According to iNews24, the domestic virtual asset market generally contracted in the first half of this year, and the participation of so-called 'big hands' in the market also decreased. The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and the Financial Supervisory Service announced on the 1st the results of the '2026 First Half Virtual Asset Service Provider Survey' conducted on 26 virtual asset service providers. As of the end of June, the number of tradable user accounts was 11.175 million, an increase of 49,000 (0.4%) compared to the end of last year. In contrast, accounts with large asset holdings decreased. Accounts holding 10 million won or more amounted to 890,000, accounting for 8% of the total, a decrease of 2 percentage points (p) compared to the end of last year. Accounts holding 100 million won or more amounted to 110,000, with their proportion reaching only 1%, a decrease of 0.5 percentage points compared to the end of last year. 8.63 million accounts, 77.2% of all user accounts, had less than 1 million won in assets. As of the end of June, the total appraised value of domestic virtual assets was 58.9 trillion won, a 33% decrease compared to the end of last year. The average daily transaction volume in the first half was 3.1 trillion won, a 44% decrease compared to the second half of last year, and won deposits also decreased by 35% to 5.2 trillion won. Exchange revenue in the first half was 576.8 billion won, a 41% decrease compared to the second half of last year, and operating profit plummeted by 78% to 81.6 billion won.
