IOTA is playing an increasingly critical role in the digital transformation of global trade, especially in the layout of the East Asian market. According to the latest regional market research report, South Korea has been identified as a key market for IOTA ecosystem expansion. This reflects the project's technological advantages in distributed ledger technology (DLT) and supply chain transparency—IOTA's DAG architecture is naturally suited for high-frequency trade transaction scenarios, and its feature of not requiring gas fees also reduces enterprise adoption costs. Notably, South Korea, as one of the global trade hubs, has a continuously growing demand for blockchain in import-export settlement, cross-border payments, and goods traceability. According to the roadmap, IOTA is expected to achieve several important milestones in Q1 2026, including compliance solutions tailored for the East Asian market and expansion of industry alliances. This strategic focus indicates that IOTA is shifting from a general-purpose underlying public chain to industry-specific application solutions, with trade digitalization undoubtedly becoming its recent key breakthrough.