South Korea aims to regulate STO and IEO with the arrival of the new president
As per the reports, the newly elected president of South Korea Yoon Suk-yeol is working with financial authorities to work on regulating security token offerings (STOs) and Initial exchange offerings (IEOs).
South Korea to regulate STOs and IEOs
According to the local media, the plans for regulating STOs and IEOs are actively looked into by the authorities and it is reported to the acquisition committee for negotiations.Traditional securities including real estate and stocks are tokenized in STOs, which are currently being assessed by the Presidential Transition Committee.
The Financial Services Commission (FSC) has recommended changing the Capital Markets Act to incorporate STOs, and is examining if such financial products will be available on traditional exchanges or via crypto service providers. The committee also wants to give more cash-to-crypto licenses to crypto trading platforms in order to weaken the oligopoly of local crypto exchange platforms.
An official familiar with the internal matter of the transition committee said that the committee appears to be pursuing the new government’s digital asset policy that suggests its division into securities and non-security types.
"Security-type virtual assets issue tokens based on traditional assets Therefore, it is necessary to revise the Capital Market Act, and there will be many considerations regarding which trading platform to use,” he adds.The official also revealed that the discussion will proceed in the “direction of institutionalizing President-elect Yoon's promise to allow IEOs and ICOs” for non-security virtual assets.
A Bitcoin-friendly president
South Korea, which currently has only four cash-to-crypto exchanges — Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, and Korbit, has displayed a tough stance towards exchanges. While many companies had to shut down their operations in the nation, crypto exchange Bithumb received the license to operate recently.The crypto community is expecting South Korea to rise high with the new Bitcoin-friendly president who promised crypto-friendly policies in his campaign, including the removal of 2017’s ban on Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) by greenlighting IEOs.
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