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South Korea’s Supreme Court Expands Bitcoin Seizure Powers, With October Rollout Set to Speed Claims

South Korea’s top court has drafted a civil execution amendment establishing explicit legal procedures to freeze, seize, and liquidate virtual assets like bitcoin during civil litigation.   New Rules on Asset Seizure South Korea’s Supreme Court has announced a sweeping update to its civil enforcement regulations, establishing clear legal procedures for seizing, freezing and liquidating … Read more

Report: Kiwoom Securities Eyes Bithumb Stake as Korea’s TradFi-Crypto Merger Picks up Speed

South Korea’s Kiwoom Securities is reportedly in early negotiations to buy a stake in Bithumb through a private placement of new shares, adding a major brokerage to the list of traditional financial (TradFi) firms moving into domestic crypto infrastructure. Chosunbiz first reported the discussions on Monday. Under the proposed structure, Bithumb would issue fresh shares … Read more

Former Fidelity Executive Says South Korean Index’s 10% Crash Pulled BTC Below $60,000

Mike McCluskey argues that bitcoin’s slide is due to its high-beta relationship with tech equities rather than broken crypto-native fundamentals. The Seoul-to-Nasdaq Contagion On Tuesday, June 23, the South Korean index, Kospi, plunged by more than 8%, triggering a Level 1 circuit breaker. The sharp drop was attributed to a severe global semiconductor stock correction, … Read more

Chainlink and Over 10 Korean lenders Push to Kill FX Delays With Real-Time Settlement

Chainlink, a coalition of Korean commercial banks, and a 37-member European bank consortium announced Project Pangea on June 23, a working group focused on replacing the global foreign exchange market’s existing T+2 settlement cycle with real-time, stablecoin-based T+0 settlement. What Project Pangea Is The initiative brings together three primary partners: Fairsquarelab, described as a first-mover … Read more

Chainlink and Over 10 Korean lenders Push to Kill FX Delays With Real-Time Settlement

Chainlink, a coalition of Korean commercial banks, and a 37-member European bank consortium announced Project Pangea on June 23, a working group focused on replacing the global foreign exchange market’s existing T+2 settlement cycle with real-time, stablecoin-based T+0 settlement. What Project Pangea Is The initiative brings together three primary partners: Fairsquarelab, described as a first-mover … Read more

Leading South Korean Bank Toss Taps Solana to Test Cross-Border Remittances for 15 Million Customers

South Korea’s Toss Bank has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Solana Foundation to test blockchain-based remittance and settlement infrastructure. A First for a Korean Internet Bank Toss Bank, South Korea’s third-largest internet-only bank, said it signed the agreement in Seoul on June 19 and called it the “first direct strategic cooperation agreement between … Read more

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