At least 12 digital asset treasury companies (DAT) have shifted their businesses to AI data centres in recent months as the cryptocurrency market downturn drags on, but results have been weak. Bloomberg reported that K Wave Media shares have fallen about 71 percent since its May pivot from a bitcoin-holding strategy to data centre development. Other firms that merged or rebranded also saw share declines of about 33 percent.

As debate continues in South Korea over regulating digital assets, financial firms are accelerating efforts to secure related infrastructure. Banks, securities firms and asset managers are moving beyond investment and cooperation with exchanges to widen ties with global blockchain foundations, real-world asset companies and token securities platforms. Industry participants are signing partnerships and making equity investments, while firms also examine stablecoin, tokenisation and distributed-ledger infrastructure as they prepare for competition after formal rules are set.