South Korea’s major virtual asset exchanges have seen cumulative investment in “accumulation” services—recurring purchase programs—approach ₩1 trillion. Even amid a bear market in which Bitcoin and Ethereum prices have fallen from the start of the year, users have steadily maintained their periodic buying strategies.

According to data submitted by the five major won-based exchanges (Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, DigitalX, and Gopax) to Representative Park Sang-hyuk of the Democratic Party of Korea, who sits on the National Assembly’s Political Affairs Committee, the cumulative investment across the three exchanges offering accumulation services—Upbit, Coinone, and DigitalX—totaled ₩972.92 billion (approximately $728.3 million) as…