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BlackRock sees digital assets at critical turning point
Digital assets are poised for robust structural growth – not just as investment vehicles but as strategic assets – fueled by growing inst...
Mar 25, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Dunamu slapped with 3-month business suspension order
Dunamu Inc., the operator of South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Upbit, has been hit with a three-month partial business suspension b...
Feb 26, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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S.Korea to allow listed firms to trade cryptocurrencies in second half
South Korea plans to allow companies listed on the local stock market to trade virtual assets, including cryptocurrencies, on a pilot basis in the se...
Feb 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean investors abandon savings, stocks for cryptocurrencies
Money is rapidly shifting to cryptocurrency markets in South Korea as lower interest rates and lackluster stock prices reduce the investment appeal o...
Feb 10, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea seeks tighter control over digital coins, mulls mandatory disclosures
South Korea plans to tighten its controls over cryptocurrency trade in the country by mandating information disclosures for listed virtual assets and...
Jan 15, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Koreans flock to cryptos amid Trump-fueled crypto craze
The number of South Koreans investing in cryptocurrencies recently broke past 15 million — about 30% of the country’s population — ...
Dec 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea’s crypto exchanges ride bitcoin rally on Trump optimism
South Korea’s crypto exchanges are enjoying a global boom in virtual currencies, including bitcoin, as US President-elect Donald Trump is expec...
Nov 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Growing dollar-backed stablecoin trades may destabilize Korean economy
Trading in dollar-backed stablecoins, cryptocurrencies pegged to the US currency, in South Korea hit a record high amid complex and costly currency e...
Oct 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upbit’s staking deposits exceed $2.2 bn
The staking deposits of Upbit, South Korea's leading crypto exchange, surged past 3 trillion won ($2.2 billion) by the end of April, according to Up...
May 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korea’s unicorn startups fly high as IPO plans revived
South Korea’s unicorn startups, or venture firms with a corporate value of at least 1 trillion won ($760 million), are poised to return to the ...
Jan 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign-listed bitcoin ETF trading suspended in S.Korea
South Korean investors’ years-long trading of spot-bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) listed in Canada and Germany was abruptly suspended due...
Jan 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
Netmarble's Marblex listed on Bitget
Marblex, a blockchain subsidiary of South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp., announced on Tuesday that it has listed its MBX token on the global ...
Dec 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
WeMade to build WEMIX Play Center in Dubai
South Korea’s game developer and publisher WeMade Co. announced on Wednesday that it partnered with the Dubai International Financial Center's ...
Dec 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Netmarble's Marblex listed on Zaif in Japan
Marblex, a blockchain subsidiary of the South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp., announced on Thursday that it has listed its cryptocurrency Marb...
Oct 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Com2uS XPLA listed on S.Korea's crypto exchange Gopax
South Korea's Com2uS Holdings Corp. announced on Monday that the cryptocurrency called XPLA used in the Com2uS Group's blockchain mainnet of the sam...
Sep 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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WEMIX listed on US virtual asset exchange Tapbit
South Korean game publisher WeMade Co. announced on Thursday that its cryptocurrency WEMIX will be listed on the US cryptocurrency exchange Tapbit. T...
Aug 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Terra co-founder Do Kwon’s $177 million assets in Korea under seizure
Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon, the mastermind behind the Terra-Luna cryptocurrency collapse, has had most of his assets in South Korea frozen, as...
May 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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U.S., South Korea Vie Over Extradition of Crypto Fugitive Do Kwon
The U.S. and South Korea are both seeking to extradite captured crypto entrepreneur Do Kwon from Montenegro, authorities in the tiny European nation ...
Apr 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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S.Korean crypto fugitive Do Kwon arrested in Montenegro
The fugitive South Korean cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon, responsible for the more-than-$40 billion crash in the global virtual currency market last ye...
Mar 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Binance acquires majority stake in S.Korea's crypto exchange Gopax
Binance, the leading cryptocurrency exchange globally, has acquired a majority stake in South Korea's Gopax by purchasing CEO Lee Joon-haeng's 41.2% ...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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WeMade sets up blockchain corporation in UAE
WeMade Co., South Korea's game developer and publisher and the issuer of cryptocurrency WeMix, set up WeMix MENA Ltd. in the United Arab Emirates (UA...
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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WeMade signs partnership with Chinese digital asset exchange
WeMade said on Wednesday that it would sign a non-fungible token (NFT) partnership with Zhongchuanyuezhong Cultural Development Co. which operates a ...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea cryptocurrency WEMIX to be delisted on court ruling
WEMIX, a South Korean cryptocurrency issued by WeMade Co., will be delisted on Thursday after a court ruled in favor of four local crypto exchanges’ d...
Dec 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upbit's decision to delist WEMIX ridiculous, WeMade CEO says
South Korea’s five major cryptocurrency exchanges said on Nov. 24 they will delist WEMIX, Kosdaq-listed game developer WeMade Co.’s crypt...
Nov 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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FTX implosion disrupts interest issuance by GOPAX product
The implosion of the Bahamas-based crypto exchange FTX is causing ripple effects around the world, and South Korea is no exception.Seoul-based crypt...
Nov 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bitcoin is not money: South Korean court
A South Korean court judged that Bitcoin, the world’s leading virtual currency, is not money and therefore the cryptocurrency is not subject to...
Oct 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean crypto buyers show higher risk appetite than global peers
South Korean cryptocurrency investors appear willing to take more risks than their global counterparts, balancing their portfolios between market lea...
Sep 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon faces arrest warrant in South Korea
A South Korean court issued an arrest warrant to Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon, a cryptocurrency ecosystem that imploded earlier this year. The a...
Sep 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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LG Elec unveils new NFT platform, aims to turn living room into art gallery
LG Electronics Inc. announced Monday it has launched its very own non-fungible token (NFT) platform, LG Art Lab. Now available in the United States, ...
Sep 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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