The South Korean company, Samsung’s financial service together with investment firms are gearing up to enter the crypto industry following the election of a new president.
Reports from a local news station alleged that during the week, the regulations in the South-East Asian country could be changing with the emergence of the current conservative president, Seok-Yeol.
Seok-Yeol had contested the presidential elections on the platform of South Korea’s People Power Party, and he had run a campaign that pledged more economic stability for all the social classes in the country, a shift in the diplomatic relations with China, and the implementation of pro-crypto and Bitcoin policies.
This means that local security firms in South Korea have started the process of acquiring a license from the country’s regulator to introduce crypto exchange platforms. The domestic companies will be receiving their licenses at some point before the year runs out.
News reports have claimed that at most, seven main securities firms are pursuing preliminary approval from South Korea’s regulator. It cited an official from one of the firms who confirmed that the important discussions are being completed.
Samsung Securities, potential investment companies, the financial subsidiary of the Samsung Group, and the parent company of the tech giant had been looking to be a part of the crypto market. The firm is additionally looking for a way into the crypto industry with a security token business on a trading platform.
Additionally, Samsung Securities are probably looking to provide its South Korean customers with cryptocurrencies, non-fungible tokens -NFTs, and tokenized securities.