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HSC Conference Seoul 2026 will convene more than 2,000 attendees, including Maelstrom chief investment officer Arthur Hayes and Animoca Brands co-founder Yat Siu, at Novotel Ambassador Seoul Gangnam on October 1, as institutional and digital-asset finance leaders discuss tokenization, stablecoins and agentic AI infrastructure.
Hosted by Mpost Media Group in partnership with Z Venture, the HSC Conference is designed around the intersection of cryptocurrency and institutional capital.
The HSC Conference lineup includes Arthur Hayes, chief investment officer at Maelstrom; Yat Siu, co-founder and chairman of Animoca Brands; and Ed Felten, co-founder of Offchain Labs.
They will be joined by executives and industry representatives including Charles Jansen, managing director of DeFi and digital assets at S&P Global; Matthew Dawson, co-founder of Ethereum Institutional; John Cahill, COO Asia at Galaxy Digital; Eunice Giarta, co-founder of Monad Foundation; Steven McClurg, founder and CEO of Canary Capital; Jeffrey Tchui, executive director and head of APAC at Hashgraph; and Tomer Weiss, head of global partnerships at Hypernative.
The wider participant list includes representatives from Z Venture, Zero Gravity Labs, ZKsync, RedStone, Ledger Enterprise, IBM Digital Asset, Bybit, Tether, Base, C² Ventures, Steakhouse Financial, Cactus Custody, AEON, STON.fi, Ether.fi and BNB Chain.
The breadth of the lineup reflects the conference’s focus on institutional participation rather than cryptocurrency markets alone. The event is expected to bring together founders, investors, allocators, financial executives and infrastructure providers as digital assets increasingly intersect with traditional financial systems.
A current event listing describes the gathering as a meeting point for digital-asset executives, institutional players and founders, with discussions covering infrastructure, tokenization, AI, stablecoins and institutional adoption.
The full-day HSC Conference agenda will feature keynote addresses, panel discussions and a roundtable covering several areas of digital finance.
Topics listed by organizers include investments, financial infrastructure in the digital economy, Web3 infrastructure, institutional adoption of digital assets and the emerging agentic economy.
Tokenization of real-world assets will also feature prominently, alongside discussions about stablecoins as financial rails and the role of agentic artificial intelligence in infrastructure and payments.
Other sessions will examine mainstream Web3 adoption and the infrastructure needed to support broader use of blockchain-based financial products.
The programming reflects several areas attracting attention across digital finance: how traditional assets can be represented on blockchain networks, how stablecoins could support payments and settlement, and how AI systems could interact with financial infrastructure.
The conference’s Asia-Pacific focus is also significant to its positioning. Seoul is hosting the event during Korea Blockchain Week, with multiple blockchain and institutional-finance gatherings taking place across the city around the same period.
Beyond the formal sessions, the HSC Conference will feature a networking zone intended to connect participants with regional and international capital, potential business partners and projects seeking market-entry opportunities.
Organizers say attendees will be able to explore projects, identify potential partnerships and strengthen relationships with investors and institutional participants.
Vadim Krekotin, managing partner at HSC Asset Group, said the event is intended to connect the region’s digital-asset activity with institutional capital.
“Seoul has become one of the most dynamic meeting points for digital asset innovation, and HSC Conference is where that energy meets institutional capital. Our goal is to create a space where founders, investors, and financial institutions can discuss the latest trends, exchange ideas, and build the relationships that turn those ideas into real outcomes.” — Vadim Krekotin, Managing Partner, HSC Asset Group
The event is supported by companies and organizations including Credit Scend, Everwood Capital, QR Wallet, Sonic Labs, Mercuryo, STON.fi, Interlace, Addressable, Hypernative, Battle Town, AI PET, Velvet, TiDB, Fomoscan, Izora Capital, AEON, AutoLinta and Rewardy Wallet.
The organizer expects more than 2,000 people to attend, positioning the HSC Conference as one of the larger industry gatherings taking place in Seoul during the period.
The Seoul edition forms part of a broader event series operated by HSC Asset Group. According to the organizers, the HSC Conference series connects institutional and digital-native market participants and covers areas including AI, decentralized finance, tokenized real-world assets, payment solutions, stablecoins and blockchain infrastructure.
The organization says more than 15 editions of the conference have been held globally.
A separate HSC Asset Management series focuses more directly on dealmaking, connecting venture capital firms, hedge funds, private equity firms, sovereign wealth funds, family offices and public companies with founders working across Web3, AI, tokenization, DeFi and fintech infrastructure.
Organizers say the asset-management series has attracted more than 5,000 participants across three editions and received support from more than 150 partners.
Registration for the Seoul event is available through the organizer’s event page. HSC Conference Seoul 2026 registration
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