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Bank of Korea Rejects Bitcoin Reserve Plans, Citing Volatility

March 17, 2025

The Bank of Korea has ruled out adding Bitcoin to its foreign exchange reserves, citing high volatility and liquidity concerns, despite increasing global adoption of crypto reserves.

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Tether (USDT) $ 1.00

XRP (XRP) $ 2.82

BNB (BNB) $ 849.83

Solana (SOL) $ 203.77

USDC (USDC) $ 1.00

Lido Staked Ether (STETH) $ 4,299.65

Dogecoin (DOGE) $ 0.218321

TRON (TRX) $ 0.331359

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Chainlink (LINK) $ 22.34

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Hyperliquid (HYPE) $ 47.28

Ethena USDe (USDE) $ 1.00

Figure Heloc (FIGR_HELOC) $ 1.00

Bitcoin Cash (BCH) $ 607.18

Sui (SUI) $ 3.37

Wrapped eETH (WEETH) $ 4,622.42

Stellar (XLM) $ 0.359956

Avalanche (AVAX) $ 24.49

WETH (WETH) $ 4,307.76

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LEO Token (LEO) $ 9.54

Litecoin (LTC) $ 112.06

USDS (USDS) $ 1.00

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Polkadot (DOT) $ 3.83

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Ethena (ENA) $ 0.73125

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Aave (AAVE) $ 302.50

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Bitget Token (BGB) $ 4.79

Pepe (PEPE) $ 0.00001

OKB (OKB) $ 182.90

Mantle (MNT) $ 1.17

Ethereum Classic (ETC) $ 20.40

Bittensor (TAO) $ 319.08

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NEAR Protocol (NEAR) $ 2.40

Aptos (APT) $ 4.25

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Ondo (ONDO) $ 0.91244

MemeCore (M) $ 1.70

USDT0 (USDT0) $ 1.00

Pi Network (PI) $ 0.344299

USD1 (USD1) $ 0.999304

Arbitrum (ARB) $ 0.494748

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Story (IP) $ 8.11

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Cosmos Hub (ATOM) $ 4.44

sUSDS (SUSDS) $ 1.07

VeChain (VET) $ 0.023624

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Jupiter Perpetuals Liquidity Provider Token (JLP) $ 5.42

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Fasttoken (FTN) $ 4.51

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KuCoin (KCS) $ 14.43

Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) $ 0.029192

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Kelp DAO Restaked ETH (RSETH) $ 4,526.12

Render (RENDER) $ 3.46

Sei (SEI) $ 0.291826

Sky (SKY) $ 0.074393

BFUSD (BFUSD) $ 0.999766

Official Trump (TRUMP) $ 8.36

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USDtb (USDTB) $ 0.999441

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Bonk (BONK) $ 0.00002

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Flare (FLR) $ 0.021017

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Polygon Bridged USDT (Polygon) (USDT) $ 1.00

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Renzo Restaked ETH (EZETH) $ 4,553.70

Four (FORM) $ 3.67

Provenance Blockchain (HASH) $ 0.027944

Tether Gold (XAUT) $ 3,589.51

Optimism (OP) $ 0.721038