Exclusive Interview with SoSoValue Co-Founder Jiva Kwan: AI Artificial Intelligence Will Completely Revolutionize Encryption Investment Research

Interviewee: Jiva Kwan, Co-founder of SoSo Value

Interview: Techbullion

The digital asset management industry faces significant challenges in providing secure, efficient, and user-friendly solutions for encryption investors. As the encryption market matures and grows, investors’ demand for managing portfolios and optimizing investment strategies is increasing. Many existing solutions lack comprehensive functionality and fail to meet the complex needs of both newbies and seasoned investors in the market. The encryption research platform SoSoValue is actively addressing these issues with its innovative approach.

By using the latest artificial intelligence technology, SoSoValue aggregates a large amount of data, simplifying complex encryption native information into intuitive investment insights. The platform achieves comprehensive functionality, including automatic classification system, professional analysis tools, and real-time data monitoring, which sets it apart from the crowd of information platforms and wins the support of a loyal user base.

The company recently announced a $4.15 million seed round financing led by HongShan, with participation from GSR Markets, Alumni Ventures, CoinSummer Labs, OnePiece Labs, and founders including the co-founder of Gitcoin, early investors in Ethereum, and founders of top Web3 and AI technology companies. It is reported that this funding will accelerate the development of SoSoValue’s AI-driven data services and expand its global research community, further empowering encryption investors.

In this exclusive interview, we invite Jiva Kwan, co-founder of SoSoValue, to discuss this innovative AI-driven research platform and how to use artificial intelligence technology to revolutionize encrypted investment research, popularizing high-quality investment analysis functions in the field of digital assets.

Institutional investors have better investment vehicles and data than retail investors, and native encryption users lack an understanding of traditional finance operations

Techbullion: What inspired you to create the SoSoValue platform? How will SoSoValue innovate cryptocurrency investment research in recent developments (such as Bitcoin Spot ETF)?

Jiva Kwan: The inspiration and original intention of founding SoSoValue is to further popularize high-quality cryptocurrency investment research. Traditionally, institutional investors often have better investment tools and data analysis compared to retail investors. With the development of cryptocurrency markets such as Bitcoin spot ETFs, providing reliable market analysis insights to all investors is crucial. SoSoValue aims to bridge the gap between the native cryptocurrency and traditional finance, using AI to simplify complex data, making it easier for everyone, regardless of their economic background or region, to make informed decisions.

**Techbullion: SoSoValue has reached 1.2 million registered users within five months of its launch. What has led to this rapid growth, and how does it reflect the effectiveness of the platform?

Jiva Kwan: Our rapid growth can be attributed to a clear product-market fit, meeting the demand for user-friendly interfaces and effective marketing strategies for accessible and comprehensive encryption data. The trust we have built with early users is crucial. The success was further amplified when we launched the SoSoValue BTC Spot ETF dashboard, helping both crypto and traditional investors understand the impact of the Bitcoin ETF. Media exposure and positive market feedback also played a significant role, reflecting the effectiveness of our platform in meeting investor demands.

Techbullion: SoSoValue is the first to launch a Bitcoin Spot ETF dashboard feature. Can you explain how this feature works and its significance to institutional and retail investors?

Jiva Kwan: Before the launch of Bitcoin Spot ETF, we noticed that native crypto investors lack understanding of traditional financial operations. Conversely, traditional financial investors are also confused about how Crypto ETFs affect stocks and the crypto market. Therefore, when Bitcoin ETF is approved, we combined insights from the crypto and traditional financial fields and introduced concepts such as daily net inflows and outflows of Spot ETFs. This metric effectively measures the amount of funds flowing from the traditional financial market to the crypto market for purchasing Bitcoin on a daily basis, helping investors observe capital flow and market liquidity.

Based on this, we created the SoSoValue Bitcoin Spot ETF dashboard function to help users quickly understand the impact of Bitcoin ETFs and track key changes in ETF indicators. After its launch, we received enthusiastic feedback from the market, and multiple media outlets such as BSCN and Foresight News quoted our data. The widespread exposure of the Bitcoin ETF dashboard has also brought us a large number of high-retention premium users.

Techbullion: Recently, SoSoValue raised $4.15 million in seed funding led by HongShan and other well-known investors. How do you plan to allocate these resources to enhance SoSoValue’s capabilities?

Jiva Kwan: The $4.15 million raised in this round of financing will be mainly used for the development and iteration of new AI products, the establishment of a global research community, and the development of a global high-value user base. We fully understand and recognize that SoSoValue is making a long-term commitment closely related to the development of the entire industry. In addition to this round of financing, several co-founders of SoSoValue have also committed to using the early profits (nearly $10 million) obtained in the stock and cryptocurrency markets to support the long-term development and growth of the project. Our vision is to bring true value to the growth of the cryptocurrency industry and make a significant contribution.

The main challenges for encryption investors include information overload, volatility, and technical aspects of encrypted assets. AI helps to transform complex native encryption information into intuitive investment insights.

Techbullion: SoSoValue aims to “transform complex encrypted native information into intuitive investment insights”. Can you explain in detail how your AI technology achieves this goal?

Jiva Kwan: Our AI technology processes a large amount of encrypted data, including market trends, on-chain data, and social sentiment. It analyzes and interprets this data using machine learning algorithms to present it in an intuitive way. We use a large language model to classify, label, translate, and summarize information, ensuring high accuracy. This enables investors to quickly find relevant insights and stay updated on key changes. The SoSoValue News Bot, which we are currently developing, is supported by AI and provides direct updates to users.

