BLOCKFESTA

2025

The Institutional Era

September 26, 2025 (Friday) 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM Textile Center 3rd Floor, Tex-Fa Hall
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Speakers

Program

Opening
10:00 ~ 10:05

Opening Remarks

Glen Choi, Block Media, CEO

10:05 ~ 10:10

Congratulatory Remarks

Byung Duk Min, Democratic Party, Member of the National Assembly

Theme 1. Rules of the New Game
10:10 ~ 10:30

Beyond Digital Assets: The Convergence of Technology, Finance, and Real Assets After Institutionalization

Yong Bum Park, Dankook University (President, Korea Blockchain Society), Professor

10:30 ~ 11:00

Institutional Investment in Crypto: Opening the Age of Giants

Seo Ryong Kim, Mission Law Firm, Partner • Ik Hyun Kim, Yulchon, Partner • Dong Ki Lee, Deloitte Consulting, Partner • Dong Min Im, INDIECON, CEO • Jay Lee, Hauzen, Partner

11:00 ~ 11:20

Four, Seven

Arthur Hayes, Maelstrom, CIO (BitMEX, Former Co-Founder)

11:20 ~ 12:00

Policy Directions of the Digital Asset Basic Act and the Future of the Digital Asset Ecosystem

Minseob Yoon, Soongsil University, Professor • Ryon Ho Kang, Sejong Law Firm, Partner • Sung Hwan Joo, Lee & Ko, Partner

Theme 2. On-Chain Finance Revolution
12:00 ~ 12:20

On-Chain Finance: A New Paradigm of Law and Regulation

Jae Soo Yoo, Former Director General of Financial Policy, FSC

12:20 ~ 12:35

Why Data is a Important as a Strong Cup of Coffee

Art Abal, Vana Foundation, Managing Director

12:35 ~ 12:55

Building the internet of credit: Where crypto meets global payments

Amitej Gajjala, KernelDAO, Co-Founder

12:55 ~ 13:15

Crypto AGI: A Collectively Built, Community Owned, AI Agent Network Empowering DeFi, RWA, and Beyond

Prof. Salman Avestimehr, ChainOpera AI, Co-Founder

13:15 ~ 13:35

The state of Bitcoin yield

Alexei Zamyatin, BOB, Co-founder & CEO

13:35 ~ 13:55

AI Meets Blockchain

Young Sun Park, Former Minister of SMEs and Startups

13:55 ~ 14:10

AI to Stablecoin : Blockchain for Mainstream

Michael Cho, Lambda256, CBO

14:10 ~ 14:25

Brevis: The Infinite Compute Layer for Web 3 and Everything

Michael, Brevis, Co-Founder

14:25 ~ 14:40

Story: Powering the Future of IP

Chase Chang, Story, Head of Korea

Theme 3. Institutional Capital Meets Web3
14:40 ~ 15:00

Building Upward: Web3's Super App on Anoma's OS

Adrian Brink, Anoma, Co-Founder

15:00 ~ 15:20

Building the Base Layer for the Agentic Economy

Chi Zhang, Kite AI, CEO & Co-founder

15:20 ~ 15:45

The Dawn of the Decentralized Internet Era: A Hyperscale, Real-World Blockchain

Sang Yoon Lee, Bloom Technology, CEO

15:45 ~ 16:00

Unbank Yourself with Superform

Vikram Arun, Superform, CEO

16:00 ~ 16:15

The Future of On-Chain Finance and Proposals for a Successful KRW Stablecoin

Ethan Kim, Open Asset, CEO

16:15 ~ 16:30

Making DeFi Better

Eddy Kim, Orbs, Head of Korea

16:30 ~ 16:45

Opening Digital Financial Innovation Through On-Chain Finance

Byung Hwa Lim, Sungkyunkwan University, Professor

16:45 ~ 17:00

On-Chain Finance: The Key to the Future of Finance

Jung Hwa Lee, LG CNS, Head of Digital Trust Service

17:00 ~ 17:40

Where Can We Find the Future of KRW Stablecoin?

Byung Hwa Lim, Sungkyunkwan University, Professor • Wan Sung Kim, Koscom, Head of Digital Asset Business TF • Hyo Bong Kim, Bae, Kim & Lee LLC, Attorney • Byung Yun Seo, DSRV, CBO • John Oh, Wavebridge, CEO • Ethan Kim, Open Asset, CEO

17:40 ~ 17:55

The State of the Web3 Industry in 2025

Ryan Yoon, Tiger Research, Head of Research Center

17:55 ~ 18:00

Closing remarks

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