South Korea's virtual asset trading volume fell by more than 50%year-over-year; the top 10%users accounted for more than 96%of trading value
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South Korea's virtual asset trading volume declined by more than 50%year-over-year, with the top 10%users accounting for more than 96%of trading value.
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South Korea's virtual asset trading volume declined by more than 1 year-over-year, with the top 50%users accounting for 10%of trading value 96%PANews September 28 reported, according to Digital Asset, that over the past 1 years, although South Korea's virtual asset trading volume declined by more than 50%, the top 10%users accounted for more than 96%of total trading volume, indicating an increasing concentration of trading activity. Data submitted by the Financial Supervisory Service of Korea (FSS) to the office of Park Hong-bae, a Democratic Party lawmaker, show that trading concentration at each exchange in the first half of 2026 was as follows: Upbit (95.6%）、Bithumb（97.41%）、Coinone（99.2%）、Digital X（99.43%) and Gopax (97.61%). Trading concentration refers to the proportion of an exchange's total trading volume accounted for by the top 10%users. By comparison, the figures for the first half of the previous 1 year were: Upbit (89.36%), Bit...
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Key points
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The report stated that South Korea's virtual asset trading volume declined by more than 1 over the past year. 50%。
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2026 In the first half of the year, Upbit's top 10%users accounted for 95.6%of total trading volume.
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2026 In the first half of the year, Bithumb's top 10%users accounted for 97.41%of total trading volume.
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2026 In the first half of the year, Coinone's top 10%users accounted for 99.2%of total trading volume.
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2026 In the first half of the year, Digital X's top 10%users accounted for 99.43%of total trading volume.
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2026 In the first half of the year, Gopax's top 10%users accounted for 97.61%of total trading volume.
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Trading concentration refers to the proportion of an exchange's total trading volume accounted for by the top 10%users.
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The relevant data were submitted by the Financial Supervisory Service of Korea to the office of Park Hong-bae, a Democratic Party lawmaker.
AI-assisted interpretation
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Trading volume is the total scale of completed buy and sell transactions in the market. Here, trading concentration refers to the proportion of all trading volume accounted for by the top 10%users; the higher the proportion, the more trading is concentrated among a small number of users.
Why it matters to readers
Data show that most trading volume at several South Korean exchanges came from the top 10%users, while overall trading volume declined significantly compared with 1 years ago.
This helps beginners understand that total market trading volume and trader concentration are two distinct indicators.
Risks and unknowns
The provided text is truncated at the year-over-year comparison data, making it impossible to confirm the complete first-half data for the other exchanges in the previous 1 year.
The current material is a media report summary and does not provide the original statistical document from South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service.
The material alone does not permit determination of the reasons for the decline in trading volume or its impact on future prices.
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