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Nextrade faces South Korea antitrust probe over alleged STO tech misappropriation

By Wooyoung Lee ( March 26, 2026, 06:01 GMT | Insight) -- Nextrade, an alternative stock trading platform in South Korea, is under investigation by the Korea Fair Trade Commission over allegations that it misappropriated security token offering, or STO, technology from a Seoul-based startup. The probe follows a complaint filed by the startup, which claims that Nextrade used its technical information to support an application for an STO exchange platform license from the country's financial regulator. Nextrade, an alternative stock trading platform in South Korea, is under investigation by the country’s competition regulator over allegations that it misappropriated security token offering, or STO, technology from a startup called Lucentblock....

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