In 2023 on Upbit, XRP/KRW had higher trading volume than BTC/KRW for 70 days, compared to BTC's 64 days over a 10-month period.
"the most traded fiat to crypto pair on upbit in 2023 was not BTC KRW but xrp KRW over a 10-month period xrp had the highest trading volume for 70 days whereas BTC had the highest trading volume for 64 days"
South Korea's spot crypto trading volume for the first half of 2024 was $817 billion, on track to exceed the $970 billion estimate for the full year.
"spot crypto trading volume in the country reached $817 billion in the first half of 2024 up 67% from the previous 6 months this puts nor Korea on track to obliterate a previous estimate of $970 billion in trading volume for the whole year"
Over 70% of KBank's $11.5 billion in deposits, equating to more than $8 billion, is crypto-related.
"more than 70% of the deposits in kbank are related to crypto since kbank has about 11.5 billion in deposits this means that more than $8 billion is Crypt related"