South Korea crypto exchange profits fall 78% in H1 amid trading slump
South Korean crypto exchange operating profits fell 78% in the first half of 2026. KoFIU data also showed daily trading volume down 44% and won deposits down 35% over the same period.
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South Korean crypto exchange users and market participants see a thinner market environment now, with trading volumes, market capitalization and customer deposits all lower in the first half of 2026. That means the exchanges reported in these figures are operating in a setting with less activity than before, and the change is visible in the data already.
In practice, the trading environment shown here is different from a period when daily volumes and won deposits were higher. The figures do not show any change in how exchanges function beyond those declines, and they do not say whether any specific service has been removed or preserved.
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Where this sits in the Bitcoin series
| When | What happened | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0 years ago | BTC a 1.152e+05 $ high | today it sits -29.3 % from there |
| 4 months ago | BTC a 5.857e+04 $ low | today it sits +39.0 % from there |
From what we have stored, starting 1.0 years ago.