South Korea could soon follow Hong Kong in legalizing spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), as the country’s top presidential candidates have expressed pro-crypto positions.
Still, some industry observers remain cautious about the likelihood of near-term regulatory change.
“All three major South Korean presidential candidates support #Bitcoin ETFs and institutional investment,” Ki Young Ju, the founder and CEO of onchain data platform CryptoQuant, data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://x.com/ki_young_ju/status/1922579800528503162″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” text=”null” title=”https://x.com/ki_young_ju/status/1922579800528503162″>wrote in a May 14 X post.
Currently, Bitcoin ETFs and institutional crypto investments are…

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