USDC payments are live in Tokyo, Japan.
This marks the first real in-store @USDC payment on @base in East Asia.
Feb 24–Mar 2 at Pangaea Cafe in Shibuya, in collaboration with MynaWallet, Digital Garage (PG), and JCB (card network). Customers scan a QR code in the @baseapp to pay
Starting late May, I’m joining @base, Coinbase’s public blockchain, as Korea Country Lead. While I still have much to learn, I’m deeply grateful for this opportunity—and I’d like to share a few reflections and intentions this new chapter brings.
My name, Hyuckjae (赫才), means
1/ Today, I had a coffee chat with @0xSehaj, founder of @avantisfi in Seoul, a unique RWA perp DEX built exclusively on @base.
2/ Avantis offers AMM-based trading with real-world assets like gold, crude oil, and soon equities — with low slippage.
3/ We aligned on the importance
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I've set up @WorldMobileTeam’s #E_sim for my data privacy within 5min — smoothly impressed!
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Great meeting @em_gr10 in Korea, brainstorming #KBW campaigns using @baseapp as the platform for a tour guide and positioning their product as a must-have for 17,000+ annual KBW
One of the most eloquent and clear minded people I've ever met.
Simplicity is the best way of persuasion. What a leader @MrTelecoms you are.
You should do more videos on @baseapp
@WorldMobileTeam has been one of the most dedicated partners for @Base#East#Asia.
Their full leadership team is here in Seoul, and the founder will be at today’s official Base side event.
Check out their Mini-App on @baseapp — or catch their CEO presenting live today on
@WorldMobileTeam has been one of the most dedicated partners for @Base#East#Asia.
Their full leadership team is here in Seoul, and the founder will be at today’s official Base side event.
Check out their Mini-App on @baseapp — or catch their CEO presenting live today on
When Base asks you to build, you build.
When you deliver, they use your product in front of 500 builders at BaseCamp.
@davidandpassion (Base East Asia Lead) met @em_gr10 (Co-Founder, World Mobile) after months of talks leading into Korea Blockchain Week.
The World Mobile Mini
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After a week with the incredible Base core team, I’m heading back to the motherland—with a sense of committed urgency to make sure our region doesn’t miss this inflection point.
NOW is the moment to bet and build. Onchain infra is ready for consumer scale. Onchain AI adoption
1/ Today I met @overnance, the founder of @overprotocol.
2/ He completed his undergraduate to doctoral studies at Seoul National University and founded @DecipherGlobal, one of Korea’s flagship blockchain research communities—where many of today’s Web3.0 leaders first emerged.
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메인 체인을 만들고,
생태계를 만들어 나가는게
얼마나 어려운지 알기 때문에
언제나 존경하는 재윤.
한국 법인이 한국 자본으로 한
다양한 도전 중 몇 안되는 멋진 도전인
오버프로토콜 대표다.
자기 논문으로, 자신의 사상으로
생태계를 만들어 보겠다고 L1을 들이댔다.
겨우 100억으로.
1/ Today is the beginning of KBW, and Korea is ready for blockchain at scale.
2/ @daehan_base will serve as the platform to empower—an open, permissionless movement of liberty to actualize sovereignty at scale.
3/ If you want to meet @base union, join events below:
Dear Mina Community,
This week marks the final chapter of my journey with the Mina Foundation alongside the incredible APAC team. Today is not just about stepping away from a role—it’s a moment of reflection on a truly special chapter of my life.
To be honest, writing this has
Huge thanks to AWE x B3 for powering yesterday’s community-led @base meetup in Seoul.🇰🇷
(cc.@therymac)
We learned about:
– @awenetwork_ai ’s autonomous agent sim world on Base
– @b3dotfun, the Web3 gaming L3 merging AI-games
– @flock_io,a Web3-specialized AI model integrated