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South Korea Plans National Asset Law To Include Crypto Assets

South Korea's Ministry of Economy and Finance plans to replace its legacy state-property framework with a National Asset Basic Act that can include virtual assets and intellectual property. The proposal would create new needs for public-sector custody, valuation, audit and registration controls around crypto assets.

Medium impact🇰🇷 South KoreaRegulationCustodyTokenizationMinistry of Economy and Finance

APAC FINSTAB analysis

For APAC operators, this creates a medium-impact signal around regulation, custody, tokenization in South Korea. Named institutions or platforms: Ministry of Economy and Finance. Teams should monitor the original source, map the change to licensing, custody, disclosure, and market-access obligations, and update their jurisdiction playbooks before the next compliance review.

Compliance read-through: map this event to entity licensing, market-access, custody, disclosure, token listing, and operational-risk obligations before expanding or marketing in the affected jurisdiction.

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