South Korea may approve Bitcoin ETFs if Japan moves first! – Here’s why

• South Korea might observe Japan’s lead on Bitcoin ETFs. 
• Asia’s BTC ETF race is anticipated to warmth up as Japan’s eyes laws within the second half of 2025. 

South Korea might soar on the Bitcoin[BTC] ETF bandwagon following a softer stance by Japan on the cryptocurrency.

In accordance with a report by the South Korean-based writer Maeil Enterprise Newspaper, Seoul might approve BTC ETFs if Tokyo greenlights them. 

The media outlet reported that South Korea’s regulator, the Monetary Supervisory Service (FSS), monitored Japan’s digital asset tendencies and famous its openness to crypto ETFs.

Moreover, the report said that Japan’s ongoing dialogue on digital property might be finished within the first half of 2025, and laws might be crafted within the second half. By 2026, Japan’s nationwide meeting might be able to vote for the framework.

Bitcoin ETF: Will South Korea observe Japan?

Japan’s intention is essential as a result of South Korean authorities have hesitated in regards to the merchandise, citing Japan and the UK’s lackluster. In February, Kim So Younger, Vice Chairman of South Korea’s FSS, said, 

“I’ll rigorously evaluate (Bitcoin spot ETFs), and it’s nonetheless comparable in an enormous context…There are some international locations that haven’t but launched them, there’s the UK or Japan.”

How Seoul will reply to Japan’s transfer stays to be seen. Nevertheless, a number of jurisdictions have change into open to BTC ETFs for the reason that U.S. permitted the merchandise final 12 months.

This made it simpler to purchase or promote BTC by way of conventional inventory markets. In actual fact, the U.S. spot BTC ETFs now have $100 billion in property beneath administration (AUM). 

Supply: Soso Worth

Hong Kong, adopted the U.S., greenlighted the merchandise final April, and now has $354M in AUM.

BTC surged from $40K to $70K with inventory market integration, then surpassed $100K because of the ‘Trump commerce.’

State Road predicts crypto ETF AUM might exceed valuable metals ETF AUM by late 2025, reflecting rising market confidence.

Within the 2025 ETF outlook report, BlackRock’s digital asset analysis head, Robert Mitchnick, said that U.S. fiscal debt and nation-state adoption of BTC in its place reserve asset might drive the cryptocurrency’s worth. 

“An growing concentrate on U.S. debt and deficit challenges has the potential to function a catalyst for Bitcoin adoption, whereas the potential of higher-for-longer rates of interest characterize a possible value headwind.”