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By Dan Saada
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Hanwha Picks Avalanche for the Trading Platform. While regulators were sorting the legal side, Hanwha Group was building.
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February Deadline Puts Pressure on the Whole Sector. February is close. And that timeline is putting real pressure on financial institutions across…
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South Korea just moved. Financial authorities approved amendments to bring tokenized securities inside the country's existing regulatory framework, with a February rollout on the…
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The changes matter because they're not theoretical anymore. Tokenized securities — basically traditional assets like stocks and bonds that live on a blockchain — will be formally…
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While regulators were sorting the legal side, Hanwha Group was building. The South Korean conglomerate is developing a platform specifically designed to handle tokenized…
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Hanwha is one of South Korea's largest and most diversified conglomerates, with fingers in everything from financial services to defense manufacturing.
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The platform will need to go through rigorous compliance and security testing before it's live.
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February is close. And that timeline is putting real pressure on financial institutions across South Korea to figure out what compliance looks like in practice.
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The regulatory body is expected to release more detailed operational guidelines before the implementation date.
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Fintech companies are probably in a better position here than legacy institutions. They're generally faster at adapting systems, less burdened by decade-old infrastructure, and…
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None of that is guaranteed to go smoothly. February deadlines have a way of slipping when the technical complexity is underestimated.
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South Korea isn't the only country moving in this direction. Across Asia and in parts of Europe, regulators have been working through similar questions about how to fit tokenized…
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More context: Robinhood Chain and Solana Fuel $3B Surge in Tokenized Equity Market
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Hanwha's platform, if it launches on schedule and clears compliance review, will be one of the first live examples of what this actually looks like at scale in a major Asian…
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