Securitize partners with LG CNS to advance tokenized assets in South Korea

South Korea’s financial institutions now have a new on-ramp to tokenization, and it comes from one of the country’s biggest IT services names. On October 6, 2026, LG CNS rolled out a blockchain infrastructure platform called KITL and signed memorandums of understanding with five global blockchain firms, with Securitize among them. The timing is deliberate. South Korea is expected to put new rules for tokenized securities into effect in February 2027, and LG CNS is building the plumbing before the regulators open the doors. What LG CNS and Securitize are building KITL stands for Keystone of Institutional Trust Landscape. The platform is designed to serve stablecoin, tokenized securities, and real-world asset services for Korean financial players. The target list includes banks, securities firms, card companies, and payment providers. The Securitize piece of the deal is more specific. The two companies plan to co-develop solutions for tokenizing funds and bonds held by financial institutions, built to fit South Korea’s regulatory framework. On the technical side, KITL bundles several functions into one system: Digital wallets for holding assets Transaction processing for moving them ...