SharpLink CEO says won-based coin framework could boost South Korea as finance hub

Joseph Chalom, CEO of SharpLink, one of the corporate holders of Ethereum, said in an interview with Maeil Business Newspaper that South Korea could become a digital finance hub linking East and West if it establishes three regulatory pillars: a won-based coin, tokenized securities, and a structured market for tokenized assets. Chalom added that South Korea has already shifted from a retail-driven crypto trading market to one where financial firms are directly building blockchain infrastructure.