South Korea may ban companies from investing in stablecoins

By: rootdata|2026/03/07 18:48:18
0
Share
copy

According to South Korean media reports, the "Guidelines for Corporate Virtual Currency Trading" being developed by the Financial Services Commission of South Korea may exclude stablecoins from the permitted investment scope. The guidelines will outline the standards for listed companies and registered professional investment firms to trade digital assets for investment or financial purposes. To prevent blind investment in the early stages of the market, regulators have decided to exclude dollar-pegged stablecoins (such as Tether (USDT) and usdc-269">USD Coin (USDC)) when defining the scope of permitted investments.

One reason for the exclusion of stablecoins is that the current South Korean Foreign Exchange Transaction Act does not recognize stablecoins as a means of payment for foreign transactions. Including stablecoins in the investment permission scope would contradict the existing legal framework, effectively allowing companies to use stablecoins for trade and other commercial purposes. Currently, the South Korean National Assembly is reviewing an amendment to the Foreign Exchange Transaction Act that aims to recognize stablecoins as a means of payment; this bill was proposed last October.

You may also like

SharpLink CEO: How to understand that Ethereum developers have just surpassed 1 million?

The most important question in the cryptocurrency industry is not which chain is the fastest, but rather where top builders choose to build in the long term. Ethereum has just surpassed one million cumulative developers; what does this number mean?

Morning Report | MiCA grace period expires on July 1; Kalshi's trading volume in the first week of the World Cup breaks $5.1 billion, setting a record

Overview of Important Market Events on June 15

The foundation of SpaceX's trillion-dollar valuation: Who is dividing Musk's annual capital expenditure of tens of billions?

SpaceX Supply Chain Revealed: The Invisible Gold Mine Behind the Trillion-Dollar "Space Dream," from Nvidia's Computing Power Monopoly to China's Sole Supplier of Special Materials, these overlooked water-selling talents are the true wealth creation engine.

How to exit after asset tokenization?

Currently, three models have emerged, aimed at providing instant exit routes for tokenized real-world assets. Their differences lie in: who holds the funds required for exit, how efficiently the funds operate, and the extent to which this model can be scaled across different asset types.

The stablecoin positioning battle escalates: When compliance is just a ticket to entry, will USD1 become the biggest winner?

How does the GENIUS Act reshape the stablecoin landscape?

A16Z: The sun bears witness, SpaceX is worth 7.5 trillion

A deep analysis of Musk's ultimate grand vision: how SpaceX, xAI, and Tesla are deeply intertwined, using space AI data centers and Starships to gradually turn the sci-fi fantasies of Mars colonization and multi-planetary civilization into reality.

Popular coins

Latest Crypto News

Read more
iconiconiconiconiconiconicon
Customer Support:@weikecs
Business Cooperation:@weikecs
Quant Trading & MM:bd@weex.com
VIP Program:support@weex.com