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South Korea's Financial Services Commission has published rules for onchain issuance and circulation of stocks, bonds and funds beginning February 2027. The Korea Securities Depository, the country's central securities depository, is part of the supporting blockchain infrastructure and is building c…
South Korean police have reportedly referred 18 Polymarket users to prosecutors in an illegal gambling investigation involving 26 people who collectively wagered about 17.6 billion won (worth $12.7 million).According to Asia Economy, data submitted by the National Police Agency to the office of Demo…
South Korea's top financial regulator said on Friday that it will build a tokenization infrastructure that can be applied to "all types" of securities, including stocks, bonds, and funds.The announcement followed the third meeting of a consultative body on tokenized securities that took place on the…
Kakao Group has partnered with stablecoin issuer Circle to explore payment infrastructure for won-backed stablecoins as South Korea prepares a broader regulatory framework for crypto assets.On Thursday, the companies announced that Kakao, Kakao Pay and Kakao Bank had signed a strategic memorandum of…
Mirae Asset Consulting, an affiliate of one of South Korea’s largest financial groups, has completed its acquisition of a controlling stake in South Korean crypto exchange Korbit, becoming the exchange’s largest shareholder after completing regulatory procedures.Korbit said in a Thursday announcemen…
Bitcoin gave this industry its identity. Every cycle was measured against its price, every institutional entry announced against its chart. For the first decade, which was spent proving that digital assets deserved to exist, that made sense.The next decade asks a different question: can this infrast…
South Korea’s Financial Services Commission said it has completed about 40 investigations into unfair trading in the virtual asset market and referred or reported more than 30 cases to prosecutors and other judicial authorities since the Virtual Asset User Protection Act took effect two years ago. A…