BNK Investments and Securities join hands with EverTreasure to expand tokenized securities business

BNK Investment Securities and cultural financial technology company EverTreasure have reached a strategic cooperation to jointly develop share-based investment and tokenized securities products linked to films, performances, musicals and art

BNK Investment & Securities and cultural financial technology platform EverTreasure have signed a strategic cooperation agreement, and the two parties will jointly develop share-based investment products and tokenized securities linked to cultural assets such as films, performances, musicals and art.

Cooperation division of labor and business model

In this cooperation, BNK Investment Securities will be responsible for the issuance arrangement, distribution, investor recruitment and compliance regulatory consultation of tokenized securities; while EverTreasure is mainly responsible for the screening of underlying assets, blockchain technical support and platform infrastructure operation. The two companies plan to collaborate on underlying asset due diligence, product structure design and platform listings, and carry out joint marketing and investor relations activities targeting institutional investors and high-net-worth clients.

EverTreasure will rely on the experience of its YEATU share-based investment platform to explore cultural intellectual property and other potential investable assets. The cooperation not only covers South Korea's domestic market, but also includes overseas expansion plans. Both parties will use their respective international entities and network resources to seek investment opportunities outside South Korea.

Targeting cultural assets and laying out a new track for tokenized securities

As South Korea is about to officially introduce the tokenized securities framework in February 2027, this agreement provides another path for BNK to invest in securities to enter this emerging market. According to the cooperation agreement, the cultural assets identified by both parties include films, performances, musicals and artistic works. EverTreasure is responsible for screening competitive high-quality assets as the underlying foundation for shared-based or tokenized investment products;BNK Investment Securities provides the necessary securities market infrastructure to help qualified products reach investors.

Shin Myung-ho, CEO of BNK Investment Securities, said: "The agreement is a meaningful starting point to provide investors with new investment opportunities by connecting the value of various cultural content with the financial system." According to the report, brokerages plan to continue to look for tokenized securities opportunities backed by competitive real-world assets and gradually expand their financial services and product lines in this space.

YEATU platform assists asset screening and operation

EverTreasure is expected to bring its rich experience accumulated on the YEATU platform to the cooperation. The platform is dedicated to connecting investors with projects involving art, performances, films and exhibitions. As of December 31, 2025, the total investment processed by the YEATU platform exceeded 260 million won, with more than 10,000 members and 6,000 registered investors around the world. Its investment targets include cultural projects that generate returns through structures set up for individual assets or projects.

For institutional and professional investors, the company offers a selection of films, concerts, musicals and art projects. Its business processes include due diligence, investment document preparation, contract negotiation, and post-investment monitoring and management. EverTreasure was established in 2023 and has established an operating system around cultural content, valuation evaluation and blockchain-based identity authentication. In its partnership with BNK, its core responsibilities will focus on finding suitable underlying assets and connecting them to the technical systems needed for tokenized products.

South Korea's regulatory framework for monetized securities in the 2027s is about to be implemented

This cooperation comes at a critical period in South Korea's transformation from a limited share-based investment structure to a regulated market that accommodates tokenized versions of traditional securities. In January 2026, the South Korean National Assembly passed amendments to the Electronic Securities Law and the Capital Market Law, establishing the legal basis for recording securities ownership and issuance information through distributed ledger technology. Subsequently, the South Korean government is scheduled to formally implement the framework on February 4, 2027. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) released a three-phase roadmap in September to allow existing licensed financial institutions to process tokenized securities within their licenses.

The new regulations are particularly suitable for share-based investment businesses, as investment contract securities and share-based products will be included in regulated issuance and distribution channels. Regulators have been preparing operational details for several months. The FSC has issued detailed draft rules for tokenized securities, covering issuance, trading, settlement and investor protection, in response to preparations before the legal changes take effect.

At the same time, market infrastructure is also under construction simultaneously. Samsung SDS won the bid to develop the Korea Securities Depository (Koscom) token securities platform, which is designed to connect distributed ledger records with the custodian's existing electronic securities infrastructure. Platform functions include issuance records, circulation inspections, rights management and real-time monitoring of the number of tokens, and are expected to be completed around February when the revised law takes effect.

South Korean securities firms accelerate the construction of tokenization infrastructure

Before the official implementation of the regulatory framework, the South Korean securities industry has begun to build its own systems and partnerships. According to reports, Hanwha Investment & Securities recently completed the development of a tokenized securities platform that supports the Avalanche and Hyperledger Besu networks. The project began in 2025 with a collaboration with blockchain technology company FairSquare Lab. Hanwha Investment Securities is also consolidating its infrastructure by investing in companies involved in tokenization and blockchain markets, including holding a Securitize stake and disclosing in July an investment of 30 billion won in institutional-level Canton Network operator Digital Asset.

BNK Investment Securities adopted a cooperation-led preparation strategy. In 2024, BNK and Koscom signed a cooperation agreement on the development of a tokenized securities platform, joining a number of brokerages including Kiwoom Securities, Dah Sing Securities, IBK Investment Securities and Yuanda Securities, all of which have worked with the financial technology company. A similar arrangement has been reached. This agreement with EverTreasure further expands BNK's layout at the market asset and product level, using cultural intellectual property and other content as a pool source to develop potential share-based and tokenized securities products.

Shen Minghao said that BNK Investment Securities intends to continue to explore tokenized securities business using competitive real-world assets and expand related financial products and services.