**Techbullion: The SoSoValue platform includes multi-index comparison, real-time charts, on-chain tracking, and other functions. How do these tools specifically solve the challenges faced by cryptocurrency investors?

Jiva Kwan: These tools are designed to address the main challenges faced by cryptocurrency investors: information overload, volatility, and the technical nature of crypto assets. Multi-index comparisons allow users to evaluate assets based on multiple factors simultaneously, real-time charts provide the latest data to track market trends, on-chain tracking provides transparency into actual transactions and activities on the blockchain. These features combined provide a comprehensive perspective, supporting better decision-making.

Our Product-Market Fit (PMF) was demonstrated when we launched the SoSoValue Bitcoin Spot ETF Dashboard. By bridging the gap between Traditional Finance (TradFi) and encryption understanding, the dashboard has received warm market feedback and media quotes by helping users track key indicators. The success of the Bitcoin dashboard demonstrates our commitment to providing insightful tools for investors.

Techbullion: SoSoValue is developing AI-driven personalized update robots, how will these robots enhance the user experience?

Jiva Kwan: AI-driven Telegram bots will provide personalized updates based on user preferences and interests. This includes real-time alerts on major market trends, personalized news feeds, and customized investment insights. By integrating these bots, we enable users to easily access information and make timely decisions without the need to continuously monitor the market themselves.

SoSoValue uses Large Language Models (LLMs) to filter, classify, tag, translate, and summarize vast amounts of information from thousands of web crawlers. We remove meaningless information and classify and tag the remaining information to specific cryptocurrencies with 95% accuracy, allowing investors to quickly find relevant information or access it through APIs. In addition, our internal AI model can identify abnormal fluctuations and key changes in on-chain and off-chain data, and immediately push updates to users. You can experience the functionality of SoSoValue News Bot on Telegram.

In the complex and opaque encryption market, the ‘right to be seen’ has become a new demand for equality

Techbullion: You mentioned plans to support researchers who share independent insights. How does this initiative align with SoSoValue’s mission of information equality?

Jiva Kwan: To align with our mission of supporting independent researchers and ensuring equal access to information, we have made efforts to provide diverse perspectives and insights to all users. In December 2023, our research scholarship S1 attracted nearly 200 high-quality research reports and gained recognition from KOLs (Key Opinion Leaders) such as VicTALK and Cryptobaby, enhancing the visibility of SoSoValue. By incentivizing and highlighting independent research, we have improved the quality of investment insights, enabling investors to make more informed decisions. This initiative promotes a decentralized research ecosystem, empowering talented and reputable researchers, while creating an inclusive and comprehensive information platform that democratizes access to high-quality crypto data for everyone.

**Techbullion: Can you introduce more about your partnerships, such as the partnership with SafePal, and how these partnerships benefit your users?

Jiva Kwan: Our cooperation with SafePal demonstrates SoSoValue’s commitment to enhancing user experience through strategic partnerships. We have integrated SoSoValue’s AI voice daily briefing, encrypted aggregation information flow, and market price fluctuation alert functions into the SafePal platform to help users gain valuable insights and enrich their in-app user experience. At the same time, SafePal’s user base of over 20 million in nearly 200 countries has expanded our influence and validated the practicality of our AI-driven insights.

In addition, SoSoValue also collaborates with leading encryption media such as BSCN to provide real-time, accurate, and actionable data for cryptocurrency investors. For example, our AI agent robot can provide personalized cryptocurrency news and customized data for the target audience of each media partner, enhancing user engagement and overall news acquisition experience. The customizable vertical AI agent provided by SoSoValue also greatly enhances the effectiveness of hedging fund and institutional partner trading strategies.

Overall, these partnerships help SoSoValue build a comprehensive and dynamic ecosystem, enabling users to navigate and excel in a rapidly changing encryption environment.

**Techbullion: Looking ahead, how does SoSoValue plan to adjust its products to meet the needs of the next billion investors entering the encryption asset allocation?

Jiva Kwan: SoSoValue will always put investors first, and is committed to making the cryptocurrency investment environment more transparent and fair. In the current complex and opaque cryptocurrency market, the ‘right to be seen’ has become a new demand for equality. Every excellent researcher, cryptocurrency, and project should have the opportunity to be fairly presented and recognized.

We plan to foster a thriving global research community by providing free data, charting tools, and other key resources and incentives. In addition, we will hold a “Fellows Competition” twice a year to foster a high-quality, unbiased Crypto Assets research ecosystem.

At the same time, we will continue to develop a unified information service platform to bridge the gap between native encryption and traditional investors. SoSoValue’s interdisciplinary team continues to innovate, using AI technology, the opportunity of ETF development, and rapid iteration of functions to meet the needs of cryptocurrency investors. At the same time, the Dex function of the platform provides real-time on-chain transaction information, and we will continue to improve it to optimize the data dashboard. The ultimate goal is to achieve the best product-market fit (PMF) and establish SoSoValue as a central hub for cryptocurrency investment research.

In general, SoSoValue aims to promote greater transparency and equality in the cryptocurrency market, ensuring that value insights and new projects have an equal opportunity to be ‘heard and seen’ on our platform, thereby positively impacting the entire crypto ecosystem.