#SouthKoreaCryptoPolicy
🇰🇷 “Korea Just Flipped the Script on Crypto—And It’s Wild!”
🔥 **South Korea’s crypto rules are going through a total makeover in 2025—and it flips everything you thought.
🚀 **Phase 1: Non‑profits, universities & charities to sell crypto donations
Starting H2 2025, institutions can open “real-name” exchange accounts and liquidate crypto they’ve received—a major shift from the old restrictions.
🏦 **Phase 2: Pilot for big players
Earlier in 2025, around 3,500 corporations and professional investors will be allowed to open real-name accounts to invest. Expect a careful rollout with strong AML and custody safeguards.
🔓 **Future Phases: Listed companies & heavyweights
By late 2025, publicly listed firms and institutional investors may get full crypto trading access—only after stablecoin and cross-border rules land.
🛡️ **Stricter investor protection & transparency
The Virtual Asset User Protection Act (July 2024) now mandates:
80% of user funds stored offline.
Mandatory cold wallets, anti-fraud imo.
Exchanges must meet regular reporting and deposit-insurance requirements.
More rules soon on stablecoins, asset listings, and tokenized securities—all part of phase two legislation in H2 2025.