Bithumb Seeks $201M in Lost Crypto; Upbit Dominates Korean Youth
Yahoo Finance·2026-01-02 02:39

Photo by BeInCrypto South Korea's Bithumb is launching its third annual dormant asset recovery campaign, revealing that unclaimed cryptocurrency holdings on its platform have fallen to 291.6 billion won ($201 million)—a 34% decrease from last year's 443.5 billion won ($306 million). The decline follows a previous year's campaign in which approximately 36,000 customers reclaimed a combined 70.6 billion won ($49 million) in forgotten assets. Market fluctuations also contributed to the year-over-year change. ...