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South Korea Demands Stronger Crypto Safeguards Following Binance Hack
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The article was updated with information from News1 Korea. South Korea’s Financial Services Commission has directed do... Read more
South Koreas Crypto Gains Tax May Be Delayed Again. Traders Still Need A Cost Basis
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South Korean officials are discussing another postponement of the crypto income tax scheduled for January 1. The preside... Read more
South Korea Plans New Crypto Tax Guidelines Next Month
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South Korea plans to issue crypto tax guidelines in November ahead of its 22% tax starting January 2027, with staking an... Read more
Ripple Signs New Deal With South Koreas Meritz Securities
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Ripple partners with Meritz Securities to explore digital asset custody and tokenization in South Korea, expanding its i... Read more
South Korea Test-fires Its First Homegrown Hypersonic Weapon: Presidency
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South Korea has tested its first domestically developed hypersonic weapon, observed by President Lee Jae Myung. The test... Read more
Securitize, LG CNS Partner On Tokenized Assets In South Korea
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Securitize and LG CNS have signed a memorandum of understanding covering three areas of digital asset development for So... Read more
Rialo Eyes South Korea As Institutions Look To Move Financial Services Onchain
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Rialo has stepped up its push to become blockchain infrastructure for financial institutions as the network discusses pr... Read more
Kakaopay Could Bring Korean Stocks To U.S. Investors
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Kakaopay Securities and Dinari will test tokenized Korean equities and study distribution to eligible investors in the U... Read more
KB Kookmin Bank Taps BNY For Digital Wallet Payments
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KB Kookmin Bank has partnered with BNY on cross-border digital payments as it becomes an early user of BNY’s new Pay-t... Read more
MoonPay Targets Won Stablecoins As It Expands Into South Korea
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MoonPay has launched MoonPay Korea and plans to use the country as a base for its Asian business, with partnerships cove... Read more
South Korean Lawmaker Calls For Two Year Delay To Crypto Tax
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South Korean lawmaker Han Dong hoon has called for the country’s cryptocurrency tax to be delayed again before its Jan... Read more
Tokyo Vs Seoul: Which Trendy Capital Should You Visit On An Asian Adventure?
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Tourism in both Tokyo and Seoul has been booming for a while now and there’s no sign of this slowing down just yet. He... Read more
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
