The Good Tech Companies - Origin Summit Debuts in Seoul During KBW As Flagship Gathering On IP, AI, and Blockchain-enabled RWA

Episode Date: August 27, 2025

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/origin-summit-debuts-in-seoul-during-kbw-as-flagship-gathering-on-ip-ai-and-blockchain-enabled-rwa. Korea has the largest number of paid ChatGPT subscribers outside the U.S., reflecting its world-leading AI adoption. Check more stories related to web3 at: https://hackernoon.com/c/web3. You can also check exclusive content about #web3, #story, #chainwire, #press-release, #blockchain-development, #crypto-exchange, #crypto-conferences, #good-company, and more. This story was written by: @chainwire. Learn more about this writer by checking @chainwire's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. The Origin Summit will be held in Seoul, South Korea, on September 23, 2025. The Summit will bring together leading voices across AI, blockchain, and finance to explore IP as the linchpin to unlocking an $80 trillion, illiquid market at the heart of AI’s next evolution. South Korea has the largest number of paid ChatGPT subscribers outside the U.S., reflecting its world-leading AI adoption.

This audio is presented by Hacker Noon, where anyone can learn anything about any technology. Origin Summit debutses in Seoul during KBW as flagship gathering on IP, AI, and blockchain-enabled RWA by Chainwire. Paulo Alto, United States, August 26, 2025, Chainwire first edition of the flagship institutional event, hosted by story in collaboration with Blockworks and Korea's largest finance media, Korea Economic Daily, convenes global leaders in AI. IP, and crypto to explore IP as the foundation of the $80 trillion opportunity powering the AI economy. The first lineup of speakers highlights the leaders and masterminds behind

Korea's world-renowned IP phenomena from BTS and Black Pink to ESPA and Baby Shark. These include CEOs and founders from H.YBE, the black label, SM Entertainment, the Pinkfong Company, and many more, while attracting leaders of top crypto companies like Polygon and Anamoka the brands and Wall Street's top firms such as Morgan Stanley and Grayscale. Story, the world's IP blockchain, in collaboration with Blockworks and Korea Economic Daily, Korea's largest finance media group, today announced the inaugural origin summit, the flagship institutional event at the intersection of artificial intelligence, blockchain, and intellectual property. The summit will take place on September 23, 2025, during Korea Blockchain Week, KBW, in Seoul,

and will bring together leading voices across AI, blockchain, and finance to explore IP as the linchpin to unlocking an $80 trillion, ill liquid market at the heart of AI's next evolution. Intellectual property, IP, is the backbone of global creativity, culture, and innovation. IP spans everything from AI training data and music catalogs to biotech patents, entertainment franchises, and user-generated content. Valued at over $80 trillion, IP is one of the world's largest and most important asset classes, but it remains fragmented, illiquid, and largely invisible to markets. As artificial intelligence advances, access to verified, rights cleared IP is becoming critical. Models need structured data, not scraped content, undi-native applications require

infrastructure that can trace, license, and monetize contributions in real time. Meanwhile, institutional capital is searching for the next wave of real-world assets, and crypto is evolving from speculation to programmable ownership. IPs it's at the center of this convergence. Origin Summit brings together the builders, investors, and cultural leaders unlocking the programmable IP economy, where AI, crypto, and capital align around one of the most consequential frontiers of the next decade. Why Korea?

Few places on Earth better capture the convergence of culture, capital, and technology than South Korea. It's home to one of the world's most digitally fluent populations, a booming creative IP sector, widespread digital asset adoption, and some of the strongest industrial players advancing embodied AI. Cultural IP exports, including music, gaming, film, and animation, reached $13.6 billion in 2024. IP exports have more than tripled over the past decade, hitting $9.85 billion. South Korea has the largest number of paid Chad GPT subscribers outside the U.S., reflecting its world-leading AI adoption. Weekly usage has exploded,

up four, five times over the past year, making it one of the most dynamic and AI-savvy markets globally. Korea is fast emerging as the frontier of physical AI and robotics, with Samsung, LG, Hyundai, and Ska leading the charge. It has the world's highest robot density, 1,012 per 10,000 workers, and a robotics market growing nearly 15% annually, reinforced by the K-Humanoid Alliance aiming for advanced humanoids by 2028. Crypto adoption is surging, with 30% of the population, approximately 15. 6 million people, actively investing in digital assets. South Korean exchanges currently capture nearly 50% of global alt-coin trading volume.

