KB Securities Partners with Securitize and Optimism to Advance Institutional Tokenized Securities in South Korea

BlockBeats news, September 24 — South Korean brokerage KB Securities signed an MOU with Securitize and Optimism, planning to advance tokenized securities for South Korean institutional investors and intending to use OP Mainnet as the on-chain infrastructure. KB Securities will be responsible for product origination, issuance, and distribution, Securitize will provide tokenization, fund management, and transfer agency infrastructure, and Optimism will be responsible for on-chain technical support. As of July 2026, Securitize self-reported tokenized assets under management had exceeded $5 billion. (The Defiant)