{"version":1,"id":"world-digital-assets-forum","title":"World Digital Assets Forum","summary":"World Digital Assets Forum is a conference hosted by Herald Media Group that brings together finance, blockchain, and digital-asset leaders to discuss on-chain finance.","content":"**World Digital Assets Forum** (WDAF) is a [digital-assets](https://iq.wiki/wiki/digital-assets) and finance forum hosted by Herald Media Group. Its inaugural event, WDAF 2026, was scheduled for November 9, 2026, in Seoul under the theme “The New Financial Architecture.”[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-rteecsr1hl)​\n\n## WDAF 2026\n\nThe forum is planned for the Crystal Ballroom at The Grand Lotte Seoul in Seoul, South Korea. Its announced agenda centered on changes and challenges associated with on-chain finance, including [tokenization](https://iq.wiki/wiki/tokenization), [digital-asset](https://iq.wiki/wiki/digital-assets) treasury strategies, [stablecoin](https://iq.wiki/wiki/stablecoin) payments, and digital payments. The event was presented as a gathering of leaders from finance, [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain), and digital assets.[ \\[1\\]](#cite-id-rteecsr1hl)​[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-jrv15ws8jd)​\n\nOrganizers expect more than 700 attendees and advertised AI-powered interpretation. The forum’s official website was announced as live on July 29, 2026; later posts dated November 2 and November 5 describe the venue as The Grand Lotte Seoul.[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-rteecsr1hl)​[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-jrv15ws8jd)​\n\n## Speakers\n\nThe announced speakers included \n\n* [Paulo Ardoino](https://iq.wiki/wiki/paolo-ardoino), founder and chief executive officer of [Tether](https://iq.wiki/wiki/tether); \n* [Don Tapscott](https://iq.wiki/wiki/don-tapscott), co-founder and executive chairman of the Blockchain Research Institute; \n* [Naveen Mallela](https://iq.wiki/wiki/naveen-mallela), global head of payments at Standard Chartered Bank (Singapore) Ltd.; \n* Sagar Shah, chief business officer of [Evernorth](https://iq.wiki/wiki/evernorth); \n* Felix Eigelshoven, managing director and head of Asia-Pacific at DFNS; Jae-Hyuk Lee of PwC Korea; \n* Rania Rahardja, senior director for Asia-Pacific at [Ondo Finance](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ondo-finance); \n* [Daniel Kim](https://iq.wiki/wiki/daniel-kim), founder and chief executive officer of [Tiger Research](https://iq.wiki/wiki/tiger-research); \n* Yongjae Lee, head of the Digital Asset Business Department at Mirae Asset Securities; \n* Gabriel Gareth Foo, decentralized finance growth lead at [Securitize](https://iq.wiki/wiki/securitize); \n* [Jongsub Lee](https://iq.wiki/wiki/jongsub-lee), professor of finance at Seoul National University Business School; \n* [Justin Kim](https://iq.wiki/wiki/justin-kim), vice president of international business development at Ava Labs; \n* Seung Jae Yoo, foreign attorney at Kim & Chang;\n* Eric Ko, chief strategy officer at Korea Digital Asset Custody.[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-rteecsr1hl)\n\nOther listed speakers included Christie Chan, director of digital assets and currencies; Ashfaq Shaik, executive vice president of engineering and digital assets; [Niki Ariyasinghe](https://iq.wiki/wiki/niki-ariyasinghe), vice president for Asia-Pacific and the Middle East; Gerald Goh, co-founder and executive chairman for Asia-Pacific; Jem Kim, executive director of innovation and strategy; Fabian Khoshbakht, head of Asia-Pacific for global payments and trade; Jinnie Lee, sales director for Asia-Pacific; Chris Park, head of Korea commercial strategy; Sagar Desai, Asia-Pacific head of wholesale; CJ Fong, Asia-Pacific general manager; David Katz, vice president of strategy and policy for Asia-Pacific; and Queenie Le, regional expansion lead for Asia-Pacific at Tether.[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-rteecsr1hl)​\n\n## Registration and Future Agenda\n\nThe official registration was listed as closed as at November 5. A VIP ticket was priced at 1,000,000 Korean won, while complimentary registration for undergraduate and graduate students had closed earlier; student status was to be verified for complimentary admission.[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-rteecsr1hl)​\n\nOrganizers also invited speaker applications for the 2027 agenda and said submissions would be reviewed on a rolling basis.[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-rteecsr1hl)​\n","categories":[{"id":"events","title":"events"}],"tags":[{"id":"Conference"}],"images":[{"id":"QmXAmrsTe81HMSNbtQkrev3gQbCcerVvrC74pcaTT1fcjD","type":"image/jpeg, image/png"}],"media":[],"metadata":[{"id":"references","value":"[{\"id\":\"rteecsr1hl\",\"url\":\"https://wdaf.heraldcorp.com/2026/en/\",\"description\":\"WDAF 2026 official site\",\"timestamp\":1793963598568},{\"id\":\"jrv15ws8jd\",\"url\":\"https://x.com/BeOn_D_\",\"description\":\"WDAF event announcements\",\"timestamp\":1793963598568}]"},{"id":"main-image-origin","value":"{\"imageId\":\"QmXAmrsTe81HMSNbtQkrev3gQbCcerVvrC74pcaTT1fcjD\",\"originalId\":\"QmXAmrsTe81HMSNbtQkrev3gQbCcerVvrC74pcaTT1fcjD\"}"},{"id":"twitter_profile","value":"https://x.com/BeOn_D_"},{"id":"linkedin_profile","value":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/beon-d2026"},{"id":"website","value":"https://wdaf.heraldcorp.com/2026/en/"},{"id":"commit-message","value":"Add World Digital Assets Forum wiki"}],"events":[{"type":"DEFAULT","title":"WDAF website announced live","date":"2026-07-29","description":"The official event website was announced as live.","link":"https://x.com/BeOn_D_","multiDateStart":null,"multiDateEnd":null,"id":"771516c9-50cc-46c2-9205-71d617581ca2"},{"type":"DEFAULT","title":"WDAF 2026","date":"2026-11-09","description":"The inaugural World Digital Assets Forum was scheduled to take place at The Grand Lotte Seoul in Seoul.","link":"https://wdaf.heraldcorp.com/2026/en/","multiDateStart":null,"multiDateEnd":null,"id":"7584053e-049e-40ea-8fe2-e02638061222"}],"linkedWikis":{"founders":[],"blockchains":[],"speakers":[]},"user":{"id":"0x8af7a19a26d8fbc48defb35aefb15ec8c407f889"},"author":{"id":"0x212cb3f4ae6611054637f9f78f18fb628ad258bb"},"language":"en","operator":{"id":"0x212cb3f4ae6611054637f9f78f18fb628ad258bb"}}