South Korea’s leading financial institution, Kookmin Bank (KB), plans to launch the country’s first crypto-asset ETF.
Crypto ETF products continue to spread, and a move in this area came from South Korea. KB, one of the country’s leading banks, plans to launch a crypto ETF. According to the company’s statement, the bank has also established a unit called the “Digital Asset Management Preparatory Committee” to work towards this goal. Honggun Kim, head of index management, also confirmed the news:
As it is known, countries such as Canada and Brazil broke new ground in their regions by issuing crypto ETFs. Similarly, the US has joined the list of countries that have launched a crypto ETF by launching a futures Bitcoin ETF, although it is not a product that directly invests in Bitcoin.