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Korea Blockchain Week

29 September – 1 October 2026 · Walkerhill, Seoul

Korea Blockchain Week runs across Seoul with the main conference at Walkerhill. Upbit, Korea's largest digital asset exchange, joins the 2026 edition as main sponsor.

Why it might be worth the flight

The week opens on 29 September with a private institutional forum for policymakers and financial institutions, which sets the tone for everything after it. Korea has one of the highest retail participation rates anywhere, and the side-event calendar around the main conference is where most of the business actually gets done.

Key details

Format
Multi-day, opening with a private institutional forum
Main sponsor
Upbit
Focus
Digital assets, institutional finance, policy
Who goes
Exchanges, institutions, policymakers, founders, investors
Venue
Walkerhill, Seoul

Paying while you are there

  • Korea is close to cashless and card works nearly everywhere. Always pick won at the terminal.
  • Tickets and hotels are usually priced in dollars already, so there is nothing to convert.
  • At the card machine, choose the local currency. Never take the offer to be billed in dollars.

Step 1 · The ticket

Get into Korea Blockchain Week

Priced in dollars. Paid in dollars. Nothing lost in between.

Official tickets

Passes get more expensive the longer you wait, and the good side events fill up from the main ticket list. Book the pass first. Then the travel.

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Step 2 · The flight

Get to Seoul

Search around the conference dates.

Flights to Seoul

Fares climb sharply in the four weeks before a major conference. Six hours from Singapore, around two from Tokyo.

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Step 3 · The room

Stay in Seoul

A conference week empties a city of rooms. Book early.

Know before you tap

Two rules that save you real money abroad

  1. 01

    At the card machine, always choose the local currency

    Converts once, at a flat 1.8% Forex Charge.

    Why the dollar option costs more

    The machine will offer to charge you in dollars instead. It sounds helpful. It is not. Choose the local currency - baht, yen, won, whatever is on the screen - and your money converts once, at a flat 1.8% Forex Charge.

    Taking the dollar option is called dynamic currency conversion. The shop sets that exchange rate, not Visa, and it usually costs you 3% to 7%. You will never see it listed as a fee, because it is hidden inside the rate. That is the point of it. Say no, every time.

  2. 02

    Online, pay in dollars when the site is already in dollars

    Nothing to convert, nothing to pay. 0%.

    Why this one is not a trick

    Booking sites, conference tickets and airlines often quote in dollars already. That is not a conversion trick. That is just the price. Your money is already in dollars, so there is nothing to convert and nothing to pay. 0%.

    Hotel in dollars. Flight in dollars. Ticket in dollars. Three charges, no conversion on any of them.

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