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South Korea’s Hana Financial Group has signed a strategic partnership with Standard Chartered Group to collaborate on global banking operations and emerging digital asset businesses, including stablecoins. Hana Financial–Standard Chartered…
South Korean regulators have imposed a roughly $25 million fine and a six-month partial business suspension on crypto exchange Bithumb after finding millions of anti-money-laundering and identity-verification violations. Bithumb Sanctioned…
With bitcoin trading between $65,962 and $73,669 this week, market data shows South Korea posted its deepest discount to global prices since December 2024. Rare Bitcoin Discount Hits South Korea…
South Korea’s Kospi index plummeted over 12% on March 4, triggering emergency circuit breakers as Middle East tensions and artificial intelligence (AI) growth concerns sparked a historic sell-off. Circuit Breaker…
South Korea’s National Tax Service (NTS) accidentally published a cryptocurrency wallet’s recovery phrase in a Feb. 26 press release, enabling the temporary transfer of roughly $4.8 million in seized tokens…
South Korea’s financial authorities are facing criticism after failing to spot major flaws in Bithumb’s systems that led to an unprecedented Bitcoin error. Despite repeated inspections by the Financial Services…
Blockchain infrastructure company Kresus secured about $13 million from South Korea’s Hanwha Investment and Securities to expand enterprise digital wallets, real‑world asset tokenization and onchain financial workflows. Strategic Investment Kresus,…
South Korean authorities have confirmed that 22 bitcoin, worth about $1.5 million, vanished from a cold wallet held by the Seoul Gangnam Police Station in a 2021 financial crime case.…
South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service launches a formal inspection of Bithumb over a $44 billion bitcoin overpayment accident and possible custody and control failures. The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) escalates…
South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service announced a planned targeted investigation into high‑risk crypto market manipulation tactics — including large “ whale” trades, exchange withdrawal halts used to rig prices, API‑based…