KB Kookmin KRW stablecoin (KRW-KB) Pre-launch Stablecoin Tracker
KRW-KB
Pharos can still tell you how this asset is supposed to work, when it expects to launch, and what sources to watch. Live market, peg, liquidity, and safety surfaces activate only after the first post-launch data sync.
Full launch status and history
KB Financial Group's May 17, 2026 release records a completed issuance, offline payments, merchant settlement and Vietnam remittance proof of concept with KG Inicis, Kaia and OpenAsset, including Hollys kiosk QR payments. Kaia identifies KB Kookmin as the bank pilot participant on its network. Commercial services are conditional on Korean digital-asset legislation; no launch date is announced. Final product name, legal issuer and official ticker are unpublished. KRW-KB is an editorial display label, not an issuer-assigned ticker. The closed pilot is not described as a public testnet or beta.
At a Glance
- Backing
- Real-World Asset Backed
- Governance
- Centralized (CeFi)
- Peg Currency
- Korean Won
- Jurisdiction
- South Korea
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Kaia confirms KB Kookmin's May pilot
Kaia's Q2 report confirms that KB Kookmin and iM Bank separately piloted won-stablecoin offline payments, remittances and settlement on its network during May. It does not announce a publicly circulating KB token.
SourceKB announces completed payments and remittance proof of concept
KB Financial Group describes the integrated won-token issuance, offline QR payments, smart-contract settlement and Vietnam bank-account receipt demonstration with KG Inicis, Kaia and OpenAsset. Actual services are planned for implementation of digital-asset legislation.
SourceKB won-token pilot awaits commercial framework
KB Financial Group announced on May 17, 2026 that it had completed an integrated won-stablecoin proof of concept with KG Inicis, Kaia and OpenAsset. The pilot connected issuance, Hollys offline QR payments, merchant settlement and remittance to a Vietnam bank account, with Kaia identifying KB Kookmin as the bank participant. KB plans actual services for implementation of Korean digital-asset legislation, without an announced launch date. The final legal issuer, official ticker, token-specific reserves and public-holder redemption terms remain unpublished; KRW-KB is an editorial display label.
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