South Korea targets February 2027 rollout for full tokenized securities market
South Korea's financial regulators have announced a roadmap to fully tokenize traditional securities, including stocks and bonds, by February 2027. This initiative aims to modernize capital market infrastructure and integrate digital assets into the mainstream financial system.
Why it matters
South Korea's move represents a significant step toward the institutional adoption of blockchain technology in global capital markets.
Officials from the country’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) and Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) said the plan to tokenize traditional securities such as stocks, bonds and funds and to expand security token offerings (STOs) beyond fractional investment products by February 2027.
"Authorities will seek to lay foundations to facilitate the tokenized issuance and circulation of more traditional types of securities, including stocks, bonds, and funds, with an ultimate goal of completely transforming and upgrading capital market infrastructures for digital connectivity," said Kwon Dae-young, the FSC’s vice chairman .
South Korea is one of the world's most active retail investment markets, with 11.3 million verified crypto users and a stock market that regularly sees daily trading volumes comparable to crypto exchanges. Bringing tokenization to conventional securities, not just fractional investment products, puts the country on a path to a full digital capital market infrastructure.
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