On August 5th, the South Korean crypto custodian BDACS officially went live with institutional custody services for XRP, a milestone for the country’s digital asset infrastructure.
It follows a February partnership plan between Ripple Labs, the creators of the XRP Ledger, and BDACS.
Published on BDACS’s X channel, the launch is aimed at satisfying strong institutional demand for secure, regulated exposure to XRP, one of the most actively traded digital assets in the Korean marketplace.
BDACS emphasized its desire to bring Ripple’s enterprise-grade Ripple Custody solution to institutions, putting XRP at the center of Korea’s expanding crypto community.
Ripple Custody Enables Secure, Compliant Asset Management by Institutions
By virtue of this launch, institutional South Korean investors can now safely store and hold XRP with Ripple Custody, a custody solution that provides enterprise-grade security and compliance needs.
BDACS indicated that the service addresses the growing demand for XRP by institutions as well as the authority of its ongoing collaboration with Ripple.
The custodian also noted its recent onboarding with South Korea’s top exchanges, Upbit, Coinone, and Korbit, which enabled institutional customers to deploy XRP on top platforms in a fully regulatory compliant way.
The infrastructure is heavily targeted at the evolving legal environment of South Korea’s digital assets, providing assurance for institutions in joining the crypto space.
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Ripple and BDACS Partnership Targets National and Regional Blockchain Growth
The BDACS-Ripple partnership truly represents far more than just a technical integration; it becomes a strategy in response to the larger South Korean regulatory and economic roadmap for digital assets.
Ripple states that the collaboration supports the Korean Financial Services Commission’s goals for institutional crypto adoption.
Furthering its expansion in Asia, Ripple is enabling the ecosystem on the XRP Ledger and providing use cases for RLUSD, Ripple’s USD-backed stablecoin.
Ripple also looks at the partnership as a way to promote Busan’s blockchain deregulated zone, a key national policy for the advancement of blockchain innovation and global competitiveness in fintech.
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Global Momentum: Japan’s SBI Holdings to List XRP-Linked ETFs
As a corollary development, Japan’s SBI Holdings, a long-time Ripple partner, has announced plans to list cryptocurrency-linked ETFs that will include XRP and Bitcoin, further accelerating institutional use of XRP.
The Crypto-Assets ETF will bring regulated access to these crypto assets, and a Digital Gold Crypto ETF will combine gold-backed securities with cryptocurrencies in a blend of risk and reward balance.
The launch is a milestone in the legitimation process for crypto, and especially XRP, into mainstream financial markets.
It also reflects heightened regional desire for XRP as a strategic financial instrument, with particular focus on Asia, where Japan’s banks are being reported to prepare to use XRP for cross-border payment transactions.
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XRP Institutional Role Grows As Custody Market Poised to Hit $16 Trillion
Ripple’s long-term vision of institutional involvement in the crypto world is increasingly taking shape, especially with projections that have the global crypto custody market at a $16 trillion valuation by 2030.
It is estimated that tokenized assets could represent up to 10% of global GDP by the end of the decade, and XRP is being positioned as a building block in this revolution.
Agne Linge, growth lead at WeFi, noted that XRP is poised as a serious infrastructure contender in Asia, not only in Korea but also in Japan, where 80% of banks are said to be prepared to adopt the token for international remittances.
The launch of BDACS custody in South Korea is a component of this larger regional trend toward adoption, highlighting XRP’s growing position in institutional finance.