South Korea just lifted a 9-year ban, and the crypto space is paying attention. Listed companies and qualified institutional investors can now put up to 5% of their capital into the top 20 cryptocurrencies. That's a significant shift from years of restrictions.

The numbers matter here: roughly 3,500 entities qualify under the new rules. Even if adoption starts modest, that's a pretty substantial pipeline of institutional capital that could flow into the market. When you're talking about major corporations and professional funds getting regulatory approval to allocate meaningful portions of their portfolios to crypto assets, it signals something larger—a gradual but real shift in how traditional finance views digital assets in Asia's second-largest economy.