The Path To Digital G2: National Resolve And Strategic Action

Under the national objective of becoming a Digital G2, this report soberly diagnoses the crises facing South Korea and aims to present a bold, actionable blueprint for leaping forward into a true sovereign nation of the digital era. This report has been prepared on the occasion of the inaugural EastPoint:Seoul event hosted by Hashed in 2025. "EastPoint:Seoul" has organized a roundtable, inviting policymakers, legislators, Web3 enterprises, and financial institutions—including major domestic banks, card companies, securities firms, and fintech innovators. Moving beyond a mere forum for discussion, it will serve as a platform of accountability to debate national strategies for South Korea's future and to derive concrete consensus for action. In this context, this report seeks to untangle the complex web of challenges in South Korea's journey toward the digital realm and to illuminate the path forward. First, it explores the concrete manifestations of how digital assets are transforming real-world finance and business. It envisions the future of finance through payment system innovations via stablecoins, the market entry of corporate and institutional investors, and the potential of Real-World Asset (RWA) tokenization to unlock over 10 quadrillion won in illiquid assets (Part 1). It also examines, through real-world case studies, the possibilities of a new business paradigm where enterprises and consumers grow together through 'community ownership' and 'asset tokenization,' breaking free from the shackles of platform dependency inherent in the Web2 era (Part 2). Furthermore, the report soberly diagnoses the realities and policy dilemmas confronting South Korea amidst global hegemony competitions (Part 3). Ultimately, by synthesizing these analyses, it proposes a concrete national economic growth strategy to convert current crises into opportunities and to propel the nation into a 'Digital G2' (Part 4). This strategy encompasses the positive spillover effects that fostering the digital asset industry will exert across the macroeconomy—ranging from resolving the 'Korea Discount,' a chronic ailment of the capital market, to generating high-quality jobs and expanding a stable tax revenue base. The challenge South Korea faces today is not a microeconomic matter of nurturing a single isolated industry. It is the core pillar of a macroeconomic, long-term national strategy designed to secure economic and technological sovereignty in the upcoming digital age. We anticipate this report to serve as a earnest and powerful catalyst, signaling the start of the grand journey of "EastPoint:Seoul.”