Heading to Asia for the next few weeks to chat about stablecoins, tokenization, and the AI agent economy: Hong Kong - Shenzhen - Shanghai - Seoul. I'm always invigorated by feeling what's actually happening on the ground in Asia. It's more important than ever when you consider: 1) Hong Kong just granted its first two stablecoin licenses to @HSBC and a @StanChart JV to begin modernizing one of the world's oldest currencies. 2) "Raising lobsters" as THE viral phenomenon in China this year, where literal crowds gathered for public @openclaw workshops. 3) Shanghai is building cross-border blockchain rails for trade finance in the world's largest and busiest trading port by container throughput for the last 16 years running. 4) Shenzhen is running a blockchain-based trade verification platform to unlock credit rates as low as 3% for companies at the heart of the world's robotics industry. 5) South Korea holds more crypto investors than stock investors - 32% of the population holds digital assets - and just opened the market to ~3,500 listed companies + new stablecoin and market structure legislation. Excited to meet founders, institutions, investors, and partners across Asia + soak up a ton of learning & first-hand experience! First stop: speaking at the Hong Kong Web3 Festival (@festival_web3 ) next week. DM / find me if you're around!