South Korean Financial Regulator to Probe Crypto Market Manipulation, Impose Penalties for IT Failures
South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service announced a planned targeted investigation into high‑risk crypto market manipulation tactics — including large “ whale” trades, exchange withdrawal halts used to rig prices, AP...
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