Korea leads the world in the rate of AI adoption growth. Blockchain is next. @Steve_4P and @xparadigms (Four Pillars @FourPillarsFP) join Stateful, hosted by @JonathanGieg and @FranklinBi. In this episode, they discuss why Korea is blockchain's most important emerging market: - Blockchain allows Korean fintech its first real shot at competing globally - Korean pension funds now view Bitcoin as a portfolio diversification asset - Agentic payment rails in Korea: Kakao Pay joins x402 Foundation - STO legislation passed in January. The bridge between crypto and TradFi is being built - Four Pillars is expanding across Japan, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia 04:30 AI Adoption and Agentic Commerce in Korea 8:30 Korean Crypto Regulation Before and After 12:10 STO Legislation and the Institutional Wave 16:20 Top Crypto Verticals in the Korean Market 32:00 What Western Companies Should Know Before Coming to Korea 36:40 The Terra Collapse and the Builder Economy(Pantera Capital)