World Vision becomes 1st Korean corporate entity to trade crypto

World Vision becomes 1st Korean corporate entity to trade crypto

Non-government organization World Vision Korea has sold its Ethereum holdings, becoming the first Korean legal entity to trade crypto after the Sout...

S.Korea's crypto market doubles to $77.5 bn with 20% of population trading

S.Korea's crypto market doubles to $77.5 bn with 20% of population trading

South Korea’s cryptocurrency market surged to nearly 108 trillion won ($77.5 billion) in the second half of last year, fueled by growing retai...

RedotPay lands in Seoul with crypto cards

RedotPay lands in Seoul with crypto cards

RedotPay, a Hong Kong-based blockchain fintech company, has arrived in South Korea with its cryptocurrency-based payment cards and is poised to disr...

Dunamu slapped with 3-month business suspension order

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 ...

S.Korea to allow listed firms to trade cryptocurrencies in second half

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 s...

Korean investors abandon savings, stocks for cryptocurrencies

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 ...

Korea seeks to ease fintech ownership, crypto regulations

Korea seeks to ease fintech ownership, crypto regulations

South Korea’s top financial regulator has proposed loosening restrictions on financial holding companies’ ownership of fintech platforms...

Koreans flock to cryptos amid Trump-fueled crypto craze

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 —...

Korea’s crypto exchanges ride bitcoin rally on Trump optimism

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 expe...

Young Korean investors choose monthly dividend ETFs over crypto

Young Korean investors choose monthly dividend ETFs over crypto

For decades, investments in financial products that promise decent dividend payouts such as high-dividend stocks have been associated with elderly i...

Upbit’s staking deposits exceed $2.2 bn

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 ...

Netmarble's Marblex listed on Bitget

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...

WeMade to build WEMIX Play Center in Dubai

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...

Com2uS XPLA listed on S.Korea's crypto exchange Gopax

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 s...

WEMIX listed on US virtual asset exchange Tapbit

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.&...

WeMade partners with three companies for WEMIX Play onboarding

WeMade partners with three companies for WEMIX Play onboarding

South Korea's game developer and publisher WeMade Co. announced on Friday that it has signed onboarding agreements with several domestic and interna...

How North Korea’s Hacker Army Stole $3 Billion in Crypto, Funding Nuclear Program

How North Korea’s Hacker Army Stole $3 Billion in Crypto, Funding Nuclear Program

Last year an engineer working for the blockchain gaming company Sky Mavis thought he was on the cusp of a new job that would pay more money.A recrui...

Political crypto scandal hits Korean P2E game deregulation hopes

Political crypto scandal hits Korean P2E game deregulation hopes

A South Korean lawmaker’s scandal over ownership of cryptocurrencies, including those issued by domestic game developers, is expected to jeopa...

POSCO beats Lotte to join S.Korea’s top 5 conglomerates

POSCO beats Lotte to join S.Korea’s top 5 conglomerates

Steel giant POSCO has joined the ranks of South Korea’s top five conglomerates for the first time, supported by strong earnings from its recha...

U.S., South Korea Vie Over Extradition of Crypto Fugitive Do Kwon

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...

S.Korean crypto fugitive Do Kwon arrested in Montenegro

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 y...

Binance acquires majority stake in S.Korea's crypto exchange Gopax

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%...

WeMade sets up blockchain corporation in UAE

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 (U...

WeMade signs partnership deal with global fintech Hashkey

WeMade signs partnership deal with global fintech Hashkey

South Korea's game publisher WeMade Co. said on Friday that it had signed a strategic alliance with Hashkey Group, a Hong Kong-based global fintech ...

Korea cryptocurrency WEMIX to be delisted on court ruling

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...

Upbit's decision to delist WEMIX ridiculous, WeMade CEO says

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 cryp...

FTX implosion disrupts interest issuance by GOPAX product

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 cry...

Korean crypto buyers show higher risk appetite than global peers

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 le...

Crypto exchange Binance to work with Busan on blockchain

Crypto exchange Binance to work with Busan on blockchain

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, announced on Friday it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) ...

S. Korea's digital asset exchange operators bulk up despite crypto winter

S. Korea's digital asset exchange operators bulk up despite crypto winter

Despite being in crypto winter, or a period in which prices of major cryptocurrencies have slid and stayed low for weeks on end, South Korea's bigge...

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