South Korea

South Korean law enforcement has introduced its first formal guidelines governing the seizure and management of privacy-focused cryptocurrencies, shifting how authorities handle digital assets that are difficult to trace and...

South Korea intensified oversight of cryptocurrency platforms after regulators punished Bithumb for major compliance failures. Authorities imposed a massive financial penalty and a partial business suspension on the exchange.  The...

South Korea is preparing to tighten oversight of cryptocurrency trading by introducing an artificial intelligence–driven monitoring platform designed to analyze digital asset transactions. The initiative comes as authorities move closer...

South Korean regulators are moving to suspend part of Bithumb’s operations, marking one of the toughest crackdowns the exchange has ever faced. South Korea’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has dropped...

South Korean courts are preparing to adjust how cryptocurrency investment losses are treated in personal rehabilitation proceedings as the country grapples with rising household debt. Under new judicial guidelines, certain...

South Korean philanthropist Kim Geoseok has donated 100,000 XRP, equivalent to 200 million won, to the Red Cross Society. In a recent announcement, the Acting President of the Korean Red...

South Korea is moving to open its cryptocurrency market to corporations for the first time, but regulators are taking a measured approach, keeping stablecoins off the table for now as...

South Korean officials have reportedly decided to cap how much equity major shareholders can hold in local crypto exchanges, limiting it to 20%. If the rule takes effect, big players...

The South Korean police have arrested seven members of a phishing syndicate involved in the hacking of virtual asset wallets and stealing 800 million won worth of Tether (USDT).  A...

The Korean National Police (KNP) agency is hunting the second suspect in the $4.8 million stolen funds from the National Tax Service (NTS). The KNP stated that the first thief...

South Korea is moving forward with a new law that would force crypto influencers to reveal what they own and how much they’re paid to promote coins. This will represent...

Bank of Korea (BOK), South Korea’s central bank, is pushing for only licensed commercial banks to issue won-backed stablecoins. In a recommendation sent to lawmakers on February 23, the bank...

South Korea’s financial regulator announced plans to launch a targeted investigation into cryptocurrency price manipulation schemes as part of a broader effort to strengthen oversight of the digital asset sector....

South Korean regulators have opened a probe into a sharp ZKsync price surge on Upbit. The token climbed nearly 970% during a brief maintenance window on Feb. 1 on the...

South Korea has embarked on a massive crackdown against drug trafficking linked to cryptocurrencies and the dark net. The country’s Ministry of Science and ICT, in collaboration with the National...

South Korea’s crypto market may be heading for another major shake-up as Coinone, the country’s third-largest cryptocurrency exchange, is reportedly up for sale. Industry sources say multiple options are on...

South Korean prosecutors are investigating the loss of a large amount of Bitcoin that had been seized and held as evidence in a criminal case, raising fresh concerns over how...

South Korean customs authorities have shut down an international cryptocurrency laundering operation accused of moving nearly 150 billion won through unauthorized foreign exchange channels, highlighting the country’s intensifying scrutiny of...

South Korea’s digital asset exchanges are objecting to a government plan that would cap major shareholders’ stakes at 15–20%, arguing that forced changes to ownership structures could change decision-making and...

South Korea is reopening the doors to corporate cryptocurrency investing after nearly a decade of tight restrictions, a shift that could redraw the country’s digital asset landscape and pull institutional...

South Korea’s Supreme Court has ruled that cryptocurrencies held on local exchanges can be seized under existing laws. This decision eliminates a long-standing legal gray area and changes how crypto...

South Korea’s digital asset regulatory agenda is entering a period of uncertainty, as the government’s proposed Basic Digital Asset Act faces delays due to unresolved disagreements over stablecoin oversight and...

South Korea’s stablecoin industry faces fresh regulatory uncertainty as the Financial Services Commission missed the government December 10, 2025 deadline to submit a stablecoin bill to the National Assembly. The...

Andreessen Horowitz, better known as a16z, is expanding its crypto investment footprint in Asia through a new base in Seoul, South Korea. The venture capital firm said the Seoul office...

South Korean authorities have launched a high-level probe into the security breach at Upbit, with initial forensic markers pointing to North Korea’s state-sponsored Lazarus Group. The investigation has refined the...