"Digital assets need sweeping changes…Accessibility, education, and integration solutions required" [Eastpoint Seoul 2025]

Global finance and blockchain industry figures diagnosed that digital assets still face fundamental changes ahead and that, without improvements to regulation and infrastructure, full-scale adoption is difficult. At the same time, expanding financial accessibility, education, and integrating fragmented liquidity were presented as prerequisite tasks.

On the 22nd in Seoul at the global blockchain conference 'Eastpoint: Seoul 2025', Matthew Long, General Manager of FalconX, who attended the panel discussion 'Capital Markets and Digital Assets: From Stablecoins to Corporate Financial Strategies', said, "Digital assets still have not been properly defined," and pointed out, "Institutional issues such as tax and accounting and the challenge of converting the operating model of traditional finance to 24-hour operation remain." He emphasized, "There are virtually no companies without digital assets, but sweeping changes are necessary for overall adoption."

Yat Siu, Chairman of Animoca Brands, emphasized the inclusivity of blockchain and the importance of education. He said, "Just as 99% of emails in the early days of the internet were spam, the fundamental cause in the digital asset market is lack of education rather than fraud," and added, "Increasing understanding is necessary for it to grow into a capital market." He went on, "Blockchain provides opportunities for those with limited access to traditional finance to acquire assets," and "the biggest opportunity is that anything can be assetized."

John Gu, Caladan CEO, referred to cases in developing countries and pointed out the fragmentation problem of stablecoins. He said, "Digital assets are already popular in financially vulnerable areas such as the Philippines," yet "the issuance of stablecoins by different issuers has led to serious liquidity fragmentation." He stressed, "Only by universalizing accessibility and preparing integration measures can crypto innovation spread to financially vulnerable groups."