Korea leads the world in the rate of AI adoption growth. Blockchain is next.
@Steve_4P and
@xparadigms (Four Pillars
@FourPillarsFP) join Stateful, hosted by
@JonathanGieg and
@FranklinBi.
In this episode, they discuss why Korea is blockchain's most important emerging market:
- Blockchain allows Korean fintech its first real shot at competing globally
- Korean pension funds now view Bitcoin as a portfolio diversification asset
- Agentic payment rails in Korea: Kakao Pay joins x402 Foundation
- STO legislation passed in January. The bridge between crypto and TradFi is being built
- Four Pillars is expanding across Japan, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia
04:30 AI Adoption and Agentic Commerce in Korea
8:30 Korean Crypto Regulation Before and After
12:10 STO Legislation and the Institutional Wave
16:20 Top Crypto Verticals in the Korean Market
32:00 What Western Companies Should Know Before Coming to Korea
36:40 The Terra Collapse and the Builder Economy