{"id":553382,"date":"2026-02-09T08:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T08:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/09\/south-korea-expands-crypto-market-probes-after-44b-bithumb-bitcoin-blunder\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T08:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T08:53:08","slug":"south-korea-expands-crypto-market-probes-after-44b-bithumb-bitcoin-blunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/09\/south-korea-expands-crypto-market-probes-after-44b-bithumb-bitcoin-blunder\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea expands crypto market probes after $44B Bithumb Bitcoin blunder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjUtMTIvMDE5YjY3NWMtNDc2Ni03ODUxLWJlOGUtMmJkZWEwZDA4ZmM5LmpwZw==.jpg\" alt=\"South Korea expands crypto market probes after $44B Bithumb Bitcoin blunder\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>South Korea\u2019s financial watchdog detailed planned investigations into high-risk trading tactics as it prepares the next phase of crypto regulation, Yonhap News Agency reported.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea\u2019s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) said it will step up scrutiny of suspected cryptocurrency price manipulation in 2026, outlining a slate of planned investigations that target high-risk trading tactics, including \u201cwhale\u201d activity and schemes that exploit disruptions at local exchanges, local outlet Yonhap reported Monday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yna.co.kr\/view\/AKR20260209030100002?input=1195m\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">According<\/a> to Yonhap News Agency, FSS Governor Lee Chang-jin said that the agency will target high-risk trading practices that undermine market order, including coordinated manipulation and schemes exploiting disruptions in exchange infrastructure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-ct-non-breakable=\"undefined\">The FSS said the probes will focus on tactics that involve large-scale trading by whales, artificial price swings during exchange deposit or withdrawal suspensions and coordinated trading mechanisms using APIs or social media to spread false information.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/south-korea-fss-2026-crypto-price-manipulation-probes\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Korea\u2019s financial watchdog detailed planned investigations into high-risk trading tactics as it prepares the next phase of crypto regulation, Yonhap News Agency reported. South Korea\u2019s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) said it will step up scrutiny of suspected cryptocurrency price manipulation in 2026, outlining a slate of planned investigations that target high-risk trading tactics, including [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":553383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-553382","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}