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Largest South Korean Parties Promise Bitcoin ETFs Before Election

Landon Manning - February 21, 2024

With South Korean elections mere weeks away, both contenders have pledged to approve a Bitcoin ETF. Slight additional policy differences distinguish the two options.

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Pro-Bitcoin And Crypto Politician Yoon Suk-yeol Elected To Be Next President Of South Korea

Shawn Amick - March 10, 2022

Yoon Suk-yeol won the closest South Korean election in history with promises to deregulate bitcoin and crypto while easing tax burdens.

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KB Bank to Launch South Korea’s First Bitcoin, Crypto Fund

Shawn Amick - February 21, 2022

KB Asset Management to utilize AI-based investment strategy research along with an outsourced chief investment officer to launch digital asset products.

BUSINESS

It’s Time For South Korea To Embrace Bitcoin, Says KRX Chairman

Namcios - December 2, 2021

Korea Exchange Chairman Son Byung-doo said the country needs to study embracing bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.

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Bitcoin’s Kimchi Premium Bubble: Inflation, Deflation and Consequences

Lex Moskovski - April 14, 2021

Bitcoin often trades at a premium in South Korea; what happens when this bullish spread quickly dissipates?

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Bitcoin’s “Kimchi Premium” Hits 15 Percent

Ahyke Otutubuike - April 5, 2021

The so-called “Kimchi premium,” or bitcoin price difference in South Korea, has hit 15 percent.

BUSINESS

India Lifts Crypto Ban, South Korea Imposes New Rules and the US Remains Stagnant

David Hollerith - March 11, 2020

With India reversing a ban on cryptocurrency and South Korea imposing new rules on exchanges, the lack of forceful regulation from the U.S. is a loss.

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