The companies said Wednesday they will also explore tokenized treasury settlement across South Korea’s broader financial system.
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Ripple has entered a partnership with Kyobo Life Insurance, one of South Korea’s largest life insurers, to pilot blockchain-based settlement of government bonds. The project uses Ripple Custody, Ripple’s digital asset custody solution, to handle the issuance, storage, and settlement of tokenized government bonds.
The companies said Wednesday they will also explore tokenized treasury settlement across South Korea’s broader financial system. The pilot targets the replacement of traditional bond settlement processes, which typically depend on multiple intermediaries and operate on two-day settlement cycles.
By moving settlement on-chain, the project aims to enable near real-time execution, which could reduce counterparty risk and improve capital efficiency for participants. Jin Ho Park, senior executive vice president at Kyobo Life, said that traditional financial instruments “can operate securely and efficiently on blockchain.”
The reforms also open a path for investment contract securities to circulate through regulated securities firms, which could expand access and improve liquidity for non-traditional financial instruments. Kyobo Life said it will additionally explore stablecoin-based payment rails and integration with liquidity and treasury management systems as part of the partnership.
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