The Good Tech Companies - Origin Summit Announces Wave 3: Animation Powerhouse Maggie Kang To Join Programming Lineup

Starting point is 00:00:00 This audio is presented by Hacker Noon, where anyone can learn anything about any technology. Origin Summit announces Wave 3, Animation Powerhouse Maggie Kong to join programming lineup, by Chainwire. Paulo Alto, United States, September 18, 2025, Chainwire, asterisk Maggie Kong, the visionary director behind Netflix's record-breaking K-pop demon hunters, will join Origin Summit for an exclusive fireside on global storytelling, fandom, and THE rise of culturally dream. IP. Story, the world's IP blockchain, in collaboration with Blockworks, today announced that acclaimed animation director Maggie Kong will join the official Origin Summit programming during Korea Blockchain Week in Seoul. Kong will appear in an exclusive fireside conversation exploring the future of storytelling through the lens of her personal journey, from breaking into Hollywood to engaging global fandoms and rewriting the rules of how Korean stories are told and celebrated

Starting point is 00:00:55 around the world. Maggie's work transcends mediums, genres, and borders. She embodies what Origin Summit is about. Visionary IP with global reach, creative integrity, and cultural relevance, said Cy Lee, co-founder and CEO of Story. We're beyond excited to have her as part of the event, because K-pop Demon Hunters showcases the full spectrum of what IP can be. It's a global cultural movement. It drives music charts, sparks fandoms, inspires merchandise, and reshapes how stories move through the world. That's the kind of programmable, participatory IP future we're building toward. Origin Summit is the premier institutional event at the intersection of AI, blockchain, finance, and intellectual property. Hosted by Story, in collaboration with

Starting point is 00:01:42 Blockworks and Hanking Media Group, the summit convenes global leaders to define the infrastructure powering the programmable IP economy. Known for redefining female heroes and reshaping the global animation landscape, Maggie's appearance continues the summit's mission to unite the builders, creators, and visionaries transforming how culture becomes capital. About Maggie Kong, Maggie Kong is an animation director, writer, producer, and story artist based in Los Angeles. She is best known for originating, writing, and directing the global phenomenon K-pop demon hunters for Netflix and Sony Pictures animation. The film is Netflix's most popular film of all time with 236 million views in the first nine weeks. It had a $19 million theatrical debut, the largest in Netflix history, after already

Starting point is 00:02:29 being on the service for two months. Its soundtrack produced eight Billboard Hot 100 hits, including the number one single, Golden, and earned acclaim as the first soundtrack in the last three Decadesto Land Three Billboard top ten singles. Critics embraced the film as well, awarding K-pop Demon Hunter's a 97% Rotten Tomatoes score, making it the top-performing Netflix its original film to date. Kang's K-pop demon hunters broke from convention by focusing on distinctly Korean influences while simultaneously rejecting a typical, female superhero mold seen throughout media. Instead, Kong created funny, flawed, and relatable heroines that not only attracted viewers but also led to an immediate and enormous globally dedicated fandom. A veteran of the animation

Starting point is 00:03:14 industry, Kong previously served as head of story on T.E. Lego Ninjago movie and began her career at DreamWorks, where she contribute as a story artist to the Shrek, Kung Fu Panda, trolls, Madagascar, and Crudes franchises. From Toronto and a graduate of Sheridan College's classical animation program, she continues to redefine the landscape of animation through cultural authenticity, musical innovation, and groundbreaking global storytelling. Previously announced Speaker's Maggie Kong joins an already impressive lineup of global heavy hitters announced in wave 1 and 2, including creators and executives behind Blackpink, Baby Shark, lineage, and leading institutions across finance, blockchain, and entertainment. About Origin Summit is the premier

Starting point is 00:03:59 institutional event at the intersection of AI, blockchain, finance and intellectual property. Hosted by Story, in collaboration with Blockworks and Hanking Media Group, the summit convenes global leaders to define the infrastructure powering the programmable IP economy. Taking place during Korea Blockchain Week 2025 in Seoul, Origin Summit will explore how AI, crypto, and capital are converging to unlock the world's most valuable untapped acid class. About Story backed with $136 million from a 16-Z, Polychain, and Samsung Ventures, Story launched its mainnet in February 2025 and has rapidly become the letting blockchain infrastructure for tokenized intellectual property. Story is a blockchain purpose built to make intellectual property a programmable

Starting point is 00:04:45 digital asset with embedded rights. It enables creators, developers, enterprises, and AI labs to turn media, data, and AI generated content into programmable, legally enforceable digital assets, fueling use cases across AI, entertainment, robotics, and more. Designed four-scale story bridges the gap between outdated legal frameworks and the realities of AI era creation, making it possible to track provenance, automate licensing, and unlock new markets for ideas. As the foundation, for dollar ips evolution into an internet native asset class story powers a more open equitable and composable creative economy users can learn more at htttps colon slash slash www story foundation about block works block works is an information platform that sits at the center of the crypto industry we

Starting point is 00:05:36 transform raw complex data and facts into actionable research trusted news alpha-driven insights and and world-class events. The result is transparency and confidence. We enable investors, operators, and institutions tussie pass the noise, make better decisions, and drive the industry forward. Contact head of comm's HV story Henri. Vise at PIP Labs, XYZ. This story was published as a press release by Chainwire under Hackernoon's business blogging program. Do your own research before making any financial decision. Thank you for listening to this Hackernoon story, read by artificial intelligence. Visit hackernoon.com to read, write, learn and publish.

The Good Tech Companies - Origin Summit Announces Wave 3: Animation Powerhouse Maggie Kang To Join Programming Lineup

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