South Korean regulators to prepare guidelines for security tokens in 2022
South Korea will get a separate security tokens market operated by Korea Exchange. Guidelines for security tokens in South Korea will be announced by the end of 2022. Simultaneously, the pilot market with a regulatory sandbox will be launched before the formal institutionalization. Chief South Korean financial regulator, the Financial Services Commission (FSC), published the report with the results of a joint policy seminar it held together with the Financial Supervisory Service, Korea Exchange, Korea Securities Depository and Capital Market Research Institute on Sep. 6. The stakeholders....
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