The South Korean stock market continues to plummet, with retail funds flowing back into cryptocurrencies, and the daily trading volume on Upbit surged by 1663%

The South Korean stock market continues its downward trend, with the KOSPI index dropping 4% during the day, and SK Hynix falling over 7%. The continuous decline in the stock market seems to have started to deter retail investors in South Korea, with a noticeable flow of funds back into the cryptocurrency market.

According to Coingecko data, the largest CEX in South Korea, Upbit, has a trading volume of $4.26 billion in the last 24 hours, an increase of 1663%. The top 5 cryptocurrencies by trading volume on this CEX are: Bitcoin, XRP, USDT, ETH, and XEC.