Kyrgyzstan is quietly becoming one of the most active Web3 frontiers in Asia. Last week, Bishkek hosted ETH Bishkek (@ethbishkek ), Central Asia’s first Ethereum hackathon bringing together over 180 developers, designers and builders for 48 hours of open-track innovation, workshops and collaboration. The event marks more than just technical progress. It reflects a deeper shift: a country investing in talent, infrastructure and regulation to position itself within the global digital asset economy. With blockchain education programs, CBDC pilots underway and increasing regulatory clarity for digital assets, Kyrgyzstan is enabling a new generation of builders to co-create compliant financial tools. $USDKG was born in this environment: a gold-backed, dollar-pegged stablecoin issued under Kyrgyz law, aligned with the principles of transparency, auditability and programmable value. As emerging markets embrace open-source finance, it’s not just developers that matter, it’s the jurisdictions that give them room to build.