Stablecoins Gobble Half of South Korea’s Crypto Exodus in Q1—Regulators Raise Eyebrows
South Korea’s crypto scene just revealed a dirty little secret: nearly 50% of all digital asset outflows last quarter were stablecoins. Not exactly the ’decentralized revolution’ the crypto bros promised.
Officials are now scrambling to explain how dollar-pegged tokens became the preferred vehicle for capital flight—while pretending this wasn’t entirely predictable. Guess those ’volatility hedges’ work both ways.
Bonus jab: Nothing says ’financial innovation’ like using crypto to recreate offshore banking with extra steps. The more things change...