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.

3 weeks ago

People

Do Kwon fears for his safety following Terra (LUNA) implosion

An unknown person knocked on Do Kwon's front door asking for him, before fleeing the scene. Local police have opened an investigation.

4 years ago

Regulation

ICOs are coming back following sweeping crypto reforms in South Korea

A new South Korean administration, in Yoon Suk-yeol's conservative People's Power Party, is wasting no time in bringing crypto reforms.

4 years ago

Adoption

Op-Ed: South Korea’s new president aims to take crypto to the next level

Plans including raising the crypto tax threshold and legalizing ICOs are welcome, but will they give South Korea the shakeup it needs?

4 years ago

Partnerships

Terra teams up with LongHashX to offer Web3 startups up to $500,000 in funding

Terraform Labs and LongHash Ventures have joined forces to “accelerate and invest in the next generation of Web3 protocols on the Terra blockchain.”

4 years ago

Adoption

Why crypto was so important to the recent Korean presidential election

The fiercely contested presidential campaign has been decided and today, crypto enthusiasts celebrate Yoon Suk-yeol's victory.

4 years ago

NFTs

South Korea’s presidential candidates issue NFTs in latest bid to win votes

The two candidates are neck and neck in the race to become South Korea's next president and have been appealing to the crypto community to garner more support.

4 years ago

Metaverse

The Sandbox expands the metaverse of K-Pop with this key partnership

The Sandbox partners with Cube Entertainment to expand business in the metaverse with a K-culture complex created in LAND owned by Cube

4 years ago

Exchanges

Reactions against Russia continue: largest South Korean exchanges block Russian IP’s

Leading exchange platforms show differences in their response to Russian invasion of Ukraine. While Coinbase and Binance have refused to join the sanctions, five of South Korea's leading exchange platforms have banned Russian IP's.

4 years ago