Upbit Volume Jumps 250% as Korea Piles Back In

Rickler Feed (@rickler_feed), Aug 21, 2026, 11:35 UTC

Upbit Volume Jumps 250% as Korea Piles Back In Upbit, South Korea's largest crypto exchange, saw 24h volume surge about 250% to roughly $1.8B, its biggest day since mid-March, as local capital rotates back into crypto during the Bitcoin rally. XRP was the most-traded asset with $418.9M, ahead of BTC, USDT and ETH. Rival Bithumb, the country's second-largest exchange, saw volume climb 132.9% to $934.9M, so the surge is market-wide, not Upbit-specific. The rotation reverses a quiet stretch: through early 2026's crypto downturn, Korean attention and capital chased the KOSPI to record highs on…

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