The Age of the Agentic Economy: A Strategy for the Korean Won Stablecoin

The strategic fate of the won stablecoin now rests not on issuance and distribution but on who controls the chokepoints of digital settlement. We examine the settlement strategy Korea should pursue in the age of the agentic economy, and the institutional direction that strategy requires.

We have summarized the main results and implications of the policy symposium, 'The Future of Digital Assets and Capital Markets—Choices Facing the United States and Korea,' co-hosted by Hashed Open Research and the Solana Policy Institute. We examine in detail the digital asset legislation discussions confronting both countries.

Published jointly by SCBX and Hashed Open Research following SEABW 2026—Southeast Asia’s flagship blockchain conference—this report covers essential takeaways from an exclusive, closed-door roundtable with key global institutions.

Decentralized prediction markets are not merely online betting venues. The more widely their prices come to be used as a reference point for societal judgment, the greater the trust and accountability demanded of the market structures and resolution mechanisms that form those prices. We examine both the potential and the risks of decentralized prediction markets.