“Many years ago, it was AI. Now, it’s metaverse,” she says. From the government’s perspective, […] As long as you don’t have a coin itself, they’re willing to support a lot of these new technologies.” —Doo Wan Nam of StableNode

South Korea: the land of the metaverse

If I had to pick the country that is most poised to take advantage of the opportunities the metaverse has to offer, South Korea would rank high on the list.

It is a technology-obsessed country that enthusiastically embraces new products, where 98% of people own a smart device and more than 10% of the population owns at least some cryptocurrency. Despite being the 13th largest economy in the world by GDP, and the 27th largest by population, it is the fourth largest gaming market in the…