South Korea’s Financial Services Commission launched a taskforce on June 23, 2026 to examine capital-market infrastructure, including settlement, artificial intelligence and blockchain technology.
The FSC announcement described a program of policy and infrastructure work. It did not announce that every proposed digital-market service was ready for investors.
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Shorter settlement and longer trading hours
The regulator said authorities aimed to prepare a roadmap for shortening settlement as early as October. It also described work by the Korea Securities Depository on T+1 infrastructure for over-the-counter transactions involving unlisted securities and fractional investment products.
The Korea Exchange planned a September 14 after-market opening and a possible pre-market from late 2027, according to the announcement.
Technology with operational safeguards
The taskforce would consider AI for market surveillance and investment services while examining cybersecurity, system stability and investor protection.
Shortening settlement reduces the time between a trade and completion of the exchange of cash and securities. Delivering that change requires coordination among trading venues, clearing systems, custodians and participants; adding blockchain technology alone does not complete that work.
Editor’s note: The taskforce began on June 23, rather than the publication day. The Korea Securities Depository is an existing institution, not a new body being created. Unverified token-securities implementation and supplier details have been removed.