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Korean won stablecoin must secure settlement network and digital identity in AI payments era, Hashed report says
Hashed Open Research published a strategy report on a Korean won stablecoin in the agent economy era, saying competition is expanding from issuance to settlement and distribution infrastructure. It urged moving beyond debate over who issues a won stablecoin and instead securing an independent settlement network and a digital identity authentication system. The report said most AI agent payments are handled with dollar-based stablecoins and called for Korea to accelerate related rules and infrastructure.