I noticed an interesting regulatory signal from Asia. It seems that under the flag of Korea, a new wave of work on corporate crypto investments has emerged.

South Korean authorities are preparing a set of guidelines for companies that want to work with digital assets.

But here’s the catch — when developing these guidelines, a problem arose with stablecoins. USDT, USDC, and similar assets might simply be removed from the approved list.

The reason is straightforward: they conflict with existing currency regulation laws.

This is quite indicative of Korea’s overall stance. Regulators there are trying to find a balance between innovation and controlling currency flows.

Stablecoins, in their view, are too closely aligned with foreign currency functions, creating legal conflicts.

For companies, this means that if they want to invest in crypto within Korea, they will be forced to work with volatile assets like Bitcoin or Ether, and stablecoins will be out of the game.

It will be interesting to see how this affects corporate demand in the region.

Overall, the trend for Korea’s flag is clear: authorities want to develop the crypto ecosystem but also tightly control currency risks.

The compromise is somewhat unique — yes to digital assets, but not all of them.