media: Principal-Protected Copy Trading and Contract Insurance.

“The crypto trading market lacks a robust risk hedging framework, which often leads to anxiety over losses and hesitancy to try new strategies. Principal-Protected Copy Trading and Contract Insurance bring risk management concepts from traditional finance into the Web3 derivatives space.

Through mechanisms like trader compensation and insurance claims, these features provide a safety net, allowing users to explore diverse opportunities within a controlled risk environment.”

How does Websea design innovative products that resonate with the preferences of young Web3 traders?

What does Websea see as the key factors to stand out in the competitive trading platform landscape?

And after reaching this two-year milestone, where will Websea’s focus shift next?

In this feature, we explore Calvin’s perspective, diving into Websea’s product strategies, performance metrics, and future roadmap against the backdrop of young adults leading the Web3 revolution.

Gen Z is Taking Over the World: Websea Builds a Gateway and Haven for Exploring Web3

TechFlow:

Thank you for your time. To start, could you please introduce yourself?

Calvin:

Hello everyone, I’m Calvin, the CEO of Websea.

I’ve been with Websea since its inception, accompanying the project from its early stages to where it stands today. On August 28, 2025, Websea celebrated its second anniversary, and I’m thrilled and honored to share insights about Websea’s past, present, and future.

TechFlow:

Websea recently hosted a series of events to celebrate its second anniversary. At this significant milestone, could you summarize the achievements of the past two years through key data or milestones?

Calvin:

This anniversary has been a great opportunity for us to reflect on the past. Whether for our investors, partners, or users, we’ve compiled some key data and achievements to share.

In terms of trading volume, we started from scratch on August 28, 2023. By August 28, 2025, our average daily trading volume had surpassed $4 billion. On the user registration front, we initially set a milestone of reaching one million registered users by our two-year anniversary. By June 30, 2025, we had already achieved this goal ahead of schedule.

Regarding regional operations, we’ve established operational centers in key Asia-Pacific markets and built robust exchange communities in regions like the Middle East. Moving forward, we plan to deepen and expand our presence in these areas.

On compliance and branding, we’ve obtained regulatory licenses in the United States, Canada, and Australia, while also maintaining close communication with regulators in countries like South Korea, Japan, and various European regions. We anticipate further substantive progress in these areas soon.

After discussing data, operations, and compliance, I’d like to focus on products. Over the past two years, Websea has explored numerous paths in product development, eventually identifying two core strategies that differentiate us and yield tangible results: reducing risk and lowering entry barriers. These strategies have culminated in two flagship products: Principal-Protected Copy Trading and Contract Insurance.

For Principal-Protected Copy Trading, while contract copy trading is not a new concept, the challenge lies in users often incurring losses when following trades, which erodes trust in lead traders. Websea’s Principal-Protected Copy Trading introduces a capital protection mechanism, where lead traders compensate for losses incurred during trading. This significantly reduces users’ learning costs, trading risks, and anxiety over losses, aligning with Websea’s vision of becoming “the first stop for young people in Web3 crypto trading.”

As for Contract Insurance, traditional financial markets offer a variety of risk hedging tools, such as options, futures, and insurance. However, in the crypto industry, exchanges primarily focus on trading functionalities, leaving users without any form of protection or a complete risk management framework. This lack of safeguards places users, particularly those with limited trading experience, in a precarious position.

We believe the core issue is not whether contract trading is inherently risky but whether risks can be effectively managed. This is why we developed the Contract Insurance feature, which integrates traditional financial risk management concepts into the Web3 derivatives market. This product serves as a safety net for users by offering risk hedging mechanisms.

Over the past two years, we’ve consistently prioritized serving users throughout their lifecycle. We’re willing to sacrifice short-term profits to earn long-term trust. Our achievements over the past two years have demonstrated to the market that we’ve not only survived but thrived. Moving forward, we aim to prove that we can sustain growth and deliver even greater value to our users.

