Overview
- South Korea’s Financial Services Commission has finalized guidance to let listed companies and licensed professional investors return to crypto trading, reversing a 2017 prohibition.
- Access will be constrained by balance‑sheet caps and limited to highly liquid assets, with exchanges required to slow large orders to reduce volatility.
- A proposal reported by Seoul Economic Daily would cap annual allocations at up to 5% of equity and restrict investments to the top 20 cryptocurrencies listed on the country’s five major exchanges.
- Roughly 3,500 firms and professional entities could qualify under the framework, according to regulator estimates reported by local media.
- Final implementing details are expected within weeks, with some reports pointing to February for guidelines and potential corporate trading by late 2026, while stablecoin treatment and domestic spot ETF rules continue to be developed.