{
  "id": 2738057,
  "title": "560,000 foreign nationals have Korean crypto accounts, but just 90 are active",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/560-000-foreign-nationals-have-korean-crypto-accounts-but-just-90-are",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-23T07:02:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/economy/cryptocurrency/20260823/560000-foreign-nationals-have-korean-crypto-accounts-but-just-90-are-active"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The number of foreign nationals with accounts at domestic cryptocurrency exchanges has reached 560,000, but only 90 of them are active users, data showed Sunday. The accounts are believed to have been opened before foreign investment was effectively banned in 2021. According to data from the Financial Supervisory Service, the five major cryptocurrency exchanges — Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, DigitalX…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "560,000 foreign nationals have Korean crypto accounts, but just 90 are active",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/560-000-foreign-nationals-have-korean-crypto-accounts-but-just-90-are-2739486",
        "published": "2026-08-23T07:07:03.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}