The Era of Cash Is Over! The Money Reset the Whole World Is Watching! / Are Banks Terrified Because of Stablecoins? | CEO Jeong Gu-tae

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Watch on YouTube ↗  |  January 19, 2026 at 13:01  |  18:46  |  815 Money Talk (815머니톡)
Speakers
Jeong Gu-tae — CEO, Infinite Block
Hwang Yoo-hyun — Private Banker Team Lead, NH Investment & Securities

Summary

In this interview, Infinite Block CEO Jeong Gu-tae argues that stablecoins are demand-driven digital dollars that are structurally superior to CBDCs and will accelerate the digitization of finance. He discusses China's crypto ban and Hong Kong's testbed role, Korea's slow stablecoin legislation, and the existential threat stablecoins pose to traditional banks. For investors, he highlights stablecoins as dollar exposure, as a gateway to Bitcoin, Ethereum, and DeFi, and says a Chinese policy reversal would be a major crypto catalyst.

  • Stablecoins are described as demand-driven digital dollars, more flexible than centralized CBDCs.
  • China still bans crypto domestically but uses Hong Kong as a stablecoin and digital-asset testbed.
  • Korea's stablecoin legislation is late but may pass in the first half, according to the guest.
  • Stablecoins are seen as a threat to traditional banks because they can bypass bank infrastructure.
  • Holding stablecoins provides US dollar exposure, though current rules prohibit interest payments.
  • Stablecoins can act as a gateway to Bitcoin, Ethereum, and DeFi yield strategies.
  • A potential Chinese reversal of its crypto ban is framed as a major crypto market catalyst.
  • The guest calls the broader shift a money reset, meaning money and finance will digitize.
Ideas
Jeong Gu-tae CEO, Infinite Block 1:04
Stablecoins will outgrow centralized CBDCs.
Stablecoins are structurally superior to CBDCs because they arose from real crypto-user demand rather than government design. They are private-sector-led, flexible, expansionary, demand-friendly, and capable of spreading from crypto into real-economy payments; this should let them diffuse faster and attract more public interest than centralized CBDCs.
Jeong Gu-tae CEO, Infinite Block 8:12
Stablecoin flows and China pivot boost crypto.
He sees China as the biggest potential crypto catalyst: if China reverses its ban when it becomes useful, almost the whole world would enter the crypto market, and China's large market, talent base, and infrastructure could make crypto heat up sharply. Stablecoins also serve as a ticket or coupon for entering crypto, enabling investment in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other crypto assets.
Jeong Gu-tae CEO, Infinite Block 12:04
Stablecoins threaten traditional banks' business model.
He thinks traditional banks will feel an existential threat from stablecoins because stablecoins do not require bank infrastructure and can build independent financial ecosystems. That threatens banks' unique privileges and payment/payment-adjacent roles. Banks are already working behind the scenes to capture stablecoin issuance and redefine their role, but the stablecoin shift is a structural risk to the traditional banking model.
Jeong Gu-tae CEO, Infinite Block 14:15
Stablecoins provide digital dollar FX exposure.
He views stablecoins as digital dollars, so simply holding them is economically similar to buying or investing in the US dollar. That makes stablecoins a route to FX exposure and potential currency gains. Current rules prohibit interest on stablecoin holdings, so the direct holding return is limited for now, but dollar exposure is the first investment use.
Jeong Gu-tae CEO, Infinite Block 15:56
Stablecoins open DeFi yield opportunities.
Beyond simple crypto purchases, stablecoins can be used to access DeFi, where users can lend, stake, deposit for yield, and use derivatives. These DeFi products require more financial and crypto understanding, but they create additional investment channels, and he says stablecoins are the access route investors should watch.
Jeong Gu-tae CEO, Infinite Block 17:02
Money reset digitizes all finance.
He calls the current shift a money reset, meaning money and all finance will digitize starting with stablecoins. Financial infrastructure, investor behavior, and financial ecosystems will change, and investors and institutions should decide which markets to capture during this transition.
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This 815 Money Talk (815머니톡) video, published January 19, 2026, features Jeong Gu-tae discussing Stablecoin, Crypto Market, BTC, ETH, KBE, USD, DEFI, Digital finance. 6 trade ideas extracted by AI with direction and confidence scoring.

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