TechFlow:

The name of a project often encapsulates its vision. Websea seems to combine “Web3” and “Sea.” Could you share the inspiration and brand philosophy behind this name?

Calvin:

As you mentioned, Websea is a compound word derived from “Web3” and “Sea.”

When choosing the name, we pondered a fundamental question: Who is this platform for?

Web3 represents the underlying logic of the future digital economy and asset trading.

“Sea” symbolizes three layers of meaning.

First, the sea is inclusive and vast. We aspire to build a platform that can accommodate everything, welcoming users from diverse regions and ecosystems worldwide.

Second, the sea represents the unknown and adventure. In the nascent Web3 world filled with uncertainties, Websea aims to provide Web2 and Web3 users with a safe and open space for exploration, allowing them to boldly venture without fear of risks and discover new opportunities. Lastly, life in the sea thrives through interconnectedness.

Similarly, we envision Websea not merely as an exchange but as an inclusive ecosystem where users, project teams, and partners can grow together.

We hope Websea becomes the first stop for young people entering the crypto world, but certainly not their last.

Our vision is for users to start and grow within the Websea ecosystem. Even if they eventually branch out into other niches, when they look back, Websea will always be their most trusted harbor.

TechFlow:

Websea’s slogan is “The Web3 Digital Asset World for Global Youth.” Why did you choose to focus your brand strategy on young people?

What are the core insights behind this positioning, and what unique traits do young users exhibit in their Web3 trading behaviors?

Calvin:

This question can be broken down into several aspects.

First, from a trend perspective, Millennials and Gen Z are gradually taking control of global wealth distribution and investment decisions. Research indicates that by 2030, Millennials will hold over 50% of the world’s disposable assets. As a trading platform, it’s crucial to focus on where the money is.

Second, Millennials are inherently less reliant on traditional finance and more familiar with digital assets. They value decentralization, openness, and fairness, and prefer active participation over passive investing. These attributes align closely with Web3 principles, making them the natural driving force of the Web3 market.

Third, we believe the current market structure leaves gaps for younger generations. Many exchanges target professional traders, with complex interfaces and product logic that create high learning barriers. This can make younger users feel “excluded.” Websea aims to fill this gap by offering a welcoming and accessible platform.

Young users exhibit distinct trading behaviors.

First, they are more willing to take risks but often lack robust risk management skills. Emotional trading is common among younger users, which is why we introduced risk-hedging products like Principal-Protected Copy Trading and Contract Insurance.

Second, young users are highly self-driven, particularly in seeking community belonging and identity recognition. They are easily influenced by community dynamics and enjoy the process of trading, sharing, and learning within a community. They also aspire to have an impact on others. This is why Websea launched social features, enabling users to post, interact, and share on Websea Square, as well as livestream. These features help young users quickly form micro-communities, fostering a sense of belonging and social cohesion.

TechFlow:

When discussing trading platforms favored by young people, Robinhood often comes to mind. How does Websea’s youth-focused strategy compare to Robinhood’s? What are the fundamental differences in brand tone and values?

Calvin:

Let’s start with the similarities.

Both Websea and Robinhood share a similar user focus, targeting young people as their primary audience.

Our product philosophies also align in making complex financial derivatives easier to access and use, lowering barriers for users to enter trading markets and encouraging newcomers to take their first steps.

However, Robinhood leans more toward the stock and options market, while Websea is focused on Web3-native assets.

Robinhood emphasizes the concept of “financial equality,” giving everyone fair access to capital markets and introducing young people to Wall Street’s game. Websea, on the other hand, operates under the inherently equitable framework of Web3, emphasizing co-creation and exploration. In other words, Robinhood acts as a gateway for young people to enter the capital market, while Websea is more like an open Web3 ocean where young people can freely explore and collaborate.

In terms of products, Robinhood offers more trading-centric tools, focusing on enabling users to trade quickly and at optimal prices. Websea places greater emphasis on accompanying and protecting users, helping them hedge and manage risks effectively.

