South Korea News

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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.

4 weeks ago

Crime

Terra executives made over $300M from failed project; Do Kwon owns no property in South Korea

South Korea's prosecutors efforts to freeze assets belonging to Terra founder Do Kwon has been futile because he owns no asset in the country.

3 years ago

Analysis

XRP Perpetual Futures Open Interest skyrockets to $610 million

The XRP derivative market indicates strong positive sentiment, some expect the SEC lawsuit to conclude soon.

3 years ago

Legal

South Korea wants Terraform labs co-founder arrested

Previous attempts to arrest the Terra co-founder Daniel Shin failed because a South Korean court refused to grant the arrest warrant.

3 years ago

Regulation

South Korea planning to review local staking services

The country decided on the review after acknowledging that certain staking services overseas have been suspended, according to local news.

3 years ago

Regulation

South Korea reportedly monitoring Ripple’s case against SEC

The classification of XRP in the US could broadly impact the classification of other altcoins as securities.

3 years ago

Scams

Korean authorities confirm search for Do Kwon

Korean authorities confirmed traveling to Serbia in search of Do Kwon last week, but did not comment further.

3 years ago

Regulation

South Korea issues guidance on security tokens, STOs

S. Korea will regulate certain digital assets as securities under the Capital Markets Act and allow STOs under the Electronic Securities Act.

3 years ago

Exchanges

Binance acquires S. Korea-based GOPAX exchange

The funding for the GOPAX acquisition was made from the $1 billion Industry Recover Initiative — a co-investment project led by Binance.

3 years ago

South Korean authority arrests Bithumb owner on $50M embezzlement charges

Exchanges 3 years ago

S. Korea indicts 20 people for illegal $170M crypto profiteering

Crime 3 years ago

Binance annual revenue grew 10x over the past 2 years, while OKX’s grew 4x

Exchanges 3 years ago

Korean tax authorities investigate Bithumb, subsidiaries

Exchanges 3 years ago

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South Korea News

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

Terra executives made over $300M from failed project; Do Kwon owns no property in South Korea

XRP Perpetual Futures Open Interest skyrockets to $610 million

South Korea wants Terraform labs co-founder arrested

South Korea planning to review local staking services

South Korea reportedly monitoring Ripple’s case against SEC

Korean authorities confirm search for Do Kwon

South Korea issues guidance on security tokens, STOs

Binance acquires S. Korea-based GOPAX exchange

South Korean authority arrests Bithumb owner on $50M embezzlement charges

S. Korea indicts 20 people for illegal $170M crypto profiteering

Binance annual revenue grew 10x over the past 2 years, while OKX’s grew 4x

Korean tax authorities investigate Bithumb, subsidiaries