Web3 Researcher, Group Strategy

About HashKey Group

HashKey Group is a leading licensed digital asset financial group in Asia, with businesses spanning licensed digital asset trading, asset management, on-chain financial infrastructure, and real-world asset (RWA) tokenisation. We are building Asia's hub for institutional digital asset trading, clearing and settlement, and custody.

About the Role

Group Strategy works directly in support of senior management decision-making. We are looking for a Web3 Researcher to cover industry and blockchain research, strategic studies, and regulatory tracking — providing the analytical foundation for our business roadmap, new business cases, and external market views.

This role will suit someone who can read both on-chain data and traditional financial business logic.

Key Responsibilities

• Industry & Blockchain Research — Track the technical roadmaps, token economics, ecosystem development and competitive dynamics of major blockchains and Layer 2 networks; produce research with clear views backed by data.
• Sector Coverage — Cover stablecoins and on-chain payments, RWA and asset tokenisation, digital asset custody, clearing and settlement, DeFi, and institutional digital asset services.
• Strategic Studies — Conduct feasibility studies on new business directions, market entry routes and competitive positioning to inform management decisions.
• Peer & Target Research — Monitor the business models and performance of global digital asset firms and licensed financial institutions; support early-stage research for partnerships and investments.
• Policy & Regulatory Tracking — Track digital asset regulatory developments across Hong Kong, Singapore, the Middle East, the US and the EU, and assess their practical impact on our business.
• Thought Leadership — Contribute to industry reports, whitepapers and published research.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or above in finance, economics, computer science, mathematics, statistics or a related discipline.
• A systematic understanding of the Web3 industry — able to articulate the real differences in technical approach, token economics and ecosystem competition across major blockchains, rather than repeating narratives.
• Proven experience owning research projects end to end, with conclusions supported by data and written up clearly.
• Full professional proficiency in both English and Chinese; able to work directly with primary English sources — protocol documentation, regulatory papers and financial filings — and to write in English.

Preferred Qualifications

• A traditional finance research background: sell-side research, investment banking, asset management, ratings agencies, management consulting, or research and strategy roles at an exchange, clearing house or custodian bank.
• A hybrid profile combining traditional finance and Web3 — the background we value most.
• Published research: analyst reports, in-depth industry articles, or on-chain data analysis.
• Hands-on on-chain data capability, with tools such as Dune, Nansen, Token Terminal and Artemis.
• Your own analytical framework for token economics and blockchain valuation.

What We Look For

• Self-directed — you define the question, not only answer the one you are handed.
• Willing to take a view, and equally willing to change it when the data says otherwise.
• Genuine, long-term curiosity about this industry.