Samsung SDS has secured a contract to create and manage a tokenized securities platform for the Korea Securities Depository (KSD). This deal is a significant move to grow South Korea’s digital asset infrastructure.
Tokenized securities are essentially traditional financial assets like stocks, bonds, or real estate that exist or are recorded on a blockchain. This setup allows people to track and transfer ownership and rights securely in a digital format. This new system makes trading much simpler after a sale and allows for “fractional ownership,” meaning investors can own a small part of an asset. This makes it easier for everyday investors to get involved.
Tokenized securities are becoming more popular as more people want to turn financial products and assets like data, art, and real estate into digital items they can trade. For this project, KSD plans to link its current electronic securities account system with a blockchain-based ledger. This will improve how they issue and manage rights for tokenized securities, and also get them ready for the market to grow in the future.
Samsung SDS will set up a system to manage the total amount of tokenized securities. This system will track how they are issued and traded in real-time, making all transactions transparent. This transparency will help market participants trade with confidence. The company will also build the main parts needed to run the platform. This includes a gateway system, a way to run and manage blockchain nodes, and the overall design for the distributed ledger system.
Samsung SDS plans to finish the platform by February 2027. They will turn the current testbed, which they used to check the technology, into a full-scale system. This new system will handle real transactions and make sure services run smoothly. Samsung SDS has been gaining expertise in tokenized securities. They worked on a functional analysis project in 2024 and built a testbed platform in 2025.
Lee Jeong-heon, Samsung SDS’ strategic marketing office executive vice president, said, “We will carry out this project steadily, using our experience in tokenized securities projects, blockchain, and IT infrastructure.” He added, “We want to help boost the tokenized securities market and make this project a big success story in digital assets.”
