South Korea
South Korea: Bithumb ordered to pay damages over service outage in 2017
The Supreme Court has ordered Bithumb to pay KRW251.4 million (US$202,400) to over 100 disgruntled investors, with each of the...
Paycoin in a race to secure banking partnership after South Korea license suspension
Paycoin, whose token is used in South Korea for payments, was ordered to secure a bank partner or have its...
South Korea: Bithumb under probe yet again over tax evasion
The South Korean National Tax Service believes that Bithumb may have been engaged in tax evasion, an offense punishable by...
Huobi Korea wants to sever link with Huobi Global, plans to change name: report
Huobi Korea's move comes after multiple consultations with employees and relevant stakeholders, which it says "is a plan to strengthen...
The global metaverse hub: Why South Korea is investing $200M in its metaverse ecosystem
South Korea announced in 2022 that it was investing KRW224 billion in the metaverse, and as the year unfolded, the...
Bithumb ex-chairman not guilty of fraud charges by South Korean court
The court's decision to absolve Lee Jung-Hoon comes a week after Bithumb's biggest shareholder was found dead while under investigation...

