{
  "id": 2739486,
  "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",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-23T07:07:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/economy/cryptocurrency/20260823/560000-foreign-nationals-have-korean-crypto-accounts-but-just-90-are-active"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Korea Times reports that there are 560,000 foreign nationals with cryptocurrency accounts in domestic exchanges, but only 90 of these accounts are active. The data, obtained by Rep. Park Sang-hyuk of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, covers the five major exchanges: Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, DigitalX, and GOPAX. A mere 0.09% of these foreign-held accounts have completed know-your-customer verification, while an even smaller 0.01% have engaged in at least one trade, staking transaction, deposit, or withdrawal. Bithumb leads with 484,846 foreign-held accounts, followed by Upbit with 42,449, Coinone with 15,914, DigitalX with 11,622, and GOPAX with 11,521.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "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",
        "published": "2026-08-23T07:02:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}