Woori Bank Puts Bitcoin on the Board: Korea’s Big Banks Embrace Digital Assets

Becoming the first South Korean bank to show live Bitcoin prices alongside more conventional financial indicators on its primary trading room board in Seoul, Woori Bank has generated headlines. Launched on December 5, 2025, this move enables bank traders to track Bitcoin in real time, so acknowledging more and more its effect on global finance. Woori indicates that digital currencies are today regarded as important market indicators by combining Bitcoin data with measurements like stock indexes and the won-dollar exchange rate.

Bank executives have stressed the need of monitoring digital assets just like conventional currencies and yields, citing Bitcoin's major influence on general market trends. CEO Jung Jin-wan has highlighted the new chances arising from the intersection of payments and digital asset ecosystems, hinting at wider plans as banks change in response to the swiftly changing financial scene.

Woori's initiative is part of a broader industry trend in Korea where major banks like Hana Financial Group have started forming crypto-related alliances, including those for blockchain-based transfers with operator Dunamu of Upbit. With legislators pushing the Digital Asset Basic Act—legislation that could greenlight bank-issued, won-pegged stablecoins as early as mid-2026, so as to further integrate cryptocurrencies into mainstream banking in Korea—regulatory momentum is also developing.