Plastic surgeon buys top South Korea Bitcoin exchange

in #news6 years ago

Seoul: A consortium led by a prominent Seoul plastic surgeon purchased a controlling stake in South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchange, reports said Friday.

The hyper-wired South has emerged as one of the world's top Bitcoin markets, at one point accounting for more than 20 percent of global bitcoin transactions -- about 10 times the country's share of the global economy.

Singapore-based BK Global Consortium bought a 50-percent stake plus one share in Bithumb, the countr .. photo.jpg

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