Just got back from Seoul for BUIDL Asia, ETH Capital, CIS. Spent the week meeting with Kyobo Securities, Hanwha Asset Management, NICE Information Service, ITCEN Creder, Hecto Financial, and Imin.
All of them are moving into digital assets and RWAs. Same ask across every room: how can we enforce compliance rules directly onchain? KYC, jurisdiction checks, transfer restrictions, approvals, all enforced at the transaction level, not handled offchain.
Asset managers want tokenized products that are globally distributable from day one. Payments and custody players need assets to move across borders with the right controls in place. Identity providers want their trusted offchain data connected to onchain enforcement. RWA issuers need compliance to hold at redemption, not just issuance.
This fits directly with how Newton is positioned as an authorization layer designed to enforce rules within the transaction itself, defined once and applied wherever assets move.
Korea is moving fast. Going to be one of the most important markets for onchain finance 🇰🇷