Why NFT adoption is so high in South Korea
The far eastern nation may again soon be at the forefront of the blockchain industry as its people are adopting NFT use at a tremendous rate. South Korea’s reputation as a trend-setter and leader in technological research is quickly spilling into the blockchain realm as nonfungible token (NFT) adoption has skyrocketed in the small East Asian country.As of 2020, South Korea has been among the top-10 countries in the world in the Global Innovation Index by the World Intellectual Property Organization. That level of innovation is made apparent to global retail consumers by tech giants such as....
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Indonesia and South Korea are thinking about joining forces in an attempt to boost the FinTech industry to help the burgeoning sector in both countries, reports The Jakarta Post. Last month South Korea announced that it is going to introduce bitcoin regulations in 2017 as digital currencies continue to grow in the country. According to the report, bitcoin adoption has increased significantly in South Korea, amounting to 1.5 trillion won in transactions. It was recently reported that the South Korean government was pushing ahead with the system expansion of digital currency to promote the....
Over the last few years, the astronomical growth in cryptocurrency prices facilitated the surge of crypto and blockchain technology adoption in a few key markets. South Korea is one of them. The nation has always been a leading force and major participant in the emerging digital asset economy. Even though South Korea operates in an isolated manner because of its strict capital control laws, its crypto market still grew to new heights, reaching a valuation of $46 billion at the end of 2021. According to a report, South Korea is home to roughly 5.58 million crypto users, accounting for more....
The currency with the fifth-highest Bitcoin trading volume today is the South Korean Won, already surpassing some larger financial centers such as the UK, Russia, and Indonesia. The country’s Bitcoin adoption is accelerating, and several factors indicate that it could outpace most other countries soon. Korea, with a population of over 50 million, has a....
Amid the ongoing controversy surrounding virtual asset taxation in the country, South Korea’s Financial Authority recently proclaimed non-fungible tokens (NFT) as taxable. On Tuesday, The Financial Services Commission (FSC) of South Korea, announced that it would start taxing NFTs. According to The Korea Herald, from January next year, this tax law amendment would impose a […]
Bitcoin price reached $2,850 in South Korea on May 23, due to the rapidly rising demand for Bitcoin and other digital currencies such as Ethereum’s Ether (ETH). While arbitrage opportunities in South Korea always existed since the launch of Korbit, Coinone and Coinhumb, the three leading Bitcoin exchanges in the country, the premium rate rarely went past 10 percent. On May 23, the premium rate on South Korean Bitcoin exchanges nearly reached 30 percent, demonstrating a trading value of $2,850 for Bitcoin, while Bitcoin was being traded in the US and China for around $2,100. The driving....