Global policy, finance and industry leaders gather…Private conference 'EastPoint Seoul 2025' concludes successfully

Held at the Grand Hyatt Seoul on the 22nd

Co-hosted by Hashed, Bloomingbit, The Korea Economic Daily and WLFI

Major participation from domestic political circles, the White House and global institutions

Discussed current issues such as stablecoins with Tether and Circle

The global Web3 private conference 'EastPoint: Seoul 2025' (hereinafter EastPoint), regarded as a new milestone for South Korea's digital asset industry, concluded successfully on the 22nd at the Grand Hyatt Seoul in Yongsan-gu, Seoul.

Co-hosted by Hashed, Bloomingbit, The Korea Economic Daily and World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the event drew intense industry interest as policy leaders from various countries, global institutions, traditional financial firms and a curated selection of Web3 industry invitees gathered in one place.

EastPoint Seoul was held to provide a forum for leaders from various sectors to meet at a time when digital assets are emerging as a core agenda for national policy and the institutional sector. In addition to the main sessions, private roundtables actively discussed major topics such as stablecoins, tokenized securities (STO), real-world asset tokenization (RWA), digital asset infrastructure, and the convergence of traditional finance and blockchain.

The main session, held in the Grand Ballroom on the first floor of the Grand Hyatt, featured global leading figures who addressed pressing issues in the digital asset industry in depth. The event, opened with remarks by Kim San-ha, CEO of Bloomingbit, drew attention with keynote addresses by Kim Seo-jun, CEO of Hashed, on a "Wallet for Korean-style Digital Citizenship," and Jack Folkman, co-founder of WLFI, on "The Future of Web3 Finance and Stablecoins."

Political figures including Min Byung-deok of the Democratic Party, Kim Jae-seop of the People Power Party, and Lee Jun-seok, leader of the Reform New Party, participated in a panel discussion to address "Regulatory environment and challenges for South Korea's digital asset industry," discussing key policy tasks. Ahn Do-geol of the Democratic Party explored reasonable regulatory measures for digital assets under the theme of "Balancing Regulation and Growth" together with the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) and U.S. venture capital firm Dragonfly.

Remarks from global policy and industry leaders followed. Caroline Pham, Acting Chair of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Kevin Bunn, CEO of Mysten Labs; Rahul Advani, Co-Head of Global Policy at Ripple; and Katie Mitchell, Head of Asia-Pacific Policy at Coinbase, took the stage to discuss "the regulatory environment for digital assets and institutional preparedness."

Harry Jung, Deputy Director of the White House Digital Asset Policy Advisory Committee, shared the U.S. government's Web3 policy direction in an online session titled "U.S. Adoption of Web3 Technologies." Anthony Apollo, Executive Director of the Wyoming Stable Token Commission; Alan Du, Partner at PayPal Ventures; and Rania Raharja, Asia-Pacific Director at Ondo Finance, shared ways to utilize stablecoins in Asian markets during the panel "Asia Stablecoin Playbook."

In the afternoon sessions, global stablecoin companies such as Tether and Circle, along with financial services firms including Mastercard, Coinbase, BitGo, FalconX, Anchorage Digital, and Korea Digital Asset (KODA), participated to discuss the intersection of digital assets and institutional finance. Major blockchain projects such as Ava Labs, Solana, Aptos, Chainlink, Canton Network, EigenCloud, Fuzzy Penguin, and Presto shared next-generation infrastructure innovations. Global investment firms including Dragonfly, Animoca Brands, A41 and Caladan also presented their visions.

In the AI and robotics field, Kite AI, Magic Labs, OpenMind, and RealWorld discussed ways agent-type AI can be responsibly deployed in virtual ecosystems and the real world, attracting attention. Academia also participated, with faculty from Seoul National University and Yonsei University, as well as experts from the Korea Capital Market Institute and law firm Taepyungyang exploring the intersection of regulation and industry.

Private roundtable sessions using a small-group business matching format were also held. The four major commercial banks—Kookmin, Shinhan, Hana and Woori—as well as major domestic banks such as KDB Industrial Bank and IBK Industrial Bank participated. Securities firms including Mirae Asset, NH Investment & Securities, Samsung, Korea Investment & Securities, Shinhan Investment, Meritz, Hana, Kyobo, and DB Securities; asset managers including Mirae Asset, KB, Hanwha Asset, NH-Amundi, KCGI, and Eugene Asset Management; card companies such as KB Kookmin Card and Woori Card; and investment firms including Shinhan Venture, Kakao Ventures, NH Venture, Kiwoom Investment, Lotte Ventures, and InterVest also joined in large numbers, demonstrating strong interest from the financial sector.

Global major exchanges including Binance, as well as domestic top five exchanges Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, Korbit and GOPAX, and global Web3 projects such as Hedera Foundation and Solayer, along with overseas institutions such as SMBC Nikko Securities, participated. IT and gaming companies including LG CNS, Google Cloud, NCSoft, NHN, and Line Next also took part, showing cross-industry exchange.

Kim Seo-jun, CEO of Hashed, said, "The era when industry, policy and finance operated separately is over. Now, actors with different norms and languages must sit at the same table to find joint solutions," adding, "EastPoint is an event that makes this possible and will be an important opportunity for Korea to establish itself as a strategic hub for designing the future order of digital finance."

Kim San-ha, CEO of Bloomingbit, said, "This event is highly meaningful as the first domestic occasion where political and financial circles and senior officials from over 100 institutions gathered to seek practical solutions to digital asset challenges," and added, "We will grow EastPoint into a key stage for global digital asset policy and business."