South Korean crypto trading volume fell 14% in H2 2025

South Korea's domestic virtual asset market contracted in the second half of 2025 compared to the first half, News1 reported. According to a survey on the virtual asset industry for the second half of 2025, released by South Korea’s Financial Services Commission on March 25, total domestic virtual asset trading volume reached 1,001 trillion won, a 14% decrease from 1,160 trillion won in the first half. The daily average trading value fell 15% from 6.4 trillion won in the first half to 5.4 trillion won in the second half. Operating profits for exchanges totaled 380.7 billion won, down 38% from 617.8 billion won in the first half. This figure includes a 395.8 billion won profit from won-market exchanges and a 15.1 billion won loss from coin-market-only exchanges.