- IOTA wants to become more visible in Korea in the rest of Q1 2026. A US stock exchange listing is in the pipeline.
- The community expects tangible results from the adaptation around TWIN and ADAPT in the same period.
For IOTA, the focus in the remaining weeks of Q1 2026 will be on three areas: more visibility in Korea and new additions via stock exchange listings. The community is also waiting for real adaptation around TWIN and ADAPT.
Korea as a stage, listings as leverage: Salima’s Q1 thesis for IOTA
Influencer Salima wrote on Tuesday via X that Korea should be the focus in February. “Korea has been running at full speed since January,” she writes, pointing out that IOTA is already live on Bithumb Global. February also brings direct presence in Korea through an appearance by co-founder Dominik Schiener at the World Crypto Forum Korea.
“This is where stories emerge and this is where dynamics take their course. Before anyone says it: This is not noise. This is a market where IOTA has actually been well received in the past,” writes Salima.
What should we really expect from IOTA in February and March?
Korea, full throttle since January.
IOTA is already live on Bithumb Global, and February brings direct exposure in Korea with key appearances at the World Crypto Forum Korea. This is where narratives are built…— Salima (@Salimasbegum) February 3, 2026
According to the organizers, the World Crypto Forum will take place on February 10th and 11th, 2026 in Seoul. At the same time, IOTA on
Read here: https://t.co/UnyKb5iR6e— IOTA (@iota) February 3, 2026
Salima also points to a second point that could have a more direct impact on the IOTA price on the market side: “In Q1, a regulated US exchange will list IOTA (end of February, beginning of March). It won’t be Coinbase. It won’t be Robinhood. But it will be an established, fully regulated exchange.”
She calls this the “official part”: “Confirmed. Already in motion.” In addition, she hints at “heated” negotiations in Southeast Asia, expressly as an unofficial level, without a name.
TWIN and ADAPT: What the next few months could bring
An accusation that has accompanied IOTA for years: many announcements, little visible on-chain substance. This comes up directly in the discussion under Salima’s post.
She refers to the IOTA manifesto and argues that TWIN has “already moved some of its activities to the IOTA mainnet”, including real on-chain activity. DIDs and trade-related data would gradually migrate from private/permissioned setups towards MoveVM. This is “early stage” and not yet a broad rollout – volumes and visibility are correspondingly small.
IOTA is most concrete in the manifesto: “Today, TWIN is already live in the Kenyan trading system. Currently limited primarily to florists, but by the end of Q1 it is expected to be expanded to all goods. This means that florists in Kenya can already use fully digitized trade documents via the IOTA network.”
The manifesto also mentions another international reference: For the UK pilot project, “over 2,000” poultry transports from Poland to Great Britain in 2024-2025 are mentioned, which were tracked on IOTA. However, it will not be revealed how things will continue in 2026.
With ADAPT, however, the manifesto reveals more. It names ADAPT as an AfCFTA-led initiative with IOTA, the Tony Blair Institute and the World Economic Forum – aiming to connect all African states by 2035 and unlock “over $70 billion” of additional annual trade value. Schiener reveals specifically: “ADAPT will launch in its first country in the early part of 2026. Two more countries will follow later in the year, including Kenya.”
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