South Korea’s Financial Services Commission shared a draft “listed company crypto trading guideline” with a public-private task force on Jan. 6, mapping out how corporations could re-enter crypto markets, Seoul Economic Daily reported on Jan. 11.
The draft would let listed companies and registered professional investment corporations allocate up to 5% of equity capital to cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and ether, a move the paper said could open the door for funds from roughly 3,500 corporations to flow into the market. Eligible assets would be limited to coins ranked in the domestic top 20 by market cap, based on semiannual disclosures from the country’s five major exchanges, while whether to include dollar stablecoins such as USDT remains under discussion, the report said. To manage liquidity risk, the guideline also outlines exchange-side standards for split execution and for orders that exceed a defined quote range.
A final version is expected in January or February, and corporate trading for investment and treasury purposes is expected to be allowed by year-end at the latest, alongside a planned Digital Asset Basic Act proposal in Q1. The key watch items are the final asset list, the stablecoin decision, and the implementation timetable.
Source: Seoul Economic Daily
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