BNK Investment & Securities Teams with EverTreasure on Tokenized Cultural Assets

BNK Investment & Securities has formed a strategic partnership with cultural-finance fintech EverTreasure to develop tokenized securities products backed by films, performances, musicals, and artworks. The agreement marks one of the earliest concrete bets on South Korea's regulated tokenized securities market, which is set to officially open for business in February 2027.

Under the partnership, BNK will manage issuance, distribution, investor recruitment, and regulatory compliance, while EverTreasure will source assets and handle blockchain integration and platform operations. The division of labor mirrors how South Korean regulators expect tokenized products to be built once the new legal framework takes hold.

EverTreasure's YEATU platform has processed over 260 million won in investments as of December 31, 2025, with over 10,000 members and 6,000 global investors registered on the platform. BNK CEO Shin Myung-ho framed the deal as an early but meaningful step for providing investors with new investment opportunities by connecting the value of various cultural content with finance.

The agreement also signals that fractional investment businesses are being folded directly into regulated issuance and distribution channels rather than left in a legal gray zone. Regulators had spent months finalizing operating details before this point, with the FSC working through issuance, trading, settlement, and investor-protection rules earlier in the year.