Another key difference lies in the regulatory landscape. Robinhood operates within the constraints of traditional finance, where growth is tightly regulated by national policies. Websea, by contrast, focuses on Web3-native users, a more decentralized and diverse market with opportunities to shape new rules.

TechFlow:

Websea has maintained a relatively low profile over the past two years. In the rapidly evolving crypto world, what strategic considerations influenced this “low-key” approach?

Calvin:

From my perspective, as a young exchange, seeking exposure too early or aggressively isn’t necessarily beneficial. The growth trajectory of the crypto industry resembles that of previous sectors like the internet and fintech. If the foundation isn’t solid, excessive attention can backfire.

Externally, the crypto industry hasn’t fully transitioned to compliance. Overexposure could subject exchanges to dual pressures: skepticism from users toward new brands and heightened scrutiny from regulators. In other words, stepping into the spotlight prematurely might amplify flaws or lead to misunderstandings.

Internally, as a nascent platform, we believe “running steadily” is more important than “running fast.” Our focus is on refining our core products and features, such as the flagship offerings and social functionalities I mentioned earlier.

We aim to build a tangible foundation that users can trust. When we eventually step into a broader spotlight, we want users to see that Websea is backed by genuine substance, not just hype.

From a brand perspective, many of our team members are industry veterans. Drawing from collective experience, we agree that while short-term exposure can attract traffic, it often brings users focused on short-term gains or promotions. These users may boost metrics temporarily but aren’t conducive to long-term growth. True user retention hinges on sustained brand building and trust accumulation.

For these reasons, we’re willing to slow down, focus on products, and prioritize user satisfaction. When users genuinely enjoy and recommend our platform to others, that becomes the most valuable and authentic form of growt

Anxiety Over Losses Is the Core Issue, Risk Management Mechanisms Are the Right Answer

TechFlow:

While the number of crypto users is steadily increasing, many users’ on-chain activities remain limited to basic token transfers.

What do you think are the main factors preventing users from exploring the crypto world more deeply? What are Websea's key initiatives in creating a Web3 trading experience?

Calvin:

I touched on this topic earlier. We believe that the current crypto experience faces several issues: high risk, low trust, and low engagement.

In terms of high risk, every step a user takes on-chain carries consequences. Without risk management tools, trial and error on-chain often leads to real monetary losses, which deters many users from venturing further.

Regarding trust, on-chain projects are often diverse and chaotic, especially during the earlier Meme waves. Many projects lacked transparency and were merely a name, an image, and a smart contract. There was no trust between projects and users, making investments feel more like gambling. While users might tolerate losses once or twice, repeated bad experiences make it challenging for them to continue.

In terms of engagement, many platforms are merely cold and transactional tools for placing orders, serving as isolated operational environments for users. For those who lack the habit of actively learning or seeking market opportunities within communities, this solitary mode of operation feels lonely and passive.

In summary, we believe that the barriers to deeper user engagement are not technical but rather rooted in trust and user experience. To address these challenges, Websea has focused on three key directions in creating a trading experience:

1. Lowering Barriers: Features like "Principal-Protected Copy Trading" allow beginners to learn before they trade, avoiding the vicious cycle of instant liquidation and user discouragement.

2. High Tolerance for Errors: Through features like "Principal-Protected Copy Trading" and "Contract Insurance," Websea embeds risk management concepts into its products. This shifts risk control from the user to the product logic itself, ensuring that trading errors don’t equate to forced exits. Users are given opportunities to recover, fostering confidence to stay in the market.

3. Inclusive Engagement: Websea aims to transform trading from a solitary activity into a community experience. By integrating diverse social scenarios like Websea Square, livestreams, and chatrooms, traders and newcomers can engage in collaborative learning, sharing, and trading, creating a sense of community and belonging.

Through these initiatives, Websea strives to ensure that both beginners and young users enter the industry not with fear and isolation but with a sense of security, belonging, and shared growth.

