South Korea’s crypto market is getting older, quieter, and smaller, according to a half-yearly survey released on October 1 by the Korea Financial Intelligence Unit (KoFIU) and the Financial Supervisory Service.
Users in their 40s are now the largest age group, daily trading volume fell 44%, and the value of crypto on domestic exchanges shrank by a third in the first half of 2026.
Crypto assets on those exchanges also posted a 69% maximum drawdown, higher than KOSPI’s 55.1% and KOSDAQ’s 31.8% over the same period. The survey covered 26 registered virtual asset service providers.
