South Korea News

Updates on exchange rules, enforcement, investor trends, and Korea’s active crypto trading culture.

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Industrial pressure gauge and valve marked with Bitcoin and Bithumb symbols, representing the fading kimchi premium as South Korea intensifies scrutiny on the exchange

Why Bitcoin’s kimchi premium is on life support after South Korea targets crypto exchange

FIU’s proposed six month partial ban targets new user transfers, but the bigger shock may be price discovery shifting to Upbit.

1 month ago

South Korean flag lying on a stormy beach as waves roll in, symbolizing Bitcoin surging past $71,000 during an 18% crash in South Korea’s stock market

Analysis

Bitcoin breaks $72k as South Korea’s stock market crashes 18% in biggest drop since 2008

This week South Korean equities posted a record drawdown, falling 12% in this mornings session.

2 months ago

Tokenization

XRP volume is exploding in Korea because it exploits a specific gap in the country’s spot-only exchange laws

Despite global Bitcoin focus, South Korea's unique infrastructure fuels XRP's popularity as the local trading powerhouse.

3 months ago

A Bitcoin symbol embedded in a wet roadway near a raised barrier and city skyline illustrates South Korea lifting its corporate crypto ban while forcing firms to sell holdings first

Analysis

A new law that legally excludes 99% of crypto buyers set to crunch Bitcoin liquidity

The regulator’s "liquidation only" rule creates a bizarre market dynamic where the first institutional wave is designed to drain liquidity, not add it.

3 months ago

Hacks

Solana tokens rip on Upbit after $32M hack due to halted arbitrage

Korean traders began bidding up altcoin prices as arbitrage bots, which normally keep Korean and international prices aligned, stopped operating.

5 months ago

A luminous, hyperrealistic “Bitcoin planet” floats in space with gold-embossed ₿ continents, a radiant microchip ring, and teal–magenta auroras under a bright solar rim light.

Digital Asset Treasuries

Bitplanet starts daily Bitcoin accumulation with 93 BTC purchase, targets 10k BTC treasury

KOSDAQ-listed Bitplanet launches a disciplined Bitcoin buy program, says the transaction is Korea’s first fully regulated BTC purchase by a public company.

6 months ago

Daylight Seoul shopping street scene where teal payment streams flow from a phone and POS terminal toward a distant glass tower crowned with the Ethereum symbol, suggesting retailers fueling ETH treasuries.

Digital Asset Treasuries

Are South Korean retail traders the only thing keeping Ethereum treasury companies alive?

Ethereum’s latest slide has revived debate over who’s really supporting the market, with some claiming South Korea’s “seohak gaemie” traders, not institutions, are what's keeping ETH treasury firms alive.

7 months ago