South Korea


Finance

South Korea’s BDACS to Use Ripple Custody for Institutional XRP, RLUSD Holdings

The collaboration aims to bolster Ripple’s ecosystem, enhance RLUSD adoption, and tap into Korean port city Busan’s blockchain-friendly economic zone.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse at Korea Blockchain Week. (Parikshit Mishra/CoinDesk)

Policy

Upbit Partner Firm Faces 3 Month Partial Suspension From South Korea

The notice is due to the company's "violation of the obligation to prohibit transactions with unreported virtual asset operators," it said.

South Korea flag (Planet Volumes / Unsplash)

Policy

South Korea to Start Lifting Ban on Corporations Trading Crypto

The country restricted institutions from trading crypto in 2017.

South Korea flag (Planet Volumes / Unsplash)

Markets

VIRTUAL Surges 28% as Upbit Listing Exposes the Token to Altcoin Savvy South Koreans

VIRTUAL is the native token of the AI launchpad Virtuals Protocol, a Base-native that recently expanded to Solana.

VIRTUAL price spike. (CoinDesk)

Policy

Upbit, South Korea's Largest Crypto Exchange, May Face Sanctions in the Country: Report

Crypto exchange Upbit could face sanctions from South Korean authorities for not complying with money laundering obligations.

South Korea flag (Planet Volumes / Unsplash)

Tech

Arbitrum Deepens Ties with South Korea's Lotte Group

Lotte’s Caliverse, an AI-driven entertainment experience, is coming to the layer-2 network, allowing web3 users to pay for services with crypto.

The co-founders of Offchain Labs, the firm behind Arbitrum. (Offchain Labs)

Markets

XRP Volumes Zoom Ahead of Bitcoin, Dogecoin in South Korea. What’s Next?

South Korean markets tend to prefer XRP over larger assets such as bitcoin and ether, and a volume bump tends to precede price anomalies on local exchanges.

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Videos

Bitcoin Flash Crash to $63K on Upbit After South Korea's Martial Law

Bitcoin fell as low as $63,000 on Upbit after martial law was declared in South Korea. According to data from Lookonchain, whales moved large amounts of tether onto the crypto exchange to take advantage of the BTC discount Tuesday. CoinDesk's Christine Lee presents the "Chart of the Day."

Bitcoin Flash Crash to $63K on Upbit After South Korea's Martial Law

Markets

Dogecoin, XRP Trading Volumes Flip Bitcoin’s in South Korea

South Korean traders are known for pushing euphoric rallies on tokens, contributing to buying pressure and possibly influencing prices.

South Korea flag (Daniel Bernard/ Unsplash)

Policy

South Korean Police Arrest 215 in Suspected $232M Crypto Investment Scam Investigation: Yonhap

The scheme promised 20x returns through investing in tokens that in reality had little value.

A scattering of 50,000 South Korean-won notes