South Korea's major opening! Listed companies and institutional investors are now permitted to trade cryptocurrencies

【Chain News】The Korea Financial Services Commission (FSC) has just announced a major move—officially allowing listed companies and professional investors to participate in cryptocurrency trading. What does this mean? The nine-year ban is finally being lifted.

Under the new regulations, eligible corporate institutions can invest up to 5% of their net assets annually in the top 20 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization on Korea’s five major exchanges. Sounds like a high threshold? Not really—this policy adjustment is expected to create market access opportunities for approximately 3,500 entities, including listed companies and professional investment firms at the official level.

Regulators have also thoughtfully set some risk control measures, such as requiring exchanges to implement staggered execution and limit order sizes. However, there is still a debate over a detail: whether USDT and other dollar-pegged stablecoins can be considered investment assets. This issue is still under discussion; let’s wait and see how the final policy is shaped.