TechFlow:

Compared to standard copy trading features, how does Websea's "Principal-Protected Copy Trading" further alleviate anxiety over losses and achieve true "capital protection"?

Calvin:

To address this question, let’s first dissect the fundamental mechanism of copy trading products.

Standard copy trading products essentially replicate the trading strategies of star traders, KOLs, or experts for followers. However, they fail to address the users’ deepest pain point: fear of risk and losing money. Contract trading, with its high leverage, offers significant opportunities but also amplifies risks and potential losses.

I don’t believe anyone can truly be a trading deity. No matter how skilled the trader a user follows, losses are always a possibility. This persistent fear of loss is magnified during copy trading, as users essentially entrust their financial lifeline to someone else. Our research shows that when users experience losses during their first copy trading attempt, the majority lose trust and abandon the platform entirely.

"Principal-Protected Copy Trading" was designed to address these market pain points. Its core logic is to keep loss risks within an acceptable range while maintaining reasonable expectations for profits, enabling users to follow trades with confidence.

With "Principal-Protected Copy Trading," even if users incur losses, the platform’s rules ensure that lead traders compensate for the losses. The user’s principal is reimbursed back into their account immediately after the subscription period ends.

This guarantees that new users, even if they don’t make money, won’t abandon trading due to losses. It allows them to focus on learning how to earn profits without the burden of anxiety. When users approach trading with a relaxed mindset, their trust in the platform increases, leading to organic recommendations and product growth.

Our data supports this. Compared to standard copy trading, "Principal-Protected Copy Trading" has a user retention rate nearly ten times higher. This feature significantly extends the user lifecycle. Of course, "Principal-Protected Copy Trading" isn’t about helping users get rich overnight. Instead, it provides users with more time to learn, grow, and truly integrate into the crypto trading ecosystem. Additionally, the feature benefits lead traders by generating income, building personal brand IPs, and accumulating community traffic. It’s a mutually beneficial model.

TechFlow:

What specific pain points does Websea's "Contract Insurance" address for users during trading? How does insurance in the Web3 environment differ from traditional financial insurance?

Calvin:

The logic behind the "Contract Insurance" feature is based on traditional financial insurance. It insures users against losses incurred during contract trading. This insurance is backed by Websea's managed insurance pool, which compensates users for losses, ultimately aiming to protect their principal during contract transactions.

This lowers the psychological barrier for users trying out contract trading for the first time, allowing them to experiment with diversified strategies within perceived safe boundaries.

When actual losses occur, the insurance mechanism protects the user’s principal. Although insurance payouts require a time span, the funds eventually reach the user’s account via insurance pool compensation. This indirectly increases users’ long-term engagement within the Websea ecosystem and reduces user attrition over extended periods.

However, Web3 insurance faces unique challenges compared to traditional financial insurance.

Firstly, the crypto market is significantly more volatile. Traditional insurance actuarial models are difficult to directly apply. Traditional actuaries calculate the probability of rare events and distribute risks across an insurance pool. In the crypto world, contract trading makes it challenging to predict how many users will incur losses at any given moment. Under such high volatility, risk pricing and model design for crypto insurance become more complex, requiring real-time market data and dynamic risk management mechanisms.

Secondly, managing the insurance pool poses another challenge. In the context of contract insurance, the insurance pool must remain adequately funded to ensure timely compensation for users. Balancing this mechanism is crucial.

To address these challenges, we partnered with a licensed financial entity that has extensive experience in the insurance industry. Building on their actuarial models, Websea introduced the "Contract Insurance" feature to provide users with enhanced protection.

TechFlow:

Why does "Contract Insurance" adopt the structure of "nodes + 72-hour activation + 100-period installment payout," and what advantages does this design offer?

Calvin:

The "Contract Insurance" structure of nodes, 72-hour activation, and 100-period installment payout is an innovative exploration that combines Web3 characteristics with traditional financial insurance logic.

