On May 22nd, the "Bitcoin Pizza Day" symbolizing Bitcoin's real-world application, the Taiwan virtual asset market welcomed a new member backed by the Fubon Group. Taiwan Mobile's wholly-owned subsidiary, Fubon Digital, officially launched the "Taiwan Mobile Virtual Asset Exchange" (TWEX).
Fubon Group Chairman Tsai Ming-chung further expressed support through concrete action, personally purchasing his first Bitcoin and injecting social attention into the development of Taiwan's virtual asset market.
Designed for Beginners: Low-Threshold Cryptocurrency Purchasing Experience
The TWEX trading platform focuses on "safety", "simple operation", and "small amount purchases" as its core design philosophy, lowering the entry barrier for new users. Users can purchase mainstream virtual assets like Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) with as little as NT$100.
The platform's trading process is simplified into three intuitive steps: "select currency, enter amount, confirm purchase". The official stated that considering new users' need for error tolerance, TWEX will initially not open on-chain fund transfer functions and thoughtfully provides a simulator for buying, selling, and NT dollar deposit/withdrawal for users to practice fully before actual operation.
Additionally, Taiwan Mobile users will be able to directly use TWEX through its official APP, further enhancing the convenience and customer acquisition of cryptocurrency trading.
Fubon Group Resource Integration
The key to TWEX's launch lies in integrating the rich resources of the Fubon Group and Taiwan Mobile, with the official claiming to provide multiple guarantees for user asset safety.
In terms of fund custody, TWEX introduced Taipei Fubon Bank's fund trust account management mechanism to ensure user fund safety. On the technical level, the platform adopted Taiwan's first hardware security module (HSM) to construct a completely offline cold wallet system. This system achieves "never online" private keys through multi-layer encrypted signatures and distributed storage, maximizing user asset security.
Tsai Ming-chung: Embracing the Web3 Wave and Its Enormous Potential
Regarding TWEX's future and virtual asset development, the group's top management expressed an optimistic view. Fubon Group Chairman Tsai Ming-chung stated in a pre-recorded video at the press conference:
"The Web3 era has arrived."
He believes that global virtual assets are gradually moving towards institutionalization and regulation, and will deeply integrate with traditional financial systems. His personal purchase of the first Bitcoin is not only a support for the TWEX platform but also a expectation for the future development of the group's Web3 brand "Web3in.io", and an invitation for everyone to participate in this emerging trend.
Fubon Digital Chairman Lin Zhi-chen pointed out on-site:
The global virtual asset market continues to heat up. Although the number of crypto participants in Taiwan has grown, it currently only represents about 5% of the total population, indicating enormous market potential. With Taiwan Mobile's millions of users, there's tremendous market potential in developing the remaining 95%.
Lin Zhi-chen used his own experience of holding Bitcoin since 2013 to verify the long-term investment value of virtual assets.
Fubon Digital General Manager Han Kun added:
TWEX will first open trading for Bitcoin and Ethereum, and with the platform's three major advantages of safety, simplicity, and low threshold, users can "acquire with spare change, hold with peace of mind, and invest easily". The ease for retail investors to join is the market's most promising point.
Lin Zhi-chen cited data showing that global blockchain's monthly on-chain active addresses have exceeded 220 million, believing that the current virtual asset development stage is similar to the early internet, indicating enormous growth potential. The increasingly open attitude of the US government and institutional investors towards virtual assets, as well as Bitcoin's prospects as "digital gold", have injected strong momentum into the market.
