Digital Convergence Industry Association to Host Seminar on the Future of Virtual Assets

A seminar presenting the direction of the virtual asset industry, including decentralized identity (DID), artificial intelligence (AI), security token offerings (STOs), stablecoins, and virtual asset taxation, will be held next month.

The Digital Convergence Industry Association announced on November 10 that it will hold the seminar, titled "Strategies for Stablecoins in DID, Security Tokens, Virtual Asset Taxation, and Local Currency," at Dreamplus in Gangnam, Seoul, on the afternoon of December 4.

Before the main seminar, a session on standardization related to DID and AI agents, organized by the Blockchain Convergence Technology Forum (BCTF), will be held. At the session, Dr. Song Juhan of CP Labs will present on a blockchain-based protocol for delegating and verifying agent permissions. Team Leader Kim Mikyeong of Dream Security will discuss an interoperability framework for verifying AI agent delegations, while Professor Lee Youngju of Sogang University will explain an architecture for secure data storage based on distributed ledger technology (DLT). Professor Yoo Seondeok of Hansei University will also present a distributed ledger governance framework for managing agent reliability. Kim Hangjin, a director at Hyundai IT; Kim Seontae, a project manager (PM) for development at IoTrust; and Park Sangwoo, CEO of Cryptroad, will discuss ways to standardize the related technologies.

The main seminar consists of four sessions. In the first session, Professor Oh Munseong of Hanyang Women's University, who is also chairman of the Korea Tax Policy Association, will present "The Evolution of Virtual Assets: From Bitcoin to Stablecoins and the Future of Digital Assets." Jung Jinyong, CEO of Trvium, will speak on "What the Future of Finance Requires: Strategies for AI-Native Finance, Digital Assets, and Financial Infrastructure for the Next-Generation Financial Industry." Professor Park Deokbae of Dongguk University Gyeongju Campus will present on "The Future of Digital Finance in the Origins of Blockchain and Individualized Finance."

In the second session, Kim Yongmin, former head of the Financial Tax Research Institute and former director-general of the Tax Policy Office at the Ministry of Finance and Economy, will present on "A Review of Tax Issues Related to Virtual Assets." Oh Bongsin, a certified tax accountant and CEO of Hamkke Tax Accounting Corporation, is expected to discuss "Practical Issues in Virtual Asset Taxation."

In the third session, Professor Song Mintak of Hanyang University will explain "Policy Directions for Security Tokens, Stablecoins, and Local Currencies," while attorney Park Seongyeon of Delve Law Firm will introduce overseas examples of using Bitcoin as a local currency. Choi Suhyeok, CEO of Symverse, will present on standardization and technical specifications related to the use of stablecoins for local currencies. In the final session, Moon Changhun, CEO of Time Leverage, will discuss the era of digital asset tokenization.

Participants can attend the seminar by joining the association and registering in advance. Details on how to register are available on the Digital Convergence Industry Association's website.

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