Korean Crypto KOLs Fuel Massive $USELESS Rally as Traders Shrug Off Traditional Narratives
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South Korea has long been known for its outsized influence on altcoin markets, from the XRP mania that drove a 400% rally last year to the present-day obsession with a token that proudly calls itself USELESS.
The $USELESS phenomenon has ties to South Korean KOLs, Bradley Park, a Seoul-based analyst with DNTV Research, told CoinDesk in an interview.
At the center of everything is Yeomyung, a Korean KOL and liquidity provider who aped into USELESS early, held through a 50%…
