South Korea's new cryptocurrency policies are essentially a high-difficulty tightrope performance of "regulating tightly while allowing freedom." Their success or failure directly affects the reshaping of the East Asian cryptocurrency market, but to say it can unify the landscape? That's still too early!
You see, the "Digital Asset Basic Law" that South Korea is working on is essentially a mix of copying Japan's homework while adding its own twists. They want to learn Japan's meticulous management system while aiming for more openness than Singapore. For example, empowering industry self-regulatory organizations makes it much more flexible than Hong Kong's rigid approval system. But here's the problem: if regulation is too strict, companies might be scared away, and if it's too loose, we might see a repeat of the LUNA collapse tragedy.
The most aggressive move is getting the national pension fund to buy cryptocurrencies. Just think about it, with the national team getting involved, can those observing institutional investors still sit still? The pensions in Japan and Australia are probably watching quietly, and as soon as South Korea tastes success, the follow-up army will arrive immediately.
However, to say it can become the leader in Asia, it's still too early to conclude. Can the Korean won stablecoin challenge USDT? Let's first see if it can get past the USD reserve hurdle. The digital yuan is watching closely, and the undercurrents of the US-China competition are stirring; being a middleman for South Korea won't be easy. What this experiment will ultimately produce, let's wait and see!