South Korea just produced an important precedent for BTC inside traditional finance.
Jeonbuk Bank has extended corporate financing secured by Bitcoin, allowing businesses to unlock won liquidity without selling their BTC holdings. The coins stay with a qualified custodian rather than moving onto the bank’s own balance sheet.
The legal structure is also becoming clearer. Since October 1, revised enforcement rules allow pledged digital assets to be sold through court procedures if a borrower defaults.
For now, the model remains conservative: BTC is the only accepted crypto collateral, and Jeonbuk Bank has not disclosed its LTV, rates or loan limits.
Bitcoin is trading near $83.4K.
What matters here is the precedent. BTC is no longer being integrated only through ETFs, custody or trading desks — it is starting to enter the credit system as collateral for ordinary bank loans.
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