South Korea eyeing won-pegged stablecoins to cut merchant payment fees by $3.8B/year

National Assembly Budget Office just dropped numbers showing local stablecoin rails could save merchants massive overhead vs traditional payment processors

This is how CBDCs and local stablecoins actually gain adoption - solve real cost problems for businesses, not just tech flex

Korea's been aggressive on crypto regulation but this shows they're thinking about infrastructure plays that make economic sense

Watch for won-denominated stablecoin projects to heat up if this gets legislative momentum