World Crypto Forum

World Crypto Forum (WCF) to be held from February 10-11

Big Shots in the U.S., Europe, Africa, and Asia

130 trillion From Silicon Valley VC level to World Bank applying the African blockchain

The first World Crypto Forum (WCF), where global big shots will gather to discuss the future of digital assets, will be held in Seoul from the 10th to the 11th of next month. Like the theme of "Fusion of Finance and Digital Assets," this forum deals with digital assets including stablecoins as well as future digital finance in which real assets (RWA) will be combined with blockchain networks. To this end, 68 speakers from all over the world, including North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, will visit the Fairmont Ambassador Hotel in Yeouido, Seoul.

<Eric Trump Co-Founder, World Liberty Financial>

Currently, the change in the global digital asset market is led by the United States. The pace is picking up after President Donald Trump vowed to make the United States the "Crypto Capital." President Trump's second son, Eric Trump, co-founder of World Liberty Financial (WLFI), as well as heads of U.S.-based "financial giants" such as venture capital (VC) and asset management, will participate as speakers in the World Crypto Forum.

<Anthony Albanese, Chief Operating Officer, a16z Crypto>

Anthony Albanese, chief operating officer of Crypto at Andrison Horowitz (a16z), a VC representing Silicon Valley, introduces how the stablecoin, digital asset settlement and real-linked assets (RWA) markets are changing. a16z is a Silicon Valley-based VC that specializes in investing in new growth fields such as fintech and artificial intelligence (AI) including digital assets. The total amount of funds managed by a16z amounts to $90 billion (about 132 trillion won).

<Lu Yin Head of Asia, Solana Foundation>

Lu Yin, general manager of Asia Pacific (APAC), Solana, who opened the era of meme coins with its strength of speed and scalability and increased blockchain accessibility for individual investors, discusses institutional introduction strategies.

<Niki Ariyasinghe, Head of Business Development, Asia-Pacific and Middle East, Chainlink Labs>

At Chainlink, a project that is increasing information reliability by accurately inputting data from the real world on the blockchain, Niki Ariyasinghe, general manager of Asia-Pacific, will participate. He shares prospects for how decentralized finance (DeFi) and traditional finance and digital finance can be fused.

<Nirun Fuwattananukul, CEO, Gulf Binance>

At Binance, the world's largest digital asset exchange, Nirun Fuwattananukul, CEO of Gulf Binance, will be on the WCF stage. He is expected to discuss ways to respond to regulations in Asia with Takeshi Chino, the head of the Japanese branch.

In particular, it is expected to disclose its prospects and visions for the Korean market as Binance re-entered the domestic market last year by completing its acquisition of the Korean exchange "Gopox."

<Kang Inkoo, SVP, ETFs, Grayscale Investments >

At Grayscale, which has launched a large number of digital asset-related fund products, Senior Vice President Kang In-gu will participate as a speaker. Vice President Kang will be a speaker with Paul Starkey, chief sales officer (CRO) of Indxx, an index developer, to introduce the trend of digital asset products pouring out every day on Wall Street. Grayscale also introduced "GDLC," a portfolio ETF containing the fifth-largest coin in market capitalization, as well as digital asset spot exchange-traded funds (ETF). It is the first case in the United States to include multiple digital assets in a single ETF.

<Dominik Schiener, Co-founder of IOTA>

Not only investment, but also ways to connect trade data, documents, and assets to the blockchain will be discussed. Dominik Schiener, co-founder of IOTA, a German-based project, introduces how trade data can be quickly and accurately moved across borders. Iota has experience in projects related to the demonstration of UK border trade and the integration of trade and logistics data flows between East African countries.

<Mahefa Dimbinirina ANDRIAMAMPIADANA, Minister of Digital Development, Posts and Telecommunications of Madagascar>

Andriamampiadana Mahefa Dimbinirina, Madagascar's current Minister of Digital Development, Friendship, and Communication, will have a session with Sy Toure Baidy, a World Bank digital specialist. He introduces agriculture and administration that blockchain changes in Madagascar, which lacks infrastructure through blockchain. Kim Ji-yoon, CEO of blockchain infrastructure company DSRV, will also participate in the session to introduce pilot projects underway there.

<Sy Toure Baidy, Digital Specialist, World Bank Group>

※The World Crypto Forum (WCF) can be registered (490,000 won, including VAT) on wcforum.mk.co.kr until the 23rd (Friday). Contact (02) 2000-5427

LEE Jonghwa andrewhot12@mk.co.kr