The Nexus of Compute and Tokenized Finance | Aethir x Upside KBW VIP Dinner

​As Korea Blockchain Week 2026 winds down, The Nexus of Compute and Tokenized Finance VIP Dinner convenes a small group of institutional allocators, industry experts, tokenization operators, and some of Korea's most influential market voices for an industry-shifting discussion on how tokenized compute assets, data center operations, and data center financing shall change the world of AI deployment and institutional finance as we now know it.

​The dinner will be held at an elite rooftop venue in the heart of Gangnam, accompanied by a Michelin-trained-chef’s experimental course menu, fine wine, delicious drinks, breathtaking views, and the type of discussion that shapes industries.

​During the dinner, Mark Rydon, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Aethir, and Noah Thorp, Founder and CEO at Upside, shall help shape the overall conversation, and deliver concise remarks on the core subject. The dinner shall follow a quasi-Jeffersonian format - one table, one discussion - with an after dinner networking-session for guests to continue more intimate conversations.

​Co-hosted by Aethir and Upside.

​Closed event, by invitation only, capped at 20 seats.

​Aethir
🌐 aethir.com
The world's largest decentralized GPU cloud, delivering enterprise-grade compute to 150+ AI clients across 90+ countries.

​Upside
🌐 upside.gg
The operating system for liquid tokenized markets, driven by a blockchain-native, SEC-registered transfer agent powering $200M+ in tokenized real-world assets.