Korean Institutions Get Tokenized Financial Products via KB Securities Partnership

KB Securities, Securitize, and Optimism have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to introduce tokenized financial products to Korean institutional investors on OP Mainnet.

The agreement marks KB Securities' first public tokenization initiative and the second institutional issuer brought onto OP Mainnet through its partnership with Securitize.

The collaboration will launch with two products: a tokenized money market fund and a fund built on KB Asset Management's flagship investment strategy.

Under the agreement, KB Securities will issue and distribute the products to Korean institutional clients, Securitize will provide the tokenization platform and fund administration, and Optimism will supply the underlying technical infrastructure through the OP Stack along with integration support.