• Collaboration gives NextBlock access to B2C2’s global liquidity to support South Korea’s growing institutional digital asset market. 
• South Korea is one of the world’s most active retail digital asset markets, and changing regulations are set to enable more institutional access.
  
  

SEOUL, South Korea, 10 September 2026—B2C2, a leading institutional digital asset liquidity provider, today announced a strategic collaboration with NextBlock to provide global liquidity to one of Asia's most dynamic and high-growth markets.

NextBlock, a South Korean digital asset infrastructure firm, serves as an execution and liquidity bridge between global market makers and local digital asset markets. NextBlock provides high-speed smart order routing, instant settlement infrastructure, and block trade execution for global liquidity providers, OTC desks, and institutional investors.

Under the agreement, NextBlock will use its proprietary routing engine, NextRoute, to access  B2C2’s global liquidity in support of its institutional offering in *South Korea.

The move broadens B2C2’s connectivity with South Korea’s institutional digital asset ecosystem, within one of Asia’s most active markets. Korean won-denominated trades accounted for 30% of global spot cryptocurrency volumes in the first half of 2026, according to research company Kaiko. Retail participation is among the world’s strongest—with the country’s 52 million people generating $26 billion in weekly trading volume.

In late 2024, South Korea's newly formed Virtual Asset Committee under the Financial Services Commission (FSC) discussed how to adapt domestic regulations to unleash more institutional participation in digital asset markets. The FSC has since begun a phased allowance of corporate real-name virtual asset accounts, lifting a restriction in place since 2018. It is expected that over 3,500 domestic corporations, alongside institutional investors, listed firms, asset managers, and family offices, will begin to allocate capital to digital assets.

The joint initiative between B2C2, majority-owned by Japanese financial group SBI Holdings, and NextBlock is vital at a time when participation is shifting from retail investors toward professional firms.

B2C2 is a linchpin in SBI’s digital asset expansion strategy, an area where the firm has invested well over $1.5bn this year alone. SBI is deepening its presence in APAC, and expanding heavily into retail and payments.

Kane Yang, Chairman at Kane Company Inc and operator of NextBlock: "South Korea is entering a historic financial shift. For nine years, institutional capital has lacked purpose-built infrastructure, as retail order books are not designed to process multi-million-dollar corporate allocations without severe friction. By connecting NextBlock to B2C2’s global liquidity, we are building the infrastructure needed to support South Korea’s next phase of digital asset participation.”

David Rogers, APAC CEO at B2C2: "South Korea is one of the world’s most active digital asset markets, and the opening of corporate participation creates a significant new opportunity. Working with NextBlock is a strategic move. It allows B2C2 to provide our global liquidity to an established local market participant as institutional demand develops —an important milestone as we continue to grow across APAC.”

*Note that B2C2 does not operate an entity in South Korea.

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About NextBlock
Kane Company Inc. operates NextBlock, South Korea’s premier institutional-exclusive digital asset prime brokerage. Built on financial infrastructure engineering and FIU-registered compliance frameworks, NextBlock utilizes its proprietary smart routing engine, NextRoute, to connect domestic listed corporations, asset managers, and financial institutions directly to global digital asset liquidity.