{"id":34489,"date":"2025-07-01T05:01:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T05:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=34489"},"modified":"2025-07-01T05:01:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T05:01:48","slug":"crypto-culture-surges-survey-finds-majority-of-south-koreans-have-traded-digital-currency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=34489","title":{"rendered":"Crypto Culture Surges: Survey Finds Majority Of South Koreans Have Traded Digital Currency"},"content":{"rendered":"
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According to a survey by Hana Bank\u2019s Hana Financial Research Institute, half of adults in their 20s through 50s have tried crypto, and more than a quarter still hold them.<\/p>\n

The study<\/a> finds that 51% of people in that age range have some experience investing in crypto, while 27% currently own virtual assets. On average, these holdings make up 14% of their financial portfolios\u2014about 13 \u202fmillion won.<\/p>\n

Age And Gender Gap<\/h2>\n

The breakdown<\/a> by age shows the biggest group of investors are in their 40s at 31%, followed by those in their 30s at 28%, people in their 50s at 25%, and the youngest group, those in their 20s, at 17%.<\/p>\n

Men still lead by a wide margin, accounting for 67% of crypto investors compared with 33% women, but female participation has surged since 2024.<\/p>\n

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Investment Patterns And Portfolios<\/h2>\n

Crypto investors<\/a> tend to be more active overall. Their average financial assets reach 96.79\u202f million won\u20141.3 times the 75.67 \u202fmillion won held by non\u2011investors.<\/p>\n

Among those who have ever bought virtual assets, 38% describe themselves as having an aggressive approach, versus just 20% in the general investing public.<\/p>\n

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They also juggle more products\u20147.3 different investment vehicles on average compared with 4.3 for non\u2011crypto investors\u2014and 73% of them hold domestic stocks.<\/p>\n

Trading ETFs and ISAs is 1.5 times more common among virtual asset holders than among others.<\/p>\n

Entry Times And Amounts Invested<\/p>\n

Most people jumped in during the Bitcoin boom of 2020, with over 60% saying they began buying crypto<\/a> that year.<\/p>\n

Three\u2011quarters of investors started with less than 3\u202f million won, but today 42% have pumped more than 10\u202f million won into virtual assets over time. That shift shows a growing willingness to scale up stakes once confidence sets in.<\/p>\n

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A Shift From FOMO To Strategy<\/p>\n

Fear of missing out used to drive 57% of new investors, but that\u2019s fallen to 34%. Meanwhile, those citing \u201cnew investment experiences,\u201d growth potential or portfolio balance rose from 26% to 44%.<\/p>\n

When hunting for tips, 39% now lean on friends and family (down from 44%), while official exchange sites attract 24% (up from 15%) and analysis platforms draw 19% (up from 10%).<\/p>\n

Diversification And Exchange Preferences<\/p>\n

In the early days, 89% of investors focused only on Bitcoin<\/a>. Over time, more branch out into altcoins, stablecoins and even NFTs. Most use more than one exchange\u20147 out of 10 trade on Upbit, which links to K Bank.<\/p>\n

Features like trading volume or UI matter less now; bank linkage ease (7\u219211%) and promotions (2\u219210%) rank higher when choosing an exchange. If exchanges lifted their one\u2011bank\u2011only rule, 70% say they\u2019d stick with their main bank rather than open a new one for perks.<\/p>\n

Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to a survey by Hana Bank\u2019s Hana Financial Research Institute, half of adults in their 20s through 50s have tried crypto, and more than a quarter still hold them. The study finds that 51% of people in that age range have some experience investing in crypto, while 27% currently own virtual assets. On average, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-34489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34489\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}