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HSC Conference Wraps In Seoul, Uniting Global Finance And Crypto Leaders Around AI, Stablecoins, And Tokenization

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HSC Conference , a premier event dedicated to bridging institutional finance and cryptocurrency, successfully concluded in Seoul on October 1. Hosted by Mpost Media Group in partnership with Z Venture, the conference brought together global leaders from financial institutions, crypto investment funds, and technology companies. More than 50 industry professionals took the stage to explore the forces shaping the next phase of digital finance, from investment and market structure to the convergence of blockchain and AI, with a strong Asia-Pacific focus reflecting the region’s growing role in the global digital asset landscape. Throughout the event, speakers and attendees examined major developments across the industry, including the evolution of stablecoins and tokenization, the emergence of blockchain-based financial infrastructure, and the growing institutional adoption of digital assets. Key topics included: Investments Today; Financial Infrastructure in the Digital Economy; Infrastructure: Building Web3’s Rails; Institutional Adoption of Digital Assets; Welcome to the Trillion-Dollar Agentic Economy; Tokenization: The RWA Opportunity; Stablecoins: The New Global Rails; Beyond Chain Boundaries: The Next Layer of DeFi; Agentic AI: Infrastructure, Payments, and Beyond; Mainstream Web3 Adoption.

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Upbit adds AI tools that explain crypto price moves

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Dunamu, the operator of Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Upbit, said Friday that it expanded its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered market analytics platform with real-time tools that summarize broad market trends and pinpoint the reasons behind price movements for individual digital assets. Upbit Data Lab, launched in April 2025, is the exchange's analytics platform offering crypto indexes, sector data and blockchain analysis. The new "AI Market Report" is a video of 90 seconds or less that draws on the Upbit composite index, major asset prices, top gainers and losers, and market sentiment indicators, with AI selecting key issues based on price moves and market impact. It is released at 10 a.m. on weekdays on Upbit Data Lab and Upbit's official YouTube channel. A second new service, "Uptrace," tracks price data and related news for individual assets to identify the main factors behind price changes. Users can click diamond-shaped icons on an asset's chart to see the AI analysis and related news for that point in time.

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Ruling party joins growing calls to delay crypto taxation

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The ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) joined opposition lawmakers and industry groups Monday in calling for a delay on cryptocurrency taxation, adding momentum to growing demand to postpone the planned January rollout. The tax is scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1, 2027, but concerns over the readiness of the tax system have grown as the deadline approaches. Rep. Min Byung-duk, a senior member of the DPK's policy committee, said that taxation should be pushed back until after the passage of the Digital Asset Basic Act. “It's not right to start taxation when the basic law has yet to be established. We need a solid foundation to collect taxes in a credible way, and that foundation is not yet in place," the lawmaker said at EastPoint: Seoul 2026, a private conference on virtual assets held Monday in Seoul. Min pointed to difficulties in tracking income from overseas exchanges and the lack of a system for carrying forward investment losses. He said his concerns were about the timing readiness of the tax system, rather than taxation itself.

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