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South Korea’s Bithumb Crackdown Puts Bitcoin’s Kimchi Premium at Risk

Cary Huang
March 16, 2026
News, Regulation, Trading

South Korea’s latest enforcement move against Bithumb is about more than a single exchange’s compliance gaps. It is directly reshaping one of the most important regional pricing signals in crypto – the Bitcoin kimchi premium – and testing how much… Read More »South Korea’s Bithumb Crackdown Puts Bitcoin’s Kimchi Premium at Risk

Inside Bithumb’s ‘Free Bitcoin’ Glitch: How a Promo Error Triggered a 17% Flash Crash

Cary Huang
February 15, 2026
Analysis, In Focus, News, Trading

What should have been a routine marketing campaign on South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb briefly turned into a $44 billion-sized problem on paper — and a live stress test of how quickly operational mistakes can spill into markets. On Feb.… Read More »Inside Bithumb’s ‘Free Bitcoin’ Glitch: How a Promo Error Triggered a 17% Flash Crash