Data: In June, South Korea's net outflow of stablecoins overseas reached 560.3 billion won, marking 18 consecutive months of net outflow

According to the Korea Herald, in June this year, the five major cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea (Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, Korbit, Gopax) had a stablecoin outflow to overseas exchanges amounting to 27.625 trillion won, while inflows from overseas reached 22.022 trillion won during the same period, resulting in a net outflow of 5.603 trillion won, which is equivalent to 77.6% of the net overseas stock purchases by South Korean investors (approximately 7.22 trillion won) during the same period. At the beginning of last year, this ratio was only around 20%.

The report states that stablecoins have been in a net outflow state for 18 consecutive months from the beginning of last year to June this year, contrasting with some months of net selling in overseas stocks. In the second quarter of this year alone, the net outflow of stablecoins was 16.872 trillion won, while overseas stocks experienced a net selling of 16.185 trillion won. These outflowing stablecoins are believed to be primarily used for derivatives trading not offered by domestic exchanges. Recently, overseas exchanges have launched spot and futures products for major South Korean stocks such as Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Hyundai Motor, in addition to cryptocurrency futures, with some high-leverage products allowing for tens of times leverage on indices or individual stocks.