South Korea’s Crypto Market Loses Half Its Value as Stock Boom Pulls Investors Away

Cointelegraph Staff

(10:58 AM UTC)

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The value of cryptocurrency held by South Korean investors more than halved over the past year, falling to 60.6 trillion won ($41.4 billion) by the end of February 2026 from 121.8 trillion won ($83.3 billion) at the end of January 2025.

Daily trading volumes across the country’s five major exchanges, including Upbit, Bithumb, Korbit, Coinone and Gopax, also took a hit, collapsing to $3 billion by…

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