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South Korea’s Banking Giant to Co-create ‘Crypto Bank’ for Exchanges

South Korean banks are rapidly stepping up their crypto game, with Kookmin (KB), one of the biggest commercial banks in the country, co-creating a “digital asset management company” with a number of the nation’s leading blockchain players that will safeguard the bitcoin (BTC) holdings of corporate customers such as crypto exchanges.

KB appears exceptionally keen to roll out crypto custody-related services for institutional investors before its nearest banking rivals, with some functionality becoming available as of next month.

Per CNews, KB has made a “strategic investment” of an undisclosed amount in a new firm called Korea Digital Asset (KODA), along with blockchain accelerator Hashed and fellow blockchain investor and developer Haechi Labs – both of whom have also invested undisclosed sums in the new company.

KODA will roll out a beta service for corporate customers starting next month.

An official from Kookmin Bank said that they plan to start with handling the digital assets of corporate customers including crypto exchanges.

Hashed CEO Kim Seojoon told Our,

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