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As Luna, a Korean cryptocurrency, has hit financial markets around the world, Bitcoin is also struggling.
The shock wave is expected to continue for some time as it is revealed that the Luna Foundation has already sold a huge amount of Bitcoin.
I’ll connect you with a reporter. Reporter Kang Hee-kyung!
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Yes, it is listed on the virtual asset exchange.
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Bitcoin price fell sharply and then rebounded a bit yesterday. What is the trend now?
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Yes, 1 bitcoin is currently trading at 39 million 200,000 won on the visual virtual asset exchange Bithumb.
Yesterday, it recovered 40 million won for a while, but fell again to 30 million won.
Until early in the morning, it had rebounded to the 39 million won level, but now it has turned into a downtrend again.
Earlier, last week, when Luna and the stablecoin Terra plummeted and deposits were withdrawn, the global virtual asset market faltered.
Bitcoin fell below 40 million won for the first time in 9 months on the 11th,
On the 12th, when the Luna-Tera plunge came to the surface, it also fell to 36 million won.
It is half the level of the peak.
Luna, which was traded at 100,000 won at home and abroad until two weeks ago, plummeted by more than 99% and dropped to 1 won at one point on the 13th.
Domestic and foreign exchanges have decided to delist, but the aftershock continues.
Even investor sentiment froze here.
The prediction that an ice age could come in the virtual asset market followed one after another, mixed with fear that other coins could become the second Luna.
It turns out that the Luna Foundation has already sold 80,000 bitcoins.
The trillions of bitcoins have been cited as the key to resolving the situation, and as the amount of money to be used for damage compensation is around 400 billion won, the market is expected to have a shock for the time being.
Financial authorities are also closely monitoring the situation.
It was found that while conducting an emergency inspection of domestic virtual asset exchanges, they were trying to understand the status of domestic investors and actions taken by exchanges.
At the same time, in the aftermath of the Lunar incident, it is expected that the enactment of the Digital Asset Basic Act, which President Yoon Seok-yeol has proposed as a national task, will be accelerated.
Until now, this is YTN Kang Hee-kyung at the virtual asset exchange.
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