South Korea links token securities to wider market reforms

South Korea’s Financial Services Commission has folded token securities infrastructure into a broader overhaul of the country’s capital markets and launched a capital market infrastructure review meeting to coordinate reforms across government agencies and market operators.

Plans for token securities will be discussed further through a public-private council before being linked to the wider initiative. The initiative includes a roadmap to shorten the securities settlement cycle, expected by October, and a Korea Securities Depository system for settling over-the-counter trades in unlisted shares and fractional investment products by the end of 2026.

The move places tokenized securities within efforts to modernize traditional markets, guided by four policy priorities: trust, shareholder protection, innovation and market access. The token securities initiative predates the review.

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