South Korea’s FSC has released a survey and showed that crypto trading users reached 6.45 million, accounting for 12.9% of South Korea’s total population, and up to 4.55 million people were small investors, only hold cryptocurrencies below $734.

South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) reported that the number of domestic crypto trading users reached 6.45 million, a figure equal to 12.9% of the country’s population. The survey also found that 4.55 million of those users were “small investors,” defined in the report as holding cryptocurrencies worth less than KRW 1 million, or about $734. The survey is part of the FSC and KoFIU’s broader effort to track the size and composition of South Korea’s virtual asset market, which has been one of the country’s most active consumer crypto sectors for years. Earlier FSC data showed millions of registered users, high trading volumes, and a user base heavily concentrated in smaller holdings, indicating that crypto participation in South Korea is broad-based rather than limited to large traders. This matters because South Korea remains a major retail crypto market in Asia and the findings inform ongoing regulatory oversight, investor-protection policy, and future market rules.

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