South Korea’s draft Digital Assets Act folded stablecoins and tokenized RWAs into existing finance laws
South Korea’s Democratic Party used its February 23, 2026 unified draft of the Digital Assets Basic Act to do something more consequential than propose another crypto bill: it tried to pull major segments of the digital-asset market back inside existing financial law. The draft treated won-pegged stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets as structures that should […]
South Korea’s $1T Pension Fund Boosted MicroStrategy Stake — Then Suffered Deep Crypto Losses
The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s roughly $1 trillion public pension fund, increased its MicroStrategy (MSTR) position in Q4 2025 and then watched that indirect Bitcoin exposure deteriorate as crypto-linked equities sold off. The key takeaway is that second-order Bitcoin exposure can still deliver first-order volatility for institutions, even when the overall portfolio is […]
South Korean Man Indicted for Alleged Poisoning After ₩1.17 Billion Crypto Loss
A case headed to the Seoul Eastern District Court is drawing attention not because it involves a new token or a market collapse, but because of how violently a failed Bitcoin venture allegedly spilled into real life. Prosecutors say a 39-year-old man tried to kill his business partner after suffering steep losses tied to a […]
South Korea Fines Korbit $1.9M Over AML Breaches
South Korea’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) fined cryptocurrency exchange Korbit ₩2.73 billion (about $1.9 million) on December 31, 2025, and issued an institutional warning after a comprehensive compliance inspection. The FIU tied the action to documented failures in customer due diligence, risk assessments for new digital assets, and prohibited cross-border transfers, putting Korbit’s remediation path […]