BUDAPEST, Hungary, June 24th, 2025,
Chainwire
At one of the most anticipated fireside sessions of Solana APEX,
three industry heavyweights—Solana Foundation President Lily Liu,
Bybit Co-founder and CEO Ben Zhou, and Byreal
Founder Emily Bao—came together to deliver more than just a product
launch. They delivered a vision: one where real assets finally flow
seamlessly across centralized and decentralized financial
systems.
The crowd packed into the room, and the mood was electric. The
conversation wasn’t just about Byreal—it was about what the future
of DeFi should look like.
“Onchain capital markets for traditional assets are
closer than we think,” said Lily Liu, opening with a sweeping
vision of Solana’s next chapter.
She laid out Solana’s ambition to become the premier ecosystem
for capital—supporting everything from memecoins to money market
funds, and with an eye firmly on real-world assets (RWAs). Liu
emphasized the trillion-dollar opportunity: a future where
tokenized equities like those planned in the upcoming xStocks
project could give global investors exposure to public markets
(outside the U.S.), all built natively onchain.
Ben Zhou, CEO of Bybit, reinforced this convergence, sharing how
Bybit is aggressively bridging TradFi and Web3.
“It is no longer CEX versus DEX. Now it’s CEX plus
DEX,” Zhou declared.
He pointed to Bybit’s new MiCAR license in Europe, enabling
direct crypto access via bank accounts, and the expansion of TradFi
instruments like indices, forex, and stock CFDs on Bybit’s
platform. But most crucially, he spotlighted Byreal—a project
incubated by Bybit to meet the growing need for deep, programmable,
onchain liquidity.
At the heart of the fireside was Byreal’s founder, Emily Bao,
who took the mic with equal parts clarity and conviction.
“A great exchange doesn’t just facilitate
transactions—it reveals value.”
She dissected the current state of DeFi, calling out the
distortion created by overhyped projects and mismatched valuations
from the last bull run.
She positioned Byreal as a permissioned DEX on Solana, curating
highly-demanded assets and providing real trading infrastructure
for real users.
“We’re not here to compete for market share. We’re here
to bridge fragmented liquidity and help high-potential projects
grow. We want traders to discover the next great asset early—and
with conviction.”
Byreal, she explained, is designed to sit at the intersection of
CeFi depth and DeFi access. Its smart routing engine will unify
fragmented order books and bring institutional-grade execution to
the onchain world.
Byreal’s public beta drops June 30. Launching first on
Solana.
Watch
the launch moment
About Byreal
Byreal is the ultimate liquidity
layer built for real assets, delivering unmatched liquidity for
users. It integrates DEX, Launch, and Vault into a unified smart
routing architecture, forming a full-cycle growth engine that
supports asset discovery, trading, and yield generation across
multiple ecosystems. Launching first on Solana.
Contact
Founder
Emily
Bao
Byreal
partnerships@byreal.io
