Advancing Digital Asset Policy and Adoption: GBBC CEO Sandra Ro’s Korea Recap

GBBC CEO Sandra Ro recently traveled to Korea to take part in a series of high-profile events convening policymakers, industry leaders, and innovators shaping the future of digital assets. Across four major conferences and seminars, Sandra highlighted GBBC’s leadership in advancing responsible digital finance, policy coordination, and institutional adoption.  

At the Upbit D Conference (UDC) 2025, Sandra joined closed-door and public sessions on U.S. digital asset regulation and international policy coordination, alongside speakers from the European Commission, Asset Reality, VerifyVASP, and the Responsible Fintech Institute.  

During the AMCHAM Blockchain Seminar 2025, Sandra delivered a keynote presentation on GBBC’s Risk Mitigation Framework (RMF) for institutional digital assets and joined a panel with leaders from Moody’s Ratings, Paxos Labs, and Dunamu to discuss building a trusted digital finance ecosystem.  

At the TokenPost Onchain Symposium 2025, Sandra participated in a discussion on institutional adoption and tokenized ETFs with representatives from Kaiko, Binance, and Layer3, emphasizing the future of blockchain-enabled finance.  

Finally, at EastPoint Seoul, Sandra contributed to three sessions on regulatory frameworks, smart regulation, and public sector perspectives on stablecoin development, joining voices from HASHED, Wyoming Stable Token Commission, Circle, DAXA, Dragonfly, Coinbase, Seoul National University, and the National Assembly of Korea.  

During her time in Korea, Sandra was featured in multiple leading outlets covering digital assets and finance. Below is a curated list of press mentions from her trip.  

Media Highlights:  

• 🔹Sandra Ro shares U.S. regulatory insights at UDC 2025 panel in Seoul 

• 🔹TokenPost Coverage of Sandra Ro's US Regulatory Panel at UDC 2025 

• 🔹TokenPost Coverage of Sandra Ro's Global Regulatory Panel at UDC 2025 

• 🔹Sandra Ro: current period could be seen as a "golden age" for digital assets in the U.S. (UDC 2025) 

• 🔹Sandra Ro introduces the work of GBBC and the Capital Markets Standards Risk Mitigation Framework (RMF) at AMCHAM Blockchain Seminar 2025 (Herald Business) 

• 🔹Sandra Ro joins AMCHAM Blockchain Seminar panel on regulation, stablecoins, and institutional adoption 

• 🔹Sandra Ro and GBBC Members Speak on Institutional Adoption at Onchain Symposium 2025 

• 🔹Onchain Symposium 2025 video recap highlights stablecoins, tokenized ETFs, and Korea’s role in on-chain finance 

• 🔹Sandra Ro joins EastPoint Seoul panel, with stablecoin legislation sponsor Rep. Ahn Do-geol, on smart regulation for digital assets 

• 🔹Sandra Ro discusses the critical role of regulation and global coordination at EastPoint Seoul 

• 🔹Sandra Ro’s full panel at Onchain Symposium 

• 🔹Bonus: Sandra Ro reflects on blockchain policy, market cycles, and GBBC’s global mission in TokenPost interview at Global Blockchain Policy Conference 2018  

GBBC continues to play a central role in bridging policy, technology, and finance across global markets, with Sandra’s trip to Korea highlighting the importance of international collaboration in advancing responsible blockchain adoption.