In a move that might just make the Flat-Earthers question their life choices, South Korea has finally decided to let its companies play in the cryptocurrency sandbox after a nine-year ban. Starting in 2026, listed firms and professional investors can now splash up to 5% of their equity capital on the top 20 cryptocurrencies, as ranked by market capitalization, across the nation’s five major exchanges.
The Financial Services Commission (FSC) is just a hop, skip, and a legal document away from finalizing the “Virtual Currency Trading Guidelines for Listed Corporations.” This change is expected to usher in hordes of corporate gold-err, let’s say capital-into the crypto markets while muzzling the rowdier speculators.
Approximately 3,500 corporations stand at the ready, including some major publicly listed firms. The big question remains: Will the stablecoins like Tether’s USDT join the party? A senior financial official whispered, “It will be decided by January or February, just in time for the corporate crypto New Year’s resolutions.”
The FSC has wrapped the new rules in a comforting blanket of market stability, capping corporate crypto investments at 5% of a company’s total equity. The rules are stringent, limiting investments only to the top 20 coins by domestic market cap, which-surprise, surprise-will be re-evaluated every six months. Meanwhile, plans are brewing to set rules for fractional trading and trading orders that exceed certain price points.
While the decision has been met with mild applause (chiefly the kind you’d expect from a crowd of accountants), industry insiders are grumbling that it’s a bit on the conservative side, especially compared to places like the US and Japan where they let companies bet all their chips on crypto. In the lands beyond the seas, like the EU and Singapore, businesses frolic in the crypto grasslands almost unchecked.
The true plot twist comes when considering how companies like Naver-with a bag full of 27 trillion won in equity-could theoretically buy over 10,000 Bitcoin. A tidal wave of trillions of won, if even a fraction is spent, could rattle the couch cushions of market liquidity.
The regulatory environment in South Korea is busy as a one-armed paper hanger. In the same month, the Supreme Court cheerfully ruled that digital currencies on exchanges can be seized just like good old-fashioned cash. Coupled with Phase Two of the Virtual Asset Law-which aims to prevent little tycoons from monopolizing some of their shiny new crypto stalls-the stage is set.
And looking beyond the Korean peninsula, Hong Kong is not far behind with plans that resemble a funhouse mirror of South Korea’s own-proposing heavy dips for crypto risk charges and timid guidelines for stablecoins.
South Korea’s cautious leap into corporate crypto investment might just pull enough cash into the crypto space to keep the enthusiasts entertained for, at least, a few years. With clarity in rules, we might just see more “serious” companies trying their hand at coins-with perfect legal backing, of course. All while helping to facilitate a cushy environment for innovation, market activities, and Insta-worthy cryptocurrency dances.
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2026-01-12 09:57