1. Node Design: Insurance nodes essentially function as digitized policies. For every $100 in cumulative losses, a corresponding insurance node is generated, representing a standardized policy. This design offers two advantages:

   1. Quantified payout logic ensures 100% full compensation, avoiding vague or arbitrary reimbursement mechanisms.

   2. Each node operates independently, eliminating cross-subsidization among users and ensuring transparent and fair compensation rights.

2. 72-Hour Activation: This mechanism borrows from traditional insurance’s "policy activation period." It serves three purposes:

   1. Provides users with a cooling-off period during extreme market conditions, discouraging impulsive insurance activation and trading.

   2. Offers the insurance pool a buffer period for risk control and fund allocation.

   3. Strengthens system stability, preventing short-term market surges from overwhelming the insurance system.

In essence, this design protects both users’ trading habits and the stability of the insurance pool.

3. 100-Period Installment Payout: Unlike traditional insurance with low claim rates, "Contract Insurance" involves daily payouts. To prevent the insurance pool from being rapidly depleted in the short term, Websea employs installment payouts, dividing a single insurance claim into 100 incremental payments.

   1. This ensures the pool’s long-term stability, safeguarding the rights of all node holders.

   2. The payout experience resembles traditional financial "annuity claims," offering continuous and stable compensation rather than one-time reimbursement that may lead to unsustainability.

Together, these three elements of node standardization, 72-hour buffer, and 100-period installment form the core architecture of Websea's "Contract Insurance." They ensure fairness, transparency, and sustainability in user compensation while allowing the platform to maintain stable operations even during extreme market conditions.

TechFlow:

Does Websea implement further risk control mechanisms to effectively safeguard user interests during extreme market conditions?

Calvin:

From my perspective, I don’t believe extreme market conditions and risk control mechanisms should be directly paired for consideration. As a crypto trader, extreme conditions represent not only risks but also opportunities.

If market trends were static and unchanging, no one would be interested in trading. Volatility is a defining characteristic of the crypto market, and as a trading platform, our role is not to participate in the pricing of crypto assets but to act as a bridge connecting users and the market.

As an exchange, we focus on the following aspects to ensure users have a stable and secure trading environment during market fluctuations.

First, we apply stricter criteria for token listings.

Before listing new tokens, Websea conducts multiple rounds of due diligence. These evaluations cover various dimensions, including the project team’s background, technical capabilities, tokenomics, and market potential. We reject projects that are prone to short-term speculation, suspected fraud, or lack long-term development prospects. By managing the source of trading assets, we reduce the possibility of users being exposed to high-risk tokens.

Second, we regularly assess the risk profiles of market-making teams.

Websea has a dynamic evaluation mechanism for market makers, focusing on their ability to maintain liquidity, safeguard funds, and execute strategies during extreme conditions. During periods of significant market volatility, effective market-making teams can adjust liquidity and price ranges, mitigating risks such as deep price dives or manipulative actions. By closely monitoring market makers, we further create a stable trading environment for users.

Third, from a technical standpoint, Websea prioritizes enhancing the stability of its trading system.

After multiple iterations, Websea has adopted a distributed multi-layer backup architecture, along with mechanisms like cold-hot data separation and elastic scaling. These designs ensure that the system remains responsive during extreme market conditions, handling high user activity and concurrent requests without delays. This prevents users from missing trading opportunities or risk mitigation actions during volatile periods.

Additionally, our intelligent risk control system monitors sensitive account behaviors and abnormal market fluctuations in real time. When necessary, it triggers temporary protective measures, such as raising margin requirements or delaying transactions suspected of market manipulation, to maximize the protection of ordinary users’ funds.

Finally, I want to emphasize the effectiveness of our "Principal-Protected Copy Trading" and "Contract Insurance" features during extreme market conditions. These features are backed by real data.

For example, during a recent short-term surge triggered by the Federal Reserve’s interest rate announcement, Websea’s "Principal-Protected Copy Trading" compensated users with $1.2 million on that day alone. Additionally, we observed a significant increase in the activation rate of "Contract Insurance," indicating that more users had insured their trades, providing tangible protection for their interests.

