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This one is a special one for me. Being given the opportunity to co-author a report with @antoniojmadeira and the @redstone_defi team is a huge honour, but moreso the thought and effort that went into crafting this report is what I'm proud of.
With the ever-growing volume of crypto research, it's hard to separate the wheat from the chaff, and I firmly believe that the strongest case for producing compelling media is eschewing what everyone else is doing in favour of something more abstract and tactile.
From the brand-agnostic risograph aesthetic that pays homage to our Korea-focused content using Taegeuk red and blue, to the subtle Hanji texture when you feel the flyer in hand, I intentionally crafted this report to feel as good in hand as it does digitally, and I hope that everyone who reads it feels that.
Meanwhile, Korea's DABA legislation remains stalled and speculation abounds over who gets to issue the won stablecoin. This report aims to answer some of those questions, providing key data points and context for institutions and allocators monitoring KRW stablecoin developments, while also forecasting potential scenarios when, rather than if, DABA is passed and the won stablecoin is introduced.
The Seoul Standard. Enjoy.
The rest of Asia has moved. Korea is still deciding.
Hong Kong licensed its first stablecoin issuers in April. Japan's yen stablecoin has been live since October 2025. Singapore is writing its framework into law. Korea passed its tokenized-securities law in January and reopened its exchanges to corporations, but the Digital Asset Basic Act, the statute that would license a won stablecoin, remains in committee over a single question: who gets to issue it.
While that question sits unanswered, net stablecoin outflows from Korean exchanges have run for eighteen consecutive months, about $10.4 billion in total, almost all of it in dollars. The demand for onchain assets is there. It is being served offshore.
Today we are publishing The Seoul Standard, a joint research report with @redstone_defi written for the allocators, funds and institutions weighing Korea. It covers:
- A decade of Korean digital asset legislation, from the 2017 ICO ban to VAUPA, and why each crisis produced the next statute
- What DABA and the enacted STO framework require of institutions, and the bank-versus-fintech dispute stalling one of them
- How a won stablecoin, tokenized deposits and tokenized securities could put inert KRW balances to work onchain
- Bear, base and bull scenarios with dated triggers, plus a sourced risk register
Read and download the full report (KR/EN): blog.kaia.io/the-seoul-stand…
DABA edges closer
we put out a whole report on this standoff with the @redstone_defi team last month
still feels like a group chat arguing over where to eat while someone else already ordered
these are great tips from alex but they still don't quite get past that distinct vibe-edited 'look' that almost all claude-produced videos have.
yes, you can drop references into claude and have it reverse-engineer it, but that still doesn't solve the problem of building a style that is unique to you as a creator.
this challenge led me to start iterating on the videos I shot last week.
compare this contact sheet with almost any other video, and you'll see it has a far more distinct style – simply from one single repo.
agentic editing is amazing, don’t get me wrong.
but after a few months it will go the way of vibe-coding — the supposed next goldmine of AI income will just be dominated by visual tells that scream slop.
right now the average person has no idea how to edit agentically, which is why you’re seeing creators shill their courses and cash in on this gold rush.
personally I’ve used claude to post daily news videos for the past week, and this is something that would have taken me eons longer in the past.
if you were creating content before agentic editing, congrats, your output just got a huge boost.
but if you think agentic editing is a panacea for growth while your core content processes are broken, you’ll be left shipping the same slop as everyone else around you.
p.s. there is an easy way to get past most of the hallmarks of claude-driven editing, which I'll be sharing very soon.
They were cooking Alex in the comments here.
근데 난 Alex랑 100% 동의해.
영어 실력은 필수다. 진짜.
Guys, it's 2026
Stop hiring people who can't speak proper English to lead your main programs
Stop hiring people who can't speak proper English to build your community in English
Stop hiring people who can't speak proper English to recruit and build your team
Stop hiring people who can't speak proper English to lead (a team)/ your marketing
Stop hiring people who can't speak proper English to run your ambassador program with global ambassadors
Stop hiring people who can't speak proper English to be the face of your company
Stop hiring people who can't speak proper English to be your dev rel
and
Stop hiring rude people, especially in customer facing roles
I don't know who else needs to hear this, because after 5 years in Web3, I still need to say this and it makes me real sed.
I'll never forget meeting a head of content for a major L1 with absolutely zero proof of work
nothing on his X. nothing on his LinkedIn.
a head of content. with no content.
meanwhile people who post daily, ship weekly and show every receipt are told "we'll keep your CV on file"
this industry preaches proof of work and hires on proof of brunch, or simply knowing the right people.
ironic innit?
the big 5 – @Official_Upbit, @BithumbOfficial, @CoinoneOfficial, @GOPAX_kr and @realDigitalX – meet with korean govt today
discussion points are expected to include lack of clear tax guidelines for transaction types including staking, airdrops and DeFi
feels like I’ve hit my stride with AI tools lately
spun up an entirely new portfolio site on opus 5.5 last weekend
used @bot to create proper scripting workflows and linked up the @binance mcp this weekend
not to mention the advances in the generative models
a truly exciting time to be alive
the curious will succeed
looks like the hangzhou event has been cancelled too:
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