[South Korea's Virtual Asset Market Shrinks by 33% in Six Months, Total Market Value Drops to 58.9 Trillion KRW] Deep Tide TechFlow reports, on October 1, according to Yonhap News Agency, data from the South Korean Financial Services Commission (FSC) shows that as of the end of June 2026, the total market value of South Korea's virtual asset market was 58.9 trillion KRW, approximately $43.4 billion, a 33% decrease compared to six months ago when it was 87.2 trillion KRW. During the same period, the average daily trading volume in South Korea's virtual asset market fell from 5.4 trillion KRW to 3.1 trillion KRW, and the total amount of traders' KRW deposits decreased by 35% to 5.2 trillion KRW. Meanwhile, the number of market users saw a slight increase of 0.4%, reaching approximately 11.17 million people. As of the end of June, South Korea had a total of 26 virtual asset operators, including 17 cryptocurrency exchanges.