1/ EastPoint:Seoul 2025 unveils its first lineup of key speakers and institutions. Korea’s premier private Web3 summit convenes global finance leaders, policymakers, and blockchain innovators on September 22 in Seoul.

7/ EastPoint:Seoul 2025 will connect regulators, asset managers, and infrastructure builders shaping the future of Web3 institutionalization. 📢 Lineup Announcement PR: 📍 Seoul. September 22. Application and invitation only. 🔗 Website:.

6/ Unlike typical conferences, EastPoint prioritizes high-level interaction through private roundtables and targeted discussions, facilitating meaningful collaboration and direct engagement among industry leaders.

5/ Participants also include top exchanges, including Binance, Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, Korbit, Gopax and leading corporates like LG CNS, Google Cloud, and NCSoft, bridging traditional sectors with Web3 innovation.

4/ Major institutions participating include Korea’s top banks (KB, Shinhan, Hana, Woori), securities firms (NH Securities, Shinhan Securities, Meritz Securities), and global entities such as Temasek and SMBC Nikko Securities.

3/ Confirmed speakers include:.- Arthur Hayes (@CryptoHayes), Co-founder, @MaelstromFund.- Caroline Pham (@CarolineDPham), Acting Chair, @CFTC.- Ashok Venkateswaran, VP & APAC Head of Digital Assets, @Mastercard.- Anthony Apollo (@wyoapollo), Executive Director, @wyostable.- Yat.

2/ Key Korean political leaders across major parties, including Byung-duk Min (Democratic Party), Jae-sub Kim (People Power Party), and Jun-seok Lee (Reform Party) will participate in EastPoint:Seoul 2025, contributing to policy dialogue on stablecoins and South Korean digital.

6/ EastPoint:Seoul 2025 will connect regulators, asset managers, and infrastructure builders shaping the future of institutional staking. 📍 Seoul. September 22. Application and invitation only. 🔗 Website: 🔗 Apply: #EastPoint.

5/ Infrastructure is fundamental. 🔹 Successful institutional staking relies on enterprise-grade validator infrastructure: this includes secure multi-node setups, high validator uptime, and dedicated monitoring systems to prevent downtime penalties.🔹 Advanced risk mitigation.

4/ But challenges remain to develop institutional staking, including:. 🔹 Lock-up periods, validator slashing, liquidity constraints on unstaking. 🔹 Regulatory nuances: only protocol-native staking qualifies; staking-disguised lending or yield schemes are still considered as.

3/ Recent institutional staking developments:. 🔹 Grayscale is actively engaging with SEC approval to ETH staking within its ETF framework to avoid missing potential yield. The total estimation of missed Ethereum exchange traded products (ETP) so far is over $61 million. 🔹 On.

2/ Why does this matter for institutions?. 🔹 Staking rewards are now treated as service fees, not passive investment returns. 🔹 This distinction opens the door for regulated entities to stake without triggering securities regulation concerns.

1/ Institutional staking has entered a new regulatory chapter in 2025. In May, the U.S. SEC issued new guidance confirming that protocol staking, whether solo, delegated, or custodial, when tied directly to a network’s consensus mechanisms, does not qualify as a securities

6/ EastPoint:Seoul 2025 will sit at the center of that shift. Bringing together enterprise leaders, infra providers, institutional allocators, and policymakers to explore blockchain adoption in practice. 📍 Seoul. September 22. Application and invitation only. 🔗 Website:.

5/ The Lee administration has been promoting a “Digital G2” vision which aims to aligns South Korea as global digital leader with U.S., and won-based stablecoins are right at the front of that push. Korea is now getting ready to run its stablecoin experiment — this time, within a.

4/ Even Bank of Korea Governor Rhee Chang-yong has weighed in, saying he’s not against the idea of issuing won-based stablecoins — opening the door for future policy support from the central bank.

3/ Rep. Kang Joon-hyun is also set to propose the “Digital Asset Innovation Act,” which goes a step further. His bill looks to strengthen capital requirements and clearly define the Bank of Korea’s role in the ecosystem. The conversation is definitely heating up.

2/ At the heart of this is the “Digital Asset Basic Act,” proposed by Rep. Min Byung-deok. It outlines key rules like capital requirements for issuers and a licensing system through the Financial Services Commission, aiming to shape how private entities can issue stablecoins.

1/ Since President Lee Jae-myung took office, talks around Korean won-based stablecoins have started picking up real momentum. Lawmakers are now actively working on building a legal foundation for them.

7/ EastPoint:Seoul 2025 will sit at the center of that shift. Bringing together enterprise leaders, infra providers, institutional allocators, and policymakers to explore blockchain adoption in practice. 📍 Seoul. September 22. Application and invitation only. 🔗 Website:.