HSC Conference Wraps In Seoul, Uniting Global Finance And Crypto Leaders Around AI, Stablecoins, And Tokenization
In Brief
HSC Conference concluded in Seoul on October 1, uniting over 2,000 attendees and 50+ finance and crypto leaders to explore stablecoins, tokenization, and the future of digital finance.
HSC Conference, a premier event dedicated to bridging institutional finance and cryptocurrency, successfully concluded in Seoul on October 1.
Hosted by Mpost Media Group in partnership with Z Venture, the conference brought together global leaders from financial institutions, crypto investment funds, and technology companies. More than 50 industry professionals took the stage to explore the forces shaping the next phase of digital finance, from investment and market structure to the convergence of blockchain and AI, with a strong Asia-Pacific focus reflecting the region’s growing role in the global digital asset landscape.
Throughout the event, speakers and attendees examined major developments across the industry, including the evolution of stablecoins and tokenization, the emergence of blockchain-based financial infrastructure, and the growing institutional adoption of digital assets. Key topics included:
- Investments Today;
- Financial Infrastructure in the Digital Economy;
- Infrastructure: Building Web3’s Rails;
- Institutional Adoption of Digital Assets;
- Welcome to the Trillion-Dollar Agentic Economy;
- Tokenization: The RWA Opportunity;
- Stablecoins: The New Global Rails;
- Beyond Chain Boundaries: The Next Layer of DeFi;
- Agentic AI: Infrastructure, Payments, and Beyond;
- Mainstream Web3 Adoption.
One of the notable panels, “Institutional Adoption of Digital Assets,” examined the factors shaping institutional capital allocation and the developments accelerating digital asset adoption. The discussion featured representatives from across the digital asset and financial sectors:
- Wenny Ow, APAC Lead, IBM Digital Asset;
- Matthew Dawson, Co-Founder, Ethereum Institutional;
- John Cahill, COO Asia, Galaxy Digital;
- Charles Jansen, Managing Director, DeFi and Digital Assets, S&P Global;
- Henson Orser, Founder & CEO, Soter Insure;
- Mike Silagadze, Founder & CEO, Ether.fi.
Another remarkable panel, “Stablecoins: The New Global Rails,” featured Chris Mihos, Co-Founder & CEO of makebanc; Brian Mehler, CEO of Stable; Anthony Koo, Head of Payments at StraitsX; Jiyeon Park, APAC Lead at Steakhouse Financial; Queenie Le, Regional Expansion Lead, APAC at Tether; and Leila Mcharek, CEO & Founder of Izora Capital. The session examined the role of stablecoins in global payments, focusing on how money moves across markets and the barriers to wider adoption.
A notable part of the program focused on the agentic AI economy. The session “Welcome to the Trillion-Dollar Agentic Economy” featured Yat Siu, Chairman & Co-Founder of Animoca Brands; Ed Felten, Co-Founder of Offchain Labs; and Michael Heinrich, Co-Founder & CEO of Zero Gravity Labs. Moderated by Francesco Andreoli, Director of DevRel at MetaMask, the panel explored what AI agents need to transact autonomously and the infrastructure required to support the emerging agentic economy.
The conference’s highlight was a keynote by Arthur Hayes, CIO of Maelstrom and CEO of FLOP Labs, who introduced FLOP as a new economic layer for autonomous AI agents. The speaker proposed a spot market for compute denominated in FLOP and outlined the project’s ambition to surpass Bitcoin.
The event featured participation from leading financial institutions, investment firms, and digital asset companies, including C² Ventures, Portal Ventures, Canary Capital, Maelstrom, Arcadia, Z Venture, Bybit, Ledger Enterprise, Bitstamp by Robinhood, MetaMask, CoinMarketCap, ZKsync, Monad Foundation, Base, Sonic Labs, QR Wallet, Dash, IBM Digital Asset, Ethereum Institutional, Galaxy Digital, S&P Global, Soter Insure, Ether.fi, Zero Gravity Labs, Animoca Brands, Offchain Labs, Turtle, RedStone, Atom Finance, Hypernative, Dfns, Hashgraph, makebanc, Stable, StraitsX, Steakhouse Financial, Tether, Izora Capital, STON.fi, My AI PET, Velvet, Rewardy Wallet, AEON, TiDB by PingCAP, AutoLinta, Bond, BNB Chain, Cactus Custody, and Nethermind.
HSC Conference Seoul was supported by Credit Scend and Everwood Capital as title sponsors. Gold sponsors included QR Wallet, Sonic Labs, Mercuryo, STON.fi, Interlace, Addressable, Hypernative, Battle Town, My AI PET, Velvet, Ledger Enterprise, TiDB by PingCAP, Fomoscan, Izora Capital, AEON, AutoLinta, and Rewardy Wallet. Community partners included Coineasy, Akindo, Four Pillars, and CryptoJobsList, while media partners included MarketAcross, Pivot, Cointelegraph, Foresight News, CoinGape, and many others.
Beyond the stage, the event created an active networking environment where participants connected with global and regional capital, engaged with projects selected for institutional readiness, explored partnerships and market entry opportunities across Asia-Pacific, and built relationships with institutions shaping the future of digital assets.
From Ho Chi Minh City to Seoul: Scaling the Institutional Crypto Dialogue
Building on the HSC Conference in Ho Chi Minh City, where discussions focused on moving blockchain from pilots to real financial infrastructure, scaling institutional digital asset adoption, and closing the gap between mature Web3 infrastructure and mainstream markets, the Seoul edition brought together more than 2,000 attendees for the next chapter of the conversation around digital assets and global capital markets.
Over the past three years, HSC Conference and HSC Asset Management have developed into two complementary event series. HSC Conference brings together innovators, investors, asset managers, policymakers, and industry leaders to discuss the evolution of digital assets and financial infrastructure. HSC Asset Management provides a more focused environment for investment, fundraising, and dealmaking. Together, the two series have welcomed more than 100,000 attendees and generated more than 10 million social media impressions.
Upcoming editions are scheduled in Singapore on October 8, Dubai in November, and Abu Dhabi in December.
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Alisa, a dedicated journalist at the MPost, specializes in crypto, AI, investments, and the expansive realm of Web3. With a keen eye for emerging trends and technologies, she delivers comprehensive coverage to inform and engage readers in the ever-evolving landscape of digital finance.
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