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South Korea’s stablecoin rules are stalled as regulators clash over whether banks or fintechs should issue won-backed tokens.
Bradley Peak
Bradley Peak is a Cointelegraph staff writer, token economist, presenter, entrepreneur, and Web3 adviser. He covers decentralized finance (DeFi), blockchain economics, and related Web3 topics. His background includes work in journalism and research across the crypto sector, with a focus on explaining economic models and on-chain mechanisms. Bradley holds an MPhil in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics from the University of Cambridge and a BA in Classics and Classical Languages from King’s College London.
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