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South Korea has laid out a three-stage roadmap beginning in 2027 to bring all types of securities onchain, with the end state allowing participants to settle tokenized securities using stablecoins. The transmission runs through market structure and regulation rather than spot prices: a sanctioned settlement role for stablecoins would create institutional demand for regulated won- or dollar-denominated tokens and give Korean brokerages, custodians and exchange operators a new fee pool, while public-chain infrastructure such as Ethereum benefits only if the design is not confined to permissioned ledgers. Watch which ledger architecture regulators approve and how the won stablecoin framework is finalized, since a closed bank-only rail would sharply limit the crypto-native flow impact.
As a Policy signal, watch whether it changes price action, volatility, or flows around KOSPI.
Original Source: The Block
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