Asia Stablecoin Conference

The inaugural Asia Stablecoin Conference 2025 (#ASC2025) was the first regional forum bringing together stablecoin leaders from Korea, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, the United States, and beyond. Held during Korea Blockchain Week and hosted by the Asia Stablecoin Alliance together with Four Pillars and LayerZero, the conference gathered over 700 senior executives, regulators, stablecoin issuers, banks, and infrastructure providers to chart the path forward for stablecoins in Asia.

Under the theme "Accelerate Asian Stablecoins," the program was structured around three perspectives driving regional adoption:

• Perspective 1 — Better Onchain Finance: Pioneers building onchain primitives through protocols, and early adopters pushing the boundaries of stablecoin-native finance.
• Perspective 2 — Bridge the Gap: The work required to bring everyday, non-native users onchain through better banking, payment, and user experiences.
• Perspective 3 — Institutions Onchain: Direct engagement with banks, asset managers, and public-sector actors exploring stablecoin and RWA integration.

Segment	Session	Speaker(s)
Opening	Opening Keynote — Accelerate Asian Stablecoins	Heechang Kang, Co-Founder & CPO, Four Pillars (ASA Founding Member)
Opening	Conference Introduction	Alex Lim, Korea Head, LayerZero (ASA Executive Director)
Sponsor Keynote	Pharos: Building the Silk Road of Crypto	Wish Wu, CTO, Pharos Network
Perspective 1—Better Onchain Finance	Keynote — LayerZero: Building the Stablecoin Standard	Bryan Pellegrino, CEO, LayerZero
Perspective 1	Keynote — Ethena: Enabling Internet Money	Guy Young, CEO, Ethena Labs
Perspective 1	Panel — How Can We Provide Better Onchain Yields?	With Kiln, Ethena, and other protocol leaders
Perspective 1	Panel — The Future of the Onchain Ecosystem	Protocol and ecosystem leaders
Perspective 1	Panel — Stars in the Sky: Stablecoins in DeFi	DeFi-native builders
Perspective 2—Bridge the Gap	Keynote — Wyoming Stable Token: Digital Assets for Public Good	Anthony Apollo, Executive Director, Wyoming Stable Token Commission
Perspective 2	Keynote — Rialo: We Need a Radically New Blockchain Design for RWAs	Rialo Team
Perspective 2	Panel — The Past, Present and Future of USDT	Stablecoin issuer & exchange leaders
Perspective 2	Panel — How Can We Build Better Banking Experiences Onchain	Fintech and neobank operators
Perspective 2	Panel — Growth Strategies for Asian Stablecoins	Regional stablecoin operators across Korea, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong and SEA
Perspective 3—Institutions Onchain	Keynote — Canton Network: Infrastructure for Institutions	Yuval Rooz, CEO, Canton Network
Perspective 3	Keynote — Securitize: Tokenize Assets for Institutions	Graham Ferguson, Head of Ecosystem, Securitize
Perspective 3	Keynote — Plume: Make RWAs Feel Just Like Crypto	Chris Yin, CEO, Plume Network
Perspective 3	Panel — How Can RWAs Be the Catalyst of Stablecoin Adoption for Institutions?	Institutional leaders across banks, asset managers, and RWA protocols