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South Korea launches Nexchange, an OTC venue for fractional investment products

  • —21 shareholders include Nextrade, Shinhan, Samsung and Hana Securities
  • —Plans 12-hour trading days, low fees and multiple order types
  • —Initial assets: music IP, aircraft engines, real estate loans
  • —Chung Yoo-shin, ex-Korea Venture Investment CEO, named inaugural head
Why it matters: The venue builds regulated secondary-market infrastructure for tokenized assets in Korea, potentially accelerating institutional adoption of RWA.
Source: Digital Today