Kimchi premium hits 11% — Is Bitcoin now in a 2017-esque retail stage of the ...
Is a surging premium in South Korea a top signal or a sign that the Bitcoin rally is only getting started? The price of Bitcoin (BTC) is continuing to range between $56,000 and $60,000, as the so-called "Kimchi premium" is surging to yearly highs.Kimchi premium forms when Bitcoin is trading at a higher price in South Korea over other major markets like the United States.In 2017, the Kimchi premium surpassed 20%, causing Bitcoin to trade at around $24,000 in South Korea while it topped at nearly $20,000 in the U.S.Korea Premium Index. Source: CryptoQuant.comLast week, on March 29, this....
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Bitcoin price is currently trading at a substantial premium on South Korean crypto exchanges – more than $6,000 per coin in USD equivalent. However, in the past this so-called “Kimchi Premium” has signaled the end of the bull trend. Is this a sign that things across the crypto market could soon turn bearish? Or is […]
Demand for Bitcoin in South Korea is heating up as the country's BTC premium rises over 5%. The "Kimchi premium" is back. Bitcoin (BTC) is trading more than 6% higher across major South Korean crypto exchanges as of March 29.Data from CryptoQuant shows that the premium in the South Korean market was nonexistent for many months and, in fact, dropped to around -6% in early February when BTC dipped below $30,000.The so-called Kimchi premium forms when the price of Bitcoin trades higher on South Korean exchanges than other markets.The return of this premium is a bullish sign suggesting that....
South Korea's Kimchi premium collapsed overnight, but it is likely not a sign of a short-term Bitcoin top. The so-called Kimchi premium, which measures the premium of the Bitcoin (BTC) price in South Korea's cryptocurrency exchange market, plummeted overnight.The premium declined from 22% to 15% within a matter of hours on April 7, and it is continuing to drop across major South Korean exchanges.BTC Korea Premium index. Source CryptoQuantA big pullback in South Korea's Bitcoin marketOvernight, as CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju noted, the price of Bitcoin fell particularly hard on South Korean....