South Korea
South Korea Targets November Review For Second Stage Crypto Legislation
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South Korea’s Financial Services Commission has set November for a National Assembly subcommittee review of the Digita... Read more
Hana Bank, Upbit Global To Develop Travel Rule Infrastructure For Crypto Transfers
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Hana Bank has signed an agreement with Upbit Global to develop Travel Rule infrastructure for digital asset transfers, e... Read more
South Korea To Test CBDC Backed Deposit Tokens For Government Expenses
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South Korea has approved a pilot that will let public officials pay government operating expenses with blockchain based ... Read more
Kakao Pay, KakaoBank Sign Fireblocks Stablecoin MoU
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Kakao Pay and KakaoBank signed an MoU with Fireblocks to test stablecoin infrastructure suited to South Korea’s regula... Read more
Upbit-Naver Deal Faces Regulatory Clash Over Ownership Rules
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Upbit’s Naver Financial tie-up could face conflicting ownership rules if South Korea caps exchange stakes and holding-... Read more
Stock And Crypto Interest Jumps 96% In South Korea
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South Korea has recorded a 95.7% year-over-year increase in online interest in stocks and crypto, placing it first among... Read more
South Koreas Shinhan Recommends 2% Digital Asset Portfolio Allocation
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Shinhan Investment Securities has proposed allocating 2% of investment portfolios to digital assets as the traditional 6... Read more
South Koreas KRW1 Stablecoin Taps LayerZero For Cross-chain Expansion
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BDACS has selected LayerZero’s Omnichain Fungible Token standard for its KRW1 stablecoin, giving the won-backed asset ... Read more
South Korea Orders Polymarket Block Over Illegal Gambling Concerns
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South Korea has ordered access to Polymarket to be blocked after regulators found that the crypto-based prediction marke... Read more
Ripple Signs First Korean Regional Bank Payments Deal
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Ripple partnered with Jeonbuk Bank to provide near real time cross border settlement for South Korean businesses using R... Read more
South Koreas Incheon Airport Becomes Busiest In The World For International Traffic
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The airport handled 38.39 million international passengers in the first six months of 2026, according to preliminary dat... Read more
South Korea Scraps 1M Won Crypto Travel Rule Threshold
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South Korea will apply its crypto Travel Rule to all domestic VASP transfers while tightening controls on overseas excha... Read more
South Korea Confirms Jan. 2027 Launch For Long Delayed Crypto Tax
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South Korea has finalized its 2026 tax reform package while keeping the planned 22% tax on cryptocurrency investment gai... Read more
South Koreas Upbit Lists HOME As Bithumb Adds 2 Tokens
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Upbit adds HOME in KRW and USDT markets, while Bithumb opens won trading for META2 and Paxos stablecoin USDG on Aug. 4. Read more
South Korea Police Raid Former Mayors Home In Crypto Disclosure Investigation
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South Korean police have searched the home of former Incheon Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok and city offices as part of an investig... Read more
KOSPI Halts Trading After 8% Plunge
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KOSPI trading stopped for 20 minutes after an 8.02% fall, while SK Hynix’s ADR closed below its $149 IPO price before ... Read more
HashKey Taps Kbank, BPMG In South Korea Stablecoin Payments Push
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HashKey, Kbank and BPMG signed an MOU to explore KRW stablecoins for cross-border payments, trade settlement and digital... Read more
South Korea Renews Blockchain Push With Stablecoin Law And Crypto ETF Plans
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South Korea has reaffirmed plans to expand its blockchain and digital asset sector in the second half of 2026, pairing n... Read more
More Than 30,000 Votes Cast So Far In Search Of South Koreas Top Travel Spots
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South Korea has extended voting for its ambitious travel directory of the 10,000 must-visit destinations across the coun... Read more
Naver Financial Delays Dunamu Share Swap Again As Approvals Remain Pending
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Naver Financial has postponed the completion of its all-stock share swap with Dunamu for a second time, extending the cl... Read more
