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Offshore crypto exchanges offer Koreans 150x leveraged bets on Kospi-linked stocks and raise alarms for authorities

Offshore crypto exchanges offer Koreans 150x leveraged bets on Kospi-linked stocks and raise alarms for authorities

Authorities have raised concerns about how easy it is for local investors to access these ultra-high-risk products, as rules and borders provide little deterrence.

Currency traders work by screen showing the Kospi and the dollar-won exchange rate at the foreign exchange trading room of Hana Bank’s headquarters in Seoul on July 1.

Overseas cryptocurrency exchanges are rushing out ultra-high-risk products that let traders bet on the direction of Korean stocks at up to 150 times their daily movements, and red flags have been raised by authorities over how easily these platforms can be accessed by ordinary investors in and outside of…

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