Reported volume of top South Korean crypto exchanges surpasses that of the co...
The increase in volume came as the price of Bitcoin rose to a new all-time high of more than $61,000 Saturday. The volume of transactions in the South Korean digital currency market briefly exceeded the daily average transaction amount of the country’s stock market on Sunday.According to data from CoinMarketCap, the combined 24-hour volume of major South Korea-based crypto exchanges UPbit, Bithumb, Coinone, and Korbit was more than $14.6 billion on Sunday. On Friday, the same metric was roughly $14.5 billion on the Korea Composite Stock Price Index, or KOSPI, and $10 billion on the Korean....
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Bitcoin trading activity in South Korea has reportedly dipped amid rising interest in smaller altcoins. South Korea’s “big four” crypto exchanges — Bithumb, Korbit, Upbit and Coinone — are showing a marked cooling off in Bitcoin (BTC) enthusiasm.Meanwhile, altcoins are now accounting for the highest 24-hour trading volume according to data from multiple market aggregators.Apart from XRP, which is often popular among crypto traders in Asia, altcoins with smaller market capitalizations are leading the way in terms of trading volume on the big four.Data from crypto research outfit Messari....
The deadline for crypto exchanges and service providers in South Korea to meet requirements to stay open under the new regulation has passed. Twenty-nine cryptocurrency exchanges met the deadline to continue operations but only four of them can offer trading in Korean won.
New South Korean Crypto Regulation in Effect
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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....