Securitize and LG CNS have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop institutional tokenization infrastructure in South Korea as the country prepares to implement its new securities-token framework. According to Securitize’s official announcement, the companies will explore tokenized funds, securities, stablecoins and supporting digital-asset infrastructure for Korean financial institutions. Any resulting products remain subject to applicable laws and regulatory approvals.
The agreement combines Securitize’s regulated issuance and tokenization infrastructure with LG CNS’s technology stack and relationships across South Korea’s financial sector. The partnership covers market development, technical implementation, product development and ecosystem education across Korea and potentially the broader Asia-Pacific region. The immediate development is an infrastructure and go-to-market partnership rather than a confirmed securities issuance.
Korea Prepares for Tokenized Securities in 2027
The timing coincides with a concrete regulatory transition. South Korea’s revised Electronic Registration Act and Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act are scheduled to take effect on February 4, 2027, formally recognizing distributed ledgers as infrastructure capable of recording tokenized securities. The first phase will cover products including institutional money-market funds and bonds, certain unlisted shares and publicly offered fractional-investment securities.
On October 1, the Financial Services Commission proposed additional implementing rules covering stocks, bonds, funds and fractional-investment products. The framework would require distributed ledgers to be shared among multiple account-management entities alongside the Korea Securities Depository, while eligible issuers seeking to manage customer securities accounts directly would face capital, staffing and internal-control requirements. Tokenization is therefore being incorporated into Korea’s existing securities framework rather than established as a parallel unregulated market.
That regulatory preparation is already prompting domestic institutions to build infrastructure. Hanwha Investment & Securities has developed a multichain tokenized-securities platform, while Securitize has separately expanded its institutional stack through an integration with ADI Chain. The LG CNS agreement gives Securitize a local technology partner as Korean institutions prepare for the 2027 implementation window.
LG CNS Builds the Local Infrastructure Layer
LG CNS has simultaneously launched KITL, or Keystone of Institutional Trust Landscape, a blockchain infrastructure platform for banks, securities firms, card companies and payment providers. KITL provides wallet infrastructure, transaction processing, gas-fee sponsorship and transaction-record collection across digital assets and multiple blockchain networks. LG CNS explicitly identifies Securitize as the partner with which it plans to develop solutions for tokenizing funds and bonds under Korean regulatory requirements.
KITL also connects LG CNS with Circle, Canton Foundation, Chainalysis and Chainlink for different parts of the digital-asset stack. The platform is designed so financial institutions can reuse common infrastructure when adding new assets or blockchain networks rather than building separate systems for each product. That gives the Securitize relationship a defined technical environment, even though no specific tokenized fund or security has yet been announced.
Stablecoins require additional caution. South Korea’s FSC roadmap places stablecoin-linked onchain payments in a later phase whose implementation depends partly on pending stablecoin legislation. The MOU’s reference to stablecoin infrastructure should therefore be read as an area for future development, not evidence that Securitize or LG CNS already has regulatory clearance to issue or distribute a Korean stablecoin.
The partnership follows the same institutional pattern visible in other Asian tokenization projects, including Securitize Japan’s feasibility work on tokenized bonds with San-in Godo Bank and NTT Data. In Korea, however, the regulatory timetable is now unusually concrete. The meaningful next milestone will be whether the MOU produces specific regulated issuances or settlement workflows once the new securities-token regime becomes effective in February 2027.