Survey Statistics: Last year, approximately 33% of Korean cryptocurrency investors were newcomers, with over half of them investing in meme coins.

BlockBeats News, March 30th, according to a survey report by South Korean local agencies DeSpread and CoinNess on 3,108 South Korean crypto investors, after the cryptocurrency market heated up in 2024, new investors entering the South Korean cryptocurrency market accounted for about 33%. Among them, investors with less than half a year of investment experience were mainly influenced by the news of Trump's election, while investors with half a year to one year of experience were mainly attracted by the approval of a Bitcoin spot ETF.

Although South Korean investors are not familiar with DEX, the investment proportion in meme coins has exceeded half. This is largely due to CEX actively listing such coins. As of February 2025, Bithumb has listed 16 meme coins, including DOGE, TRUMP, PENGU, etc., more actively than Upbit's 6 listings.

Around 75% of cryptocurrency investors in South Korea are optimistic about the Bitcoin price in 2025, with a common expectation that it will exceed 150 million South Korean Won (about $102,000).