"Token securities can offer stablecoins verified real-world asset investment destinations, and stablecoins can provide token securities with a global payment infrastructure, enabling a perfect synergy that completes each other."
Shin Beom-jun, CEO of BuySellStandard, said this at the Korea Capital Market Conference 2025 held at the Westin Josun Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul, on the 30th. The event was hosted by the Korea Exchange (KRX) to allow market participants to exchange domestic and international views to develop the capital market and strengthen global competitiveness.
Shin gave a lecture on the theme "Token securities, a new growth engine for Korea's capital market." Shin said, "To realize the true potential of token securities, access for global investors and an instant settlement system are necessary, and for the development of stablecoins, stable and attractive real-economy investment destinations are needed," adding, "The synergy created by combining the two is clear, and the integration of token securities and stablecoins is already becoming a reality worldwide."
In fact, the United States' DTCC, the European Central Bank, and Singapore's MAS are conducting proofs of linkage between stablecoins and tokenized assets, and in Korea, Koscom and the Korea Securities Depository (KSD) are working to build related infrastructure.
In this global convergence trend, Shin presented K-content intellectual property rights as a key differentiator. He said, "The size of tokenizable K-content assets reaches $20 billion to $30 billion, and 225 million Hallyu fans around the world can go beyond being simple consumers to become active investment participants."
Regarding the legalization of token securities, he explained, "With the rapid improvement of the legislative environment, including the introduction of bills by five lawmakers from both parties and the securing of bipartisan support, eight consecutive emphases by the Financial Services Commission, and selection as the only field in digital assets to be both a national agenda and a key strategic task, the completion of institutionalization within the year is coming into view." He also said, "Token securities will play the role of the first domino and lead the institutionalization of the overall digital asset industry."
Shin added, "Token securities are not merely a new financial product but an essential growth engine for the structural transition of Korea's capital market and for securing global competitiveness."