In summary, high volatility is a double-edged sword. Websea’s ultimate goal is to offer a safer, more stable, and controllable trading environment. Even when extreme market conditions arise, users can confidently seize market opportunities.

TechFlow:

Since their launch, have "Principal-Protected Copy Trading" and "Contract Insurance" contributed to notable increases in user engagement and trading activity for Websea?

Calvin:

Absolutely.

Based on our statistics, since the launch of "Principal-Protected Copy Trading," the cumulative number of participants has exceeded 200,000, accounting for one-fifth of our registered users. This is an exceptionally high proportion.

What’s even more noteworthy is that over 60% of new contract users choose "Principal-Protected Copy Trading" as their first experience with contract trading. This demonstrates its effectiveness in significantly lowering the psychological barrier for beginners.

Regarding "Contract Insurance," we’ve observed similar trends. Many users were previously highly sensitive to contract risks and hesitant to try them. However, after learning about our insurance mechanism, they were willing to start with small-scale experiments.

To date, the number of activated insurance nodes has surpassed 30,000, with total compensation payouts reaching approximately $3 million. This indicates that many users were able to preserve their principal through the insurance mechanism, avoiding the outcome of "liquidation and exit."

From a data and results perspective, "Principal-Protected Copy Trading" and "Contract Insurance" are not only growth drivers for our business but have also gradually evolved into core differentiators for the Websea brand. Early on, we identified "risk management" as a platform responsibility and embedded it into our product offerings. The results have proven this approach to be correct. Today, several competitors have launched similar features, which further validates the value of our exploration.

I believe that Websea has transitioned from initial external skepticism to user recognition and industry imitation. In the realm of risk management-focused products, we have carved out our unique path and have the opportunity to lead the trading security sector.

Using Ecosystem as a Carrier to Realize Value Accumulation and Build a Sustainable Trading Platform

TechFlow:

In your opinion, what will be the core competitive factors for Web3 trading platforms in the future? Will it be technology, products, services, ecosystem, or a combination of these elements?

Calvin:

I believe that the competition among crypto asset platforms in the future will no longer be a contest of singular capabilities. Whether it’s technology, products, or services, these aspects can be matched or surpassed by competitors. In my view, future competition will evolve into a systemic battle driven by the integration of multiple dimensions.

In this system, technology serves as the foundational guarantee. Whether it’s the matching engine, risk control mechanisms, or Web3 on-chain interaction capabilities, technology underpins the platform’s stability and reliability.

Products represent the most direct user perception of a platform. For conventional offerings like spot trading or financial products, users primarily focus on whether the experience is stable and smooth. For differentiated products, such as "Principal-Protected Copy Trading" and "Contract Insurance," platforms innovate based on their positioning and market segments, creating unique approaches.

However, a common phenomenon in the industry is that truly outstanding products often gain rapid market recognition and trigger widespread imitation across the sector. This not only highlights the product’s value but also suggests that it may eventually lead to a certain degree of homogenization. Proven functionalities are often adopted by others to meet users’ core needs.

Therefore, I believe that the key to winning the market and fostering long-term user loyalty lies not in any specific differentiated feature but in the daily platform experience users encounter. This includes aspects like responsive customer service, stable support systems, multilingual community operations, and whether users feel a sense of belonging and support. Such details reflect the platform’s human-centric approach and reliability, which are also foundational for global expansion.

When connecting these points, they all fundamentally boil down to one core concept: ecosystem development. A sustainable platform cannot remain merely a "trading tool." It must evolve into a value network. When our ecosystem can simultaneously support trading, community building, content creation, gaming interaction, asset appreciation, and even fund management, users’ time and value will truly accumulate within the platform.

This aligns with the earlier discussion on "moving fast versus moving slow." Over the past two years, we opted to "lay the groundwork first," focusing on technology and security as the core foundation before constructing a closed-loop ecosystem on top. While this approach may seem slower, it is more stable and likely to lead to long-term success.

TechFlow:

As Websea celebrates its second anniversary, what will be its strategic priorities for the next two years?

Calvin:

I believe Websea’s strategic focus will revolve around three key directions:

1. Institutionalization We aim to elevate risk management from a "feature" to a "system." Moving forward, we will continue to expand the reach of validated innovative products like "Principal-Protected Copy Trading" and "Contract Insurance" into broader markets. Additionally, we will explore ways to integrate these offerings with regulatory requirements and traditional financial insurance frameworks. Our goal is to establish "controllable risk" as a standard product for Websea and the entire industry, making trading behavior more predictable and secure for users.

2. Ecosystem Application Expansion Websea has already established preliminary social and gaming ecosystems. In the future, we will delve deeper into DeFi and PayFi applications. Payment scenarios are one of the directions we are actively developing. We plan to collaborate with existing social and gaming ecosystem partners to build a cross-scenario application network. Ultimately, we aim to transform Websea from a "gateway to the digital asset world" into a lifestyle-oriented, practical, and scenario-based entry point for the broader Web3 space.

3. User Value Accumulation From an industry perspective, the "get-rich-quick" stories like Bitcoin’s meteoric rise will become increasingly rare. Users will need more stable and sustainable ways to preserve and grow value. Websea will focus on helping users accumulate long-term value. We plan to gradually integrate financial components such as funds, staking, and asset management into our platform while exploring synergies with traditional finance. By transferring Web2’s "financial growth" capabilities to Web3, we aim to offer a diverse product portfolio that caters to users with varying risk appetites—whether aggressive or conservative—ensuring they can find suitable asset management tools on Websea.

TechFlow:

Recently, the topic "Gen Z is taking over the crypto world" has sparked widespread discussion. As a digital asset trading platform that focuses on young users, how does Websea perceive the trend of younger talent entering the crypto industry?

Additionally, do you have any personal advice for young people looking to better engage with the crypto space?

Calvin:

The rise of Gen Z in the crypto world is an inevitable trend and a natural progression of history. Just as Millennials dominated the real estate sector and Gen X shaped the internet era, Gen Z grew up with internet education and mobile devices. They have a stronger foundation and higher acceptance of crypto assets and digital identities. In my view, their entry into the crypto space is a result of historical forces. Gen Z is simply following the global trajectory into this industry—it’s an inevitable outcome driven by the times.

As a platform focusing on young users, Websea designs its products with risk control and ease of use as the starting points. We also incorporate social, community, and gamified interactive experiences, allowing young users to trade, learn, and grow in a way that aligns with their preferences.

Regarding advice for young people entering the crypto industry, I’d like to share some personal insights:

First, start with learning. I hope young people avoid blindly following trends. Begin by practicing with demo trading tools provided by exchanges. Then, use risk-controlled copy trading products to learn from experienced traders. Gradually develop your own trading philosophy and strategies before engaging in real trades. This is a healthier approach.

Second, become an ecosystem participant rather than just a passive buyer. Young people can join various DAO organizations and activities, explore different DeFi applications, and delve into areas like blockchain infrastructure and advanced concepts such as AI-based chain abstractions. These experiences will help build a comprehensive understanding of the industry and assist in identifying future roles and directions.

Lastly, maintain a long-term perspective and respect the market. This is the most crucial advice I can offer. While short-term market fluctuations are increasing, the real opportunities lie in long-term value discovery. Whether it’s Bitcoin’s bull run or Ethereum’s recent performance, many users fail to hold their positions, resulting in losses even during peak market conditions. Those who benefit are often patient, steadfast investors who adhere to a long-term perspective. Under the premise of personal risk management, I urge young people to avoid gambling-like behavior and only engage in trades within their capacity to bear the consequences. Never let greed push you into irreversible situations.

Overall, I believe Gen Z has the potential to shape the next golden decade. Websea hopes to grow alongside this generation, becoming their first gateway to the Web3 digital asset world.