{"id":557207,"date":"2026-02-17T16:52:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T16:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/17\/south-korea-lifts-9-year-corporate-crypto-ban-what-the-policy-change-means\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T16:52:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T16:52:49","slug":"south-korea-lifts-9-year-corporate-crypto-ban-what-the-policy-change-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/17\/south-korea-lifts-9-year-corporate-crypto-ban-what-the-policy-change-means\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea lifts 9-year corporate crypto ban: What the policy change means"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjYtMDIvMDE5YzZjNjYtODcxZS03YTY0LWEwMjQtNDM2YzNiODFiNTBmLmpwZw==.jpg\" alt=\"South Korea lifts 9-year corporate crypto ban: What the policy change means\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>South Korea reopens crypto to corporations with strict caps and asset limits. This is part of a broader strategy that includes stablecoin legislation and potential spot crypto ETFs.<\/p>\n<p data-ct-non-breakable=\"undefined\">South Korea is ending a nine-year ban on corporate crypto trading, allowing listed entities and professional investment companies to reenter the market under a regulated framework.<\/p>\n<p data-ct-non-breakable=\"undefined\">Corporate participation will be tightly controlled, with investments capped at 5% of annual equity capital and limited to the top 20 cryptocurrencies traded on regulated domestic exchanges.<\/p>\n<p data-ct-non-breakable=\"undefined\">Institutional entry may gradually improve liquidity and market structure, but strict limits mean large capital inflows from corporate treasuries are unlikely in the short term.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/south-korea-lifts-9-year-corporate-crypto-ban-what-the-policy-change-means\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Korea reopens crypto to corporations with strict caps and asset limits. This is part of a broader strategy that includes stablecoin legislation and potential spot crypto ETFs. South Korea is ending a nine-year ban on corporate crypto trading, allowing listed entities and professional investment companies to reenter the market under a regulated framework. Corporate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":557208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-557207","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}