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# South Korea (Page 71)

Despite its relatively small size, South Korea is a global powerhouse when it comes to cryptocurrency industry. Often mentioned in the same breath as Singapore or Malta, Korean love for all things crypto has its roots in the country’s traditional inclination towards high technologies and openness to their use. Today, South Korea accounts for some 30% of total crypto trading on a global scale, with even the banking sector in that country making the news with its love for blockchain. South Korea is also well known for its highly developed cryptocurrency exchange scene including the likes of Bithumb, Upbit, Coinone and others.

Blockchain Key to South Korea’s ‘New Deal’ Post-COVID 19 Economic Plan

How might governments try to drag their economies out of the mire when the coronavirus pandemic finally subsides? Many of those interested in peering into the future are looking to South Korea, where the powers-that-be are already outlining their post-pandemic economic recovery strategies –...

Crypto Exchange Data Raids Bearing Fruit for Nth Room Police – Dozens Identified

The way that the police track individuals they suspect of committing cryptocurrency-involved crimes could be about to change forever – in South Korea and possibly beyond.Police in South Korea say that they have identified at least 40 people who paid cryptocurrencies to access sexual...

LG Pilots Facial Recognition-powered ‘Digital Token’ Payment Platform

South Korean electronics giant LG’s long-awaited digital token has taken a new and innovative twist in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.Per a press release shared with the Green Economic Daily, LG’s IT services arm, LG CNS, has released details about its “digital...

K-pop and Charity Kingpin Denies Crypto Scam Reports

A K-pop impresario who also heads a UN-affiliated charity has denied accusations linking him to a cryptocurrency fraud campaign that allegedly saw him target some of the biggest stars in South Korea’s entertainment.Lee Wook is head of the W Foundation, a charity aligned with the UN’s...

Seoul to Blockchain Firms: Take ‘Golden’ Chance to Gain Ground on US, EU

The South Korean government has called on the nation’s private sector to seize a “golden” opportunity to take the lead in the global blockchain market – and plans to fund a new spate of blockchain-related projects in its next budget.Per Fn News, Seoul’s Vice Minister...

Bitcoin DeFi Investment, New Local Stablecoin + More News

Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Investment news Atomic Loans, a provider of non-custodial bitcoin (BTC)-backed loans, has raised a USD 2.45 million...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Huobi Korea Searches for New Investors As It Aims At The ‘Big Three’

Huobi Korea says it wants to attract series B investment partners as it looks to expand its presence in South Korea.Per iNews24, the trading platform – which is hoping to become the first non-domestic challenger to break the dominance of the “big three” local exchanges (Bithumb,...

Prosecutors Want to Open 15 Nth Room Crypto Wallets But Have No Keys

South Korean police have seized 15 crypto wallets they believe belong to Telegram Nth room chief suspect Cho Joo-bin, who has today been formally charged with 14 capital offenses by prosecutors in Seoul. However, although the police’s extensive and ongoing investigation – which has seen...

Bithumb Under Pressure to Delist Monero as Nth Room Ire Continues

South Korean market-leading crypto exchange Bithumb is coming under pressure to delist monero (XMR) cryptocurrency as public outrage over the Telegram Nth room sexual exploitation and rape video case continues to dominate headlines in the country.Per a report from Sisa Journal, the pressure is now...

New BlockFi Investor, New Way to Stack Sats, Novogratz’s Warning + More News

Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Investment newsMajor U.S.-based cryptocurrency lending startup BlockFi has brought on Singaporean hedge fund Three...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

‘Dismayed’ Blockchain Startups Excluded from S Korean Tax Support Plan

South Korean blockchain companies say they are “deeply disappointed” by the news that they will be excluded from a support program for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the worst-hit parts of the nation, helping them deal with the financial aftermath of the coronavirus...

Illegal ‘Crypto Exchange’ Operator Arrested in Nth Room Investigation

South Korean police investigating the Telegram Nth room sex exploitation and rape video case have arrested a man on suspicion of handling criminal funds – and believe he took cryptocurrencies from chief suspect Cho Joo-bin in exchange for cash.Per YTN, the man has only been identified by his...

It’s Happening: S Korean Central Bank Unveils Plans to Pilot a CBDC

The South Korean central bank, the Bank of Korea (BOK) is “one step closer” to launching a pilot for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) and could start piloting a token as early as December this year – in line with central banks in other regions, which are also thought to be...

Will New P2P Legislation Hurt South Korean DeFi Industry?

South Korean decentralized finance (DeFi) players have called for calm after some experts claimed that forthcoming legislation could effectively hamstring the nation’s fledgling DeFi market.Many industry insiders have expressed alarm over a recent amendment made to a digital finance act...

Korean Nth Room Police Hunt 260K Crypto Wallets, Brokerages Hand over Client Data

South Korean crypto exchanges are cooperating with the police investigation into the Telegram “Nth room” sexual exploitation case, with brokerages now being searched, and exchange data seized and hundreds of thousands of crypto-fiat gateway records checked.Per a number of South Korean...

S Korean Province to Fight COVID-19 Recession with Stablecoin Handout

South Korea was one of the first nations after China to be hit with a major coronavirus outbreak. But as the health crisis slowly abates in the East Asian nation, government authorities are now looking at ways to deal with COVID-19’s economic fallout.But rather than turning to “money...

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