Just saw some interesting data coming out of South Korea - looks like crypto money is quietly flowing into the housing market there. The country's real estate market has been seeing a wave of crypto-powered buyers, and the numbers are pretty striking when you dig into them.



So apparently from mid-February through late March, over 300 people declared crypto proceeds when financing home purchases. The wild part? Nearly 71% of them were in their 30s. That's a lot of younger people cashing out their crypto gains for down payments. Those thirty-somethings alone claimed about 10.3 billion won (roughly $7.4M) from selling digital assets for their homes - highest among all age groups on the Korea housing market news.

That said, the scale isn't as massive as the headlines might suggest. When you look at the actual proportion, crypto sales only made up about 0.1% of their total home purchase funds. So while it's definitely a trend worth watching in Korea's housing market, it's still pretty niche right now. Interesting to see how this evolves as more people in that age bracket look to deploy their gains into property.
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