ETHCapital Summit 2026 - Seoul
ETHCapital is the inaugural Ethereum conference designed specifically for institutional capital deployment and enterprise adoption at scale.
Our mission is simple: connect the largest capital allocators in APAC with the builders of Ethereum's future. Our one-day, high-signal summit is designed to answer one question: why Korea is the next great frontier for institutional Ethereum adoption — and how to act on it.
This is where the next trillion dollars of capital learns to speak Ethereum.
Tickets: https://tickets.ethcapitalsummit.com
Featured Speakers
ETHCapital brings together the most influential voices at the intersection of Ethereum and institutional finance:
Justin Drake — Researcher, Ethereum Foundation
Adrian Li — Ecosystem Liaison Lead, Ethereum Foundation
Joe Chalom — CEO, Sharplink
James Kim — Co-CEO, Xangle
Jong Min Son — CSO, Hanwha Investment & Securities
Jinseok Cho - CEO, KODA
David Kim — CEO, Assembly Labs
Glenn Woo — Head of APAC, Blockdaemon
Sungmo Park - Head of APAC, a16z
...and more
Full programme at ethcapitalsummit.com
Our Sponsors & Partners
A huge thank you to our founding sponsors, partners and supporters for making ETHCapital possible:
Title Sponsor: Sharplink — Nasdaq-listed institutional-grade Ethereum treasury platform giving investors a smarter, more productive access vehicle to ETH.
Diamond Sponsor: Brevis — A verifiable computing platform powered by zero-knowledge proofs, serving as the infinite compute layer for Web3.
Gold Sponsors: D'cent — Korea’s pioneering wallet provider, delivering world-first fingerprint-secured hardware wallets for ultimate crypto security and convenience. Ether.Fi — Premier decentralized liquid staking protocol and crypto-native neobank that lets you save, grow, and spend.
After-Dark Cocktail Sponsor: EDX — An institutional trading platform for digital assets that integrates execution and clearing, improving capital efficiency and minimizing settlement risk. Its flagship marketplace, EDX Markets, delivers deep liquidity, firm pricing, and low trading costs.
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Agenda
09:00 - 09:30 - Early Arrival & Breakfast
09:30 - 09:40 - Opening Keynote: Welcome & Vision for ETHCapital
09:40 - 09:50 - Ethereum Today
09:50 - 10:20 - The World Computer called Ethereum
10:20 - 10:50 - What initiatives should the EF be prioritizing? Playbook to Ethereum's Future in Korea
10:50 - 11:15 Morning Break
11:15 - 11:45 - Confidential Compounding: The Next Era of Institutional Yield
11:45 - 12:15 - From Skepticism to Integration: Opportunities and Challenges ahead for Institutional Adoption
12:15 - 12:45 - What are the Investable Opportunities in Ethereum?
12:45–12:55 - Re-imagining Finance: Digital Asset Strategy for TradFi
12:55 - 14:05 Lunch Break
14:05 - 14:35 - Ethereum Meets Institutional: Bridging Traditional Finance and Decentralized Systems
14:35 - 15:15 - Stablecoin Play: The Future of Won-Pegged Stablecoins in Korea
15:15 - 15:45 - When Money Moves Like Data: Agentic Payments & Machine-Scale Transactions
16:00 - 16:30 - Korean Panel: Ownership Reimagined: STOs, Tokenized Treasuries, and the Future of Korean Capital Markets
16:30 - 16:50 - 100× Ethereum L1: The ZK Path to Infinite Compute without Sacrificing Decentralization
16:50 - 17:10 - Lean Scaling
17:15 - Onwards: ETHCapital Summit x EDX: After-Dark in Seoul