South Korean cryptocurrency alternate Upbit is working with funds firm Naver Pay to advertise a gained (KRW) stablecoin initiative, KBS reported, citing an unidentified official from Dunamu, Upbit’s father or mother firm.
The 2 corporations are pursing a funds enterprise primarily based on the stablecoin, the official mentioned, though particulars stay sparse. A stablecoin is a crypto token whose worth is pegged to a real-life asset such because the greenback or gold.
“We’ll specify the scope and strategies of cooperation as quickly because the related system is established,” the official instructed KBS.
Korea’s crypto-friendly president, elected firstly of June, has mentioned he helps a “won-based stablecoin market,” a stance that earlier this week spurred the Financial institution of Korea to halt plans to roll out a central financial institution digital forex (CBDC).
A KRW stablecoin is more likely to be an vital occasion for native crypto merchants, who’ve grappled with restrictions round transferring KRW in and in a foreign country. That is led to a big unfold and arbitrage alternatives, the commerce that pocketed FTX founder Sam Bankman Fried his first notable wealth.
The unfold between South Korean and U.S. exchanges has typically been labeled because the “kimchi premium.” The roll out of a KRW stablecoin, so long as it’s tradable on-chain, would imply that merchants can merely swap that stablecoin for USDT or USDC, bypassing fiat restrictions within the area and basically ironing out any vital spreads in worth.
