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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

Why XRP Dominates South Korea’s Crypto Trading — And the Legal Loophole Behind It

Cary Huang
January 20, 2026January 20, 2026
bitcoin, ethereum, Featured, Market, News, Tokens, TradFi, Trading, xrp

In most global markets, Bitcoin and Ethereum are the default entry points for both institutions and retail traders. South Korea is the outlier. There, XRP has emerged as the de facto trading chip — a kind of high-speed rail for… Read More »Why XRP Dominates South Korea’s Crypto Trading — And the Legal Loophole Behind It