Coupled with a vibrant retail trading base, $663 billion in KRW trades versus USD markets, and consolidated liquidity on platforms like Upbit and Bithum, Korea has emerged as a critical hub for digital asset innovation. The domestic crypto market reached a value of 102 trillion one, with daily trading volumes up 20% year over year. The global rise of K-pop and K-drama, as well as gaming giants like lineage, Maple Story, and PubG, has thrust the country into the spotlight as a global IP powerhouse. And with national champions like Samsung, LG, Hyundai, and SK pushing the boundaries of embodied and physical AI. Korea is rapidly becoming a global hub for innovation with a burgeoning consumer market.

Wave 1 of confirmed speakers and party see pants from the creators of Blackpink, BTS, Baby Shark, and lineage to executives at Morgan Stanley, Greyscale, and the founder of Puggy Penguins in Abstract, Origin Summit convenes pioneers across AI, IP, culture, and finance. This is just the beginning. The first unveil focuses particularly on Korean IP leaders, but we will soon be followed by leaders in AI, the other major theme of origin summit. A full agenda and additional speakers will be announced in the coming weeks. Kyeong and Jung, CEO, the black label, record label founded

by executive producer for Black Pink and K-pop Demon Hunter. Ryan Sung-Kew Lee, co-founder and EVP, the Pinkfong company, co-creator of Baby Shar, Amy Oldenberg, head of emerging markets equity, Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Lee Sung-Su, Sao, SM Entertainment, widely credited as the creator of K-pop as a genre. Jake Jaking's song, co-founder of Nexen and creator of lineage, one of the most successful MM-O-R-PG franchises in Korea's history. Rayneigh-Sherief Askeri, managing director, grayscale investments. Brandon Yu, president, H.YBE Music Group APEC, Company Behind BTS, Ariana Grande, 17, and more. Luca Nets, founder and CEO, Puggy Penguins and Iglu, Inc.

Sunglin Choi, president, COO, SK Networks, Korea's second largest conglomerate. Yotsu, co-founder and executive chairman, Anamoka Brands, Sandeep Nailwall, co-founder, Polygon, Ethereum's leading scaling solution, powering brands like Nike, Disney, and Reddit. Zhang Wan Li, founder and CEO, Contents Technologies, Event Logistics State, September 23, 20, 25 location, Seoul, South Korea, during Korea Blockchain Week, format curated for institutional investors, IP holders, AI builders, and cultural leaders website, WWW Origin Summit, XYZ registration, limited capacity. Interested parties can request access via the event website, produced by Story Protocol, in collaboration with Blockworks and Korea Economic Daily about Origin Summit.

Origin Summit is the premier 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 16Z, Polychain, and Samsung Ventures, Story launched its mainnet in February 2025 and has rapidly become the leading blockchain infrastructure for tokenized intellectual property. Story is a blockchain purpose built to make

intellectual property a programmable digital asset with embedded rights. It enables creators, developers, enterprises, and AI labs to turn media, data, and I generated content into programmable, legally enforceable digital assets, fueling use cases across AI, entertainment, robotics, and more. Designed for scale, story bridges the gap between outdated legal frameworks and THE realities of I-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. Learn more AT H-T-TPS colon slash-slash-w-W-W. Story, Foundation about BlockWorks

is an information platform that sits at the center of the crypto industry. We transform raw, complex data and facts into actionable research, trusted news, alpha-driven insights, and world-class events. The result is transparency and confidence. We enable investors, operators, and institutions to see past the noise, make better decisions, and drive the industry forward. For press inquiries or participation requests, events at PIPLabs, XYZ HTTPS-C-T-T-P-S-Colon slash-W. Origin Summit, XYZ Contact Head of Communications HV-V-Story on REE. Vise at PIPLabs, XYZ, this story was published as a press release by Chainwire under Hackernoon's business blogging program. Thank you for listening to this Hackernoon story, read by artificial